WASHINGTON — Fending off the rains amidst Washington's famous cherry blossoms April 6, Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco and Lineth Chepkurui of Kenya, both new to the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run, took the wins at the 36th annual running of the world-class road race.

Harroufi, 26, finished the race with a time of 46:14. Meanwhile 20-year-old Chepkurui, broke away from a pack of six runners around mile seven, winning the women's division in a time of 54:21. Runners competed for the largest purse in event history–$35,500 in prize money.

But the real winners were the children benefited by the $1 million raised by Credit Union Miracle Day Inc. for the Children's Miracle Network. "We are cooperatives. We are into volunteerism. We are into our community and this is part of our community," CUMD Chairman Juri Valdov said at the presentation.

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