3M Half Marathon Finishers Numbers (2003-2022)

2022 (27th) - 3,910 (2,055 women / 1,855 men)
2021 - Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 (26th) - 5,622 (3,057 women / 2,565 men)
2019 (25th) - 6,013 (3,292 women / 2,721 men)
2018 (24th) - 5,630 (3,260 women / 2,370 men)
2017 (23rd) - 5,167 (3,007 women / 2,160 men)
2016 (22nd) - 5,300 (3,133 women / 2,167 men)
2015 (21st) - 5,500 (3,240 women / 2,260 men)
2014 (20th) - 4,613 (2,657 women / 1,956 men)
2013 (19th) - 5,020 (2,917 women / 2,103 men)
2012 (18th) - 5,004* (2,848 women / 2,012 men), 144 relays
2011 (17th) - 4,277 (2,603 women / 1,922 men)
2010 (16th) - 4,283 (2,420 women / 1,863 men)
2009 (15th) - 4,159 (2,248 women / 1,911 men)
2008 (14th) - 4,454 (2,312 women / 2,142 men)
2007 (13rd) - 3,448 (1,704 women / 1,744 men)
2006 (12th) - 3,003 (1,504 women / 1,499 men), 68 relays
2005 (11th) - 2,629 (1,273 women / 1,356 men), 62 relays
2004 (10th) - 2,580 (1,188 women / 1,392 men), 60 relays
2003 (9th) - 2,922* (1,262 women / 1,383 men), 31 military, 137 clydesdale, 27 filly, 82 relays

* indicates the total is not just made up of the women and men's individual runners.  relays count as one finisher.

Sources:  cadencesports.com (2014-2016), mychiptime.com (2022, 2017-2020, 2009-2010), wetimeraces.com (2012, 2013), active.com via 3M website (2012, 2006, 2005), run-far.com (2004, 2005)

Leskow easily wins men's We Are Houston 5K while Sorensen edges Schrader for women's title

Embracing the cooler weather and windy conditions - as if it were a home course advantage - to win Saturday's We Are Houston 5K in downtown Houston was Conshohocken, Pennsylvania native Aaron Leskow.

The 30-year-old, who was a middle distance specialist at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, easily grabbed the title over Sugar Land resident J.P. Machemel with a commanding 39-second advantage in 15:27.

Machemel, 37, the former Texas A&M Aggie who like Leskow ran the middle distances there, finished in 16:06 with more of advantage - namely a minute and seven seconds - over third place finisher Zachary Madsen, 14, of Houston.

Madsen is a freshman at Clear Lake High School where he won the UIL 6A District 24 junior varsity cross country title in a similar time of 17:14 -- a second slower than today's showing.

Former University of Houston Cougar cross country and track athlete Meredith Sorensen, 24, held off former Baylor Bear Bree Schrader, 28, by two seconds to take the women's title in 17:55.

Third overall in a time of 18:21 was 35-year-old New York City resident Jessica Chichester, who is running tomorrow's Aramco Houston Half Marathon.

Fifth overall at the 2018 Boston Marathon, Chichester qualified for and finished the 2020 United States Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta, Georgia in 2:45:49.

Wheelchair division winners were Kingwood's Jacob Allen, 20, and Tucson, Arizona's Chelsea Stein, 18, in times of 12:39 and 17:11, respectively.  Both athletes will be competing in tomorrow's Chevron Houston Marathon.

Winning the Handcyclist division were Cypress' Jeff Chaffin, 41, and League City's Alyssa Brodeur, 24, with marks of 12:16 and 20:53.  Chaffin is entered in the handcycle division of the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday.

Athletes with Disabilities with Guide winning athletes were Jackson, Michigan's Lucas Crisanti, 24, and Houston's Briana Fuller, 33, in 21:40 and 28:38.  Crisanti will be in the marathon on Sunday while Fuller will compete in the half marathon.

The Mobility Impaired athlete division was won by Saratoga Springs, Utah's Jeff Waldmuller, 37, and Houston's Sagirah Ahmed Norris, 32, in 21:39 and 33:27.  Waldmuller will be in the marathon while Norris will be in the half marathon tomorrow.

St. Louis, Missouri's Nick Silver, 36, and Houston's Kellie Dewveall, 54, won the Visually Impaired athlete divisions in 25:12 and 32:32, respectively.  Silver will run the half marathon tomorrow while Dewveall will compete in the marathon.

Just Some Notables For This Weekend's Races In Houston!

Just some notables that have bibs for this weekend's We Are Houston 5K, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and the Chevron Houston Marathon.  And just because someone is in the database doesn't guarantee that they'll run!

Enjoy!

Former KTRK-TV Channel 13 anchor and current KEYE-TV anchor (in Austin) ADELA UCHIDA will be running her sixth career Chevron Houston Marathon - to go with three Aramco Houston Half Marathons.  Her marathon PR came here in Houston in 2012 with a time of 3:53:29.

