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Top runners from Kenya, Ethiopia to highlight 41st Subaru Buffalo 4-Mile Chase

Top runners from Kenya, Ethiopia to highlight 41st Subaru Buffalo 4-Mile Chase

The 41st running of the Subaru Buffalo 4-Mile Chase will take place Friday.

The race, which will begin at Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway and end at Buffalo Seminary, has been recognized as one the top three 4-mile races in the world. The race begins at 7 p.m.

Over the past decades, the race has brought in 32,500 participants from 30 countries and all 50 states, including Olympians and world-record holders. Burundi and Algeria will be represented for the first time this year.

The race returned last year after a two-year hiatus because of the Covid pandemic, with 751 runners participating. As of Tuesday, more than 550 runners are registered, but registration remains open through Thursday.
Among this year’s participants are Kenya’s Monicah Ngige, who won the women’s division Subaru Chase in 2016, 2017 and 2019. She been ranked as high as No. 4 in the world for the 5k and finished the Boston Marathon third in 2021 and fifth last year.
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