USA Fit Marathon and Half Marathon All-Time Winners (2009-2018)

Marathon - Men
2009 - 3:33:03, Brad Mauritzen, 31, Houston
2010 - 3:02:42, Cory May, 39
2011 - 2:48:14, Matthew Birkel, 19, Pekin, IL
2012 - 3:03:41, Cheney Chang, 32
2013 - 2:54:35, Jason Brown, 32
2014 - 3:09:31, Bryan Lewis, 38
2015 - 2:58:25, Byron Adams II, 51, New Orleans
2016 - 2:50:46, Andrew Erwin, 25, Houston
2017 - 2:48:07, Adam Saloom, 27, Houston
2018 - 2:44:21, Julius Michael, 29, Houston

Marathon - Women
2009 - 3:47:54, Diana Mayo, 50, Houston
2010 - 3:13:56, Sarah Wilson, 29
2011 - 3:14:31, Anja Jokela, 26, Minneapolis, MN
2012 - 3:21:24, Melinda Davis, 31
2013 - 3:40:27, Rachel Mittelman, 23
2014 - 3:24:52, Erica Cahill, 48, The Woodlands
2015 - 3:30:28, Claudia Smith, 32, Kingwood
2016 - 3:36:30, Gabrielle Helfgott, 28, Boston, MA
2017 - 3:22:40, Victoria Webster, 32, Houston
2018 - 3:14:43, Patricia Shaffer, 40, Rosenberg

Marathon - Masters Men
2009 - 3:46:01, Scott Demaree,
2010 - 3:12:16, Gregg Garrard, 46, Montgomery
2011 - 2:57:00, Patrick Flores, 46, Katy
2012 - 3:10:21, Richard Humphrey, 49
2013 - 3:02:52, Rick Gardner, 49
2014 - 3:18:45, Matthew Neighbors, 40
2015 - 3:01:05, Olli Haavikko, 40, Houston
2016 - 3:09:53, Bryan Gottfried, 40, Spring
2017 - 2:59:42, John Mannion, 45, Sugar Land
2018 - 3:06:01, Francisco Garza, 52, Houston

Marathon - Masters Women
2009 - 3:53:59, Parvaneh Moayedi, 44, San Antonio
2010 - 3:29:49, Helen Grant, 46
2011 - 3:42:53, Arburn Cain, 42, Missouri City
2012 - 3:51:36, Cheri Payne, 40
2013 - 3:42:35, Karen Smith, 48
2014 - 3:53:01, Cynthia Medwedeff-Blake, 60
2015 - 3:40:16, Laura Faria, 41, The Woodlands
2016 - 3:49:26, Stacey Slover, 49, Kansas City, MO
2017 - 3:42:01, Diane Lybarger, 40, Richmond
2018 - 3:43:03, Victoria Van Wie, 47, Cypress

Half Marathon - Men
2009 - 1:26:22, Blair Gordon, 18
2010 - 1:16:34, Patrick Pitts, 18
2011 - 1:18:47, Patrick Pitts, 19
2012 - 1:11:55, Weston Caceres, 22
2013 - 1:19:15, Stuart MacDougall, 29
2014 - 1:12:01, Maximo Mendoza, 24
2015 - 1:12:41, Ryan Smith, 29, Kingwood
2016 - 1:23:35, Phil Teijeira, 38, Houston
2017 - 1:28:59, Alexis Ortiz, 41
2018 - 1:20:20, Pita Javier, 37, El Monte, CA

Half Marathon - Women
2009 - 1:40:58, Michelle Colombo, 27
2010 - 1:30:26, Amanda Walters, 17
2011 - 1:39:27, Annabella Betancourt, 38
2012 - 1:29:04, Aroline Hanson, 32
2013 - 1:35:57, Hailey Crosswel, 29
2014 - 1:34:02, Emma Awatif Elhalaby, 29, Missouri City
2015 - 1:34:55, Kristin Duplantis, 32, Houston
2016 - 1:33:28, Naomi Whymant, 46, The Woodlands
2017 - 1:22:34, Julie Amthor Croley, 26
2018 - 1:26:20, Julie Amthor Croley, 27, Texas City

Half Marathon - Masters Men
2009 - 1:34:41, John Gordon, 55, Katy
2010 - 1:27:16, Chris Neugebauer, 41
2011 - 1:26:14, Brett Cole, 44, Sugar Land
2012 - 1:24:38, Ismael Terrazas, 40
2013 - 1:26:56, Brett Cole, 46, Sugar Land
2014 - 1:27:46, Jin Zhao, 40, Houston
2015 - 1:27:17, Brett Cole, 48, Sugar Land
2016 - 1:26:54, William Bitner, 40, Austin
2017 - 1:29:18, John Zepeda, 47
2018 - 1:30:11, Bryan Lewis, 42, Houston