KTRK Channel 13 reporter JESSICA WILLEY will be running the marathon on Sunday, which will be her fourth Chevron Houston Marathon after finishing in 2016, 2017 and her Boston qualifier in 2019 of 3:38:36.  She also has fourth in-person Aramco Houston Half Marathons to her credit (2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020).

Harris County Judge LINA HIDALGO will be aiming to finish her third Chevron Houston Marathon - not counting last year's virtual effort.  She ran 4:14:26 in 2019 and 4:12:05 in 2020.

Last year's winner of The Woodlands Marathon who was disqualified for not going to a turnaround spot midway through the race MCKALE MONTGOMERY will be running the marathon on Sunday.  She later finished the Grandma's Marathon in 2:36:56 and the Chicago Marathon in 2:43:04.

Humble's STEVE BOONE has drawn bib number 800 as he will be running his 800th career marathon on Sunday.  He has run 34 consecutive Houston Marathons, dating back to 1988, including last year's virtual effort.

Also going for a milestone marathon is Houston's SUZY SEELEY as she will toe the line for her 300th career marathon on Sunday.  She has completed 25 Chevron Houston Marathons - consecutive from 1995 to 2019 - as well as the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in 2020.

BCS Marathon founder and race director CHRIS FIELD will be aiming for his seventh Chevron Houston Marathon finish.  Three years ago, Chris ran his best time at Houston with a sharp 3:08:42, down from his debut at Houston in 2010 which was a time of 4:46:09.  He has also run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon once in 1:30:18.

Former University of Houston Cougar and The Woodlands Christian Academy head cross country and track and field coach TOM EARLE.  He is running in the event for the first time since 1986 when he ran the marathon in 3:37:06!

Waco Miracle Marathon race director NANCY GOODNIGHT is on deck - a week after doing the 100K at Bandera and running the Texas Marathon the Saturday before - for her fourth career Houston Marathon.  Her first was in 2002, where she ran the race in 4:12:37.  Her last two outings in 2019 and 2020 were times of 3:49:14 and 3:28:32, respectively.

San Antonio Central Catholic and Providence Catholic head cross country coach GARY BRIMMER will be running the Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday and will be in his first event here since 1998 when he ran the marathon in 2:49:49, good for 78th overall.

Not listed in the event's press release announcing its elite fields (which could mean also that she's withdrawn) is 2016 Olympics gold medalist in the triathlon - and two-time Olympian - GWEN JORGENSEN, who would have brought a 1:10:58 PR to the half marathon field.  But super sleuth Ed Fry went to Gwen's Instagram for more:  "Thrilled to be back to pain free running. After almost a month of mystery pain I had a bursa drained next to my plantar. This was causing a ton of pain that was assumed to be plantar fasciitis but my gut told me that wasn’t true. I’m grateful to people around me that never give up."

Former marathon winners who have a bib and are listed in the app:

225 - Clent Mericle (1975 tie, 1977)

915 - Benji Durden (1982)

6306 - Adriana Fernandez Miranda (1996)

103 - Biruktayt Eshetu Degefa (2016, 2018, 2019)

In the We Are Houston 5K on Saturday,

51720 - Montgomery Lake Creek's Carter Gordy (12th in UIL 5A XC)

2022 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon Women's Single-Age Race Preview

The last four years, The Woodlands High School freshman Stoya Laydevant has run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon and Sunday she's gearing up for her fifth trip of the course.

2017 - 10 - 2:24:18 (11th)

2018 - 11 - 1:55:07 (3rd)

2019 - 12 - 1:51:08 (2nd)

2020 - 13 - 1:45:29 (4th)

And when she runs on Sunday, she'll be aiming to see where she stands against the best of the 15-year-olds who have ever run the event.

1.  1:21:20, Lauren Smith, Lake Jackson (Clute Brazoswood), 2007

2.  1:22:08, Nichole Jones, Houston (Spring Westfield), 2005

3.  1:24:39, Avery Clover, Humble (Humble Atascosita), 2019

4.  1:27:48, Janessa Dunn, San Antonio (San Antonio FEAST), 2008

5.  1:28:14, Emily Dunn, San Antonio (San Antonio FEAST), 2008

6.  1:33:04, Emily Jensen, The Woodlands (The Woodlands College Park), 2009

7.  1:33:06, Abbie Harrelson, Pearland (Pearland Dawson), 2015

8.  1:35:22, Katie Jensen, The Woodlands (The Woodlands College Park), 2011

9.  1:36:38, Alyssa Crocker (Cy-Falls), Houston, 2006

10.  1:36:58, Kassandra Blatter, York, NE, 2008

Tulsa, Oklahoma's Terri Cassel, a physical therapist with a deep running and triathlon background, is registered to run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon and the 60-year-old age group mark could be ripe for the taking.

