Santa Fe Woman Wins Boston Marathon 

Published by the Albuquerque Journal on April 21, 2015

New Mexico – via Africa – had a strong showing at Monday’s Boston Marathon.

Caroline Rotich, who has lived and trained in Santa Fe for about five years, used a late kick to bust through the tape first among the women runners in the 119th running of the prestigious event.

And the third-place finisher, Buzunesh Deba, also an Ethiopian, trains part of the year in Albuquerque.

“Boston is one of the big marathons in the world,” Rotich said in a phone interview hours after her victory. “Winning it is unbelievable. I’m happy to be one of the champions of the Boston Marathon.”

Rotich, 30, found a spark over the final 200 meters to beat Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia by four seconds in a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 55 seconds.