Organizers for the 2nd Annual Washington DC Marathon have announced the elite field for the March 23rd race.  Featured runners include Joseph Kamau who has a marathon PR of 2:10:41 enroute to a second place finish in Boston in 1997, Igor Osmak who ran 2:12:16 in a third place run at the Motoroal Austin Marathon in 2001 Kassahun Kabiso who finished second in last year's Hartford Marathon in 2:16:55 and Mike Dudley who won the 2001 Las Vegas International Marathon in 2:18:33 ..  Featured women include Leila Aman of Ethiopia who won the 2002 Bay-Bridge Marathon and ran a 2:35:44 at the Rock 'N Roll Marathon in 2001 as well as  Janna Malkvova and Dana Petrescu.