Half Marathon - Masters Women
2009 - 1:43:05, Melissa Masi, 42
2010 - 1:43:19, Stacy Koscinski, 40
2011 - 1:41:21, Linda Trinkle, 43, The Woodlands
2012 - 1:35:52, Sheila Carmody, 45
2013 - 1:41:15, Juka Smits, 46
2014 - 1:38:17, Susan Walters, 49, Wallis
2015 - 1:37:56, Shawna Myers, 40, Richmond
2016 - 1:37:04, Felicia Taylor, 50, Missouri City
2017 - 1:39:05, Lara Font, 46
2018 - 1:44:44, Melanie Yarzy, 41, Houston

Chevron Houston Marathon Age-Group Winners - 2018

Chevron Houston Marathon, Houston, TX
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Overall Men's Winner - Bazu Worku, ETH, 2:08:30

12-15 - 3:35:30, Logan Schaunaman (USA/TX)
16-19 - 2:48:23, Will Lord (USA/TX)
20-24 - 2:09:07, Yitayal Atnafu (ETH)
25-29 - 2:15:52, Wilkerson Given (USA/TX)
30-34 - 2:09:32, Elisha Barno (KEN)
35-39 - 2:23:40, Riley Cook (USA/UT)
40-44 - 2:20:52, Juan Carlos Romero (MEX) - 7th fastest 40-44 time ever
45-49 - 2:26:40, Sergio Garcia (MEX) - set new AG mark, besting Charleston, SC's Bob Schlau's 2:26:43 in 1995
50-54 - 2:49:52, Paul Thiels (USA/LA)
55-59 - 2:58:54, Haakon Bull (NOR)
60-64 - 3:13:30, Tim Heitzwebel (USA/TX)
65-69 - 3:23:56, Jerry Hammervold (USA/TX) - Benji Durden 3rd
70-74 - 3:49:12, Larry Lichnovsky (USA/TX) - Ben Harvie 2nd
75-79 - 4:01:04, Bob Hoekman (USA/TX) - owns 3rd and 4th best time in division

Overall Women's Winner - Biruktayit Degefa, ETH, 2:24:51

12-15 - 3:53:38, Caroline Harris (USA/GA)
16-19 - 3:21:43, Julia Romero (USA/MO)
20-24 - 2:27:21, Melesech Tsegaye Beyene (ETH)
25-29 - 2:24:57, Belaynesh Oljira (ETH)
30-34 - 2:27:32, Gladys Kipsoi (KEN)
35-39 - 2:43:45, Kelly Boler (USA/MN)
40-44 - 2:49:18, Merrilee Blackham (USA/UT) - Skaufel 3rd, Kruppa 4th
45-49 - 3:25:00, Henrita Van Wyngaarden (USA/TX)
50-54 - 2:57:42, Regina Yamin (MEX) - second best all-time; Heidy Lozano 2nd in 3:07:39 (5th best)
55-59 - 3:19:34, Cristy Moreno (USA/TX) - third best all-time; Stoll 2nd, Seeley 3rd
60-64 - 3:42:02, Pam Butler (USA/TX) - eighth best all-time
65-69 - 3:47:03, Alyn Park (USA/CO) - third best all-time
70-74 - 4:53:46, Brenda Hilton (USA/TX) - second best all-time (maybe first)

Source:  chevronhoustonmarathon.com, houstonresults.com

Aramco Houston Half Marathon Age-Group Winners - 2018

Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Overall Men's Winner - Jake Robertson, NZL, 1:00:01

