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