Alberto Salazar, running his first marathon, won the 11th New York City Marathon Sunday in convincing style while Greta Waitz of Norway broke the women's world record for the third consecutive year.
The 22-year-old Salazar, breaking away from the pack with about five miles remaining, was timed in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 41 seconds, smashing the meet record of 2:10:09 set by Bill Rodgers in 1976.
The University of Oregon senior easily outdistanced runner-up Rodolfo Gomez, a Mexican Olympian, in the 26 mile, 385-yard race.
Waitz, a 27-year-old high school teacher from Oslo, was clocked in 2:25.41, shattering the mark of 2:27.32 she set in winning the New York City Marathon last year. During her career, Waitz has run only three marathons--all here--and won them all in world-record-time.
Rodgers struggled in fifth behind John Graham of England and Jeff Wells of Dallas.
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