07-11 - 1:45:44, Daniel Benz (USA/TX)
12-15 - 1:21:45, Jonathan Robbins (USA/TX)
16-19 - 1:17:01, Dawson Schmidt (USA/TX)
20-24 - 1:00:20, Shura Kitata (ETH)
25-29 - 1:00:15, Guye Adola Idemo (ETH)
30-34 - 1:00:37, Sam Chelanga (USA/CO)
35-39 - 1:11:36, Matthew Slocum (USA/NJ)
40-44 - 1:02:00, Bernard Lagat (USA/AZ) - fastest
45-49 - 1:05:11, Kevin Castille (USA/LA) - fastest, shattered Sean Wade's 1:09:54 from 2012.
50-54 - 1:20:24, Sherm Everett (USA/TX) - 7th fastest.
55-59 - 1:23:58, Charles McIlroy (USA/TX)- 5th fastest.
60-64 - 1:29:23, Joe Melanson (USA/TX) - 8th fastest.
65-69 - 1:36:24, Jamal Jamalyaria (USA/TX) - 4th fastest.
70-74 - 1:40:55, George Sandoval (USA/TX) - 5th fastest.  First four?  Ino Cantu.
75-79 - 2:11:39, Tommy Welch (USA/TX)
80-84 - 2:30:57, Jim Braden (USA/TX) - Jim has 3rd and 4th fastest in 80-84 (1st is suspect)
85-89 - 3:06:30, Jesse Real (USA/TX) *unofficial age group (oldest men HM finisher ever)

Overall Women's Winner - Rugi Ata, ETH, 1:06:39

07-11 - 1:54:48, Loghan Gonzales (USA/TX) - 6th fastest (1-3 to Heather Welsch, 5th to Kaytlynn)
12-15 - 1:26:01, Avery Clover (USA/TX) - 3rd fastest behind Lauren Smith and Nichole Jones
16-19 - 1:22:41, Nubia Garcia Barcenas (MEX) - 2nd fastest non-elite
20-24 - 1:06:48, Caroline Chepkoech (KEN)
25-29 - 1:06:50, Mary Wacera (KEN)
30-34 - 1:07:13, Edith Chelimo (KEN)
35-39 - 1:11:31, Natasha Wodak (CAN) - 3rd fastest
40-44 - 1:25:43, Cristina Burbach (USA/VA)
45-49 - 1:15:35, Perry Shoemaker (USA/VA) - fastest, beating 1:16:19 of Colleen De Reuck in 2011.
50-54 - 1:41:14, Penny Rettenmaier (USA/TX)
55-59 - 1:28:38, Terri Cassel (USA/OK) - fastest, bettering her 1:32:51 from last year.
60-64 - 1:47:01, Billie Melanson (USA/TX) - 10th fastest
65-69 - 2:02:33, Katherine Collins (USA/TX)
70-74 - 2:12:43, Kathy McWilliams (USA/TX) - 6th fastest
75-79 - 2:16:16, Isabelle Noiret (USA/WA) - fastest, besting Kay Duplichan's 2:46:26 five years ago.
80-84 - 3:30:36, Marsha Smith (USA/TX)- 3rd over 80 finish, the only one to do so.

Source:  chevronhoustonmarathon.com, houstonresults.com

ABB 5K Age-Group Winners - 2018

ABB 5K, Houston, TX
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Overall Men's Winner - Rodger Shull, 16:27

07-11 - 21:25, Zachary Madsen
12-15 - 18:01, David Aguilar
16-19 - 17:48, Jonathan Loebl
20-24 - 16:30, Michael Rusnaczyk
25-29 - 17:34, Andrew Pearson
30-34 - 17:47, Dillon Gracey
35-39 - 17:59, Matt Frost
40-44 - 17:48, Jeff Provenzano
45-49 - 18:17, John Mayock
50-54 - 20:11, David Huff
55-59 - 19:03, Ed Bickley
60-64 - 20:55, Edward Fry
65-69 - 24:03, Scott Bassin
70-74 - 25:33, Burk Foster
75-79 - 31:34, Jose Estrella
80+ - 31:27, Max Royalty

Overall Women's Winner - Rachel Harp, 19:04

07-11 - 25:02, Clara Hill
12-15 - 20:04, Camille Napier
16-19 - 21:48, Rachel Morrison
20-24 - 22:36, Dayra Cortes
25-29 - 19:34, Deanna Erwin
30-34 - 19:32, Erika Dawkins
35-39 - 19:53, Haley Pierson
40-44 - 21:33, Elizabeth Baker
45-49 - 23:05, Irma Hammond
50-54 - 23:50, Lydia Tiede
55-59 - 23:54, Jetola Anderson-Blair
60-64 - 23:02, Yong Collins
65-69 - 27:33, Joan Propp
70-74 - 28:52, Kathy McWilliams
75-79 - 35:23, Pamela Willmon
80+ - 47:45, Verlie Adams (87 years young)

Source:  chevronhoustonmarathon.com

2017 Texas Marathons by Finishers

7,134 - Chevron Houston Marathon, Houston, January 15 (4,317 men / 2,817 women)
3,415 - BMW Dallas Marathon, Dallas, December 10 (1,789 men / 1,031 women / 595 relay)
2,910 - Rock 'N Roll San Antonio Marathon, San Antonio, December 3 (1,551 men / 1,358 women / 1 wheelchair)
2,664 - Austin Marathon presented by NXP, Austin, February 19 (1,600 men / 1,064 women)
1,245 - Cowtown Marathon, Fort Worth, February 26 (745 men / 501 women)
   933 - Fidelity Investments The Woodlands Marathon, March 4 (586 men / 347 women)
   501 - BCS Marathon, College Station, December 3 (265 men / 210 women / 26 relay)
   312 - Texas Marathon, Kingwood, January 1 (164 men / 148 women)
   299 - Fort Worth Marathon, Fort Worth, November 12 (160 men / 139 women)
   251 - Michelob Ultra Springfoot Marathon, El Paso, February 19 (175 men / 76 women)
   245 - USA Fit Marathon, Sugar Land, January 29 (124 men / 121 women)*
   202 - McAllen Marathon, McAllen, January 15 (91 men / 55 women / 56 relay)
   196 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon, Seabrook, March 18 (96 men / 67 women / 33 relay)
   142 - South Padre Island Marathon, South Padre Island, November 12 (81 men / 61 women)
   128 - Galveston Marathon, Galveston, February 12 (79 men / 49 women)
   102 - Grasslands Trail Runs, Decatur, March 18 (61 men / 41 women)
     99 - Miracle Match Marathon, Waco, January 22 (46 men / 30 women / 23 relay)
     91 - Marathon 2 Marathon, Marathon, October 21 (51 men / 40 women)
     89 - New Year's Eve Marathon, Allen, December 31 (58 men / 31 women)
     82 - Surfside Marathon, Surfside Beach, February 4 (50 men / 32 women)*
     71 - Davy Crockett Bear Chase Marathon, Groveton, April 8 (42 men / 29 women)
     68 - Cross Timbers Trail Run, Lake Texoma, February 18 (56 men / 12 women)
     67 - Exygon and Baptist Hospitals Gusher Marathon, Beaumont, March 4 (51 men / 16 women)
     64 - New Year's Day Marathon, Allen, January 1 (33 men / 31 women)
     37 - Amarillo Marathon, Amarillo, April 8 (22 men / 15 women)
     37 - Rough Creek Trail Run Marathon, Glen Rose, September 23 (27 men / 10 women)
     36 - Multiple Sclerosis Marathon, Dallas, May 27 (21 men / 15 women)
     36 - The Tortoise Marathon, Dallas, November 25 (16 men / 20 women)
     32 - Love. Run. Marathon., Huntsville, February 18 (19 men / 13 women)
     30 - Dust Bowl Series Marathon, Dalhart, March 22 (18 men / 12 women)
     26 - Wayne's World Marathon, Dallas, May 28 (12 men / 14 women)
     26 - The Waddle Marathon, Dallas, November 24 (11 men / 15 women)
     25 - Bachman Memorial Day Marathon, Dallas, May 29 (17 men / 8 women)
     22 - The Walk Marathon, Dallas, November 23 (9 men / 13 women)
     17 - Charlie's Snake Wrangling Marathon, Dallas, November 26 (12 men / 5 women)
     16 - Hill Country Trivium Marathon, Marble Falls, November 12 (6 men / 10 women)

* Early start included.

World's Largest New Year's Day Marathons

2000 - 2,535 - IAAF Rome Millennium (Italy)

2001 -    29 - Y2K+1 (Runaway Bay, Australia)
                 14 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)

2002 -    60 - Redding Marathon (California)
                 36 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)

2003 -    68 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                 54 - Redding Marathon (California)

2004 -   129 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                 54 - Redding Marathon (California)

2005 -   132 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)
                114 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)

2006 -   124 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                104 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2007 -   176 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                107 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2008 -   245 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                107 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2009 -   264 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                114 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2010 -   245 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                158 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2011 - 20,362 - Xiamen International (China)
                   317 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                   180 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2012 -   221 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                155 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2013 -   248 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                169 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)
                100 - New Year's Day (Allen, Texas)

2014 -   301 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                177 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)
                153 - New Year's Day (Allen, Texas)

2015 -   291 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                153 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2016 -   329 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                221 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2017 -   312 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                158 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)

2018 -   245 - Texas Marathon (Kingwood)
                153 - Neujarhs Marathon (Schlieren, Switzerland)