Cassel, who has run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon four of its last five runnings, has three single age marks -- 54, 55, and 58 - with times of 1:29:58, 1:32:51 and 1:29:34.

The top 60-year-old mark to date was by Houston's Joann Peeks in 2012 with a time of 1:39:58.

In 2018, Cassel had run the distance in 1:28:38 and held the 56-year-old single age mark, but Phoenix, Arizona's Susan Loken obliterated that mark with a 1:23:02 in 2020.

Speaking of Loken, who is running the marathon on Sunday in her second ever appearance here, she could easily grab the 58-year-old single age mark in the marathon.

Loken ran here in Houston in 2012 during the United States Olympic Marathon Team Trials, the last of the three times that she qualified.  She finished in 3:05:11.

According to marathonguide.com, her last two marathons were in 2019 where she ran 2:55:20 and 2:25:09 in the City of Los Angeles Marathon and Grandma's Marathon, respectively.

The 58-year-old single age best?  Beaumont's Joyce Gaskin ran 3:32:06 in 1996 with some great local names in the list behind her:  Pam Butler (2nd), Ann Erickson (3rd), Plano's Marylyn Patrick (4th), Suzy Seeley (6th) and Barbara Stoll (7th).

It is also very possible that Katy's Lynn Malloy gives the 61-year-old single age mark in the half marathon a test.

Two years ago, Lynn set the single age mark in the 59-year-old category with a time of 1:38:02.

Colleyville's Debbie Clark ran 1:37:29 in 2014, breaking the 1:38:00 mark of Ann Erickson's that had stood since 2004.

Lynn's progression as a runner at the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon has actually been quite impressive.  According to houstonresults.com, here are those times:

2011 - 50 - 4:51:29 - marathon

2012 - 51 - 3:54:52 - marathon

2013 - 52 - 3:41:01 - marathon (10 AG)

2014 - 53 - 3:52:57 - marathon

2015 - 54 - 4:00:31 - marathon

2016 - 55 - 3:23:57 - marathon (1 AG; 6th all-time single age)

2018 - 57 - 1:38:09 - half marathon (2 AG; 2nd all-time single age)

2019 - 58 - 1:35:55 - half marathon (1 AG; 2nd all-time single age)

2020 - 59 - 1:38:02 - half marathon (5 AG; 1st all-time single age)

Spring's Peggy Yetman is entered in the marathon.

The last time she ran it was in 2020 when she set a single-age best for 51-year-old women with a time of 2:58:07, shattering the previous best of Newington, Connecticut's Josephine Marchetti, who ran 3:06:18 in 1995.

Sunday will be her fifth appearance in the marathon to go with three in the half marathon.

2007 - 38 - 3:06:05 - marathon (5 AG)

2008 - 39 - 2:52:18 - marathon (3 AG; 17th all-time single age)

2009 - 40 - 1:18:43 - half marathon (2 AG; 3rd all-time single age; 12th all-time 40-44 age group)

2011 - 42 - 3:01:19 - marathon (3 AG; 8th all-time single age)

2018 - 49 - 1:22:21 - half marathon (2 AG; 1st all-time single age; 9th all-time 45-49 age group)

2019 - 50 - 1:26:26 - half marathon (1 AG; 2nd all-time single age; 3rd all-time 50-54 age group)

2020 - 51 - 2:58:07 - marathon (2 AG; 1st all-time single age; 5th all-time 50-54 age group)

It's solid to say that Peggy will at least move into second in the 53-year-old single age mark for the marathon as Barbara Stoll's time from 2015 in 3:15:30.

The 53-year-old record holder is Leon, Mexico's Regina Yamin, who ran 2:57:42 in 2018.

Just this past October, she won the 55-59 age group at the London Marathon in a time of 2:57:56!

Houston's Ute Eisele is registered for the half marathon at the age of 78.  

She has finished 12 Chevron Houston Marathons, the last one coming in 2017 when she posted the best 73-year-old women's mark of 5:25:58.  The only time that she ran the half in Houston as in 2006 when she finished in 2:04:38 at age 62.

To date, there's only been six women - Pamela Willmon (2018), Marsha Smith (2014), Adeline "Addie" Kephart (2007), Marcie McCaskill (2003), Rosie Elgueta (2017) and Betsy Chapman (2020) - to have finished the half marathon at the age of 78.

Willmon, who last Saturday ran the Texas Marathon as an 82-year-old, holds the best time in the single age division in 2:46:36.

It is uncertain if Willmon is for sure registered for the half marathon on Sunday.  There's an entry in the Chevron Houston Marathon app for a "Pame Willmon".

She ran the marathon in 1996 and has run the half marathon six times, not counting the 2021 virtual time that is in the Chevron Houston Marathon's results database.  

She would record a finish in her fourth different decade on Sunday.

Speaking of Kingwood's Chapman, she is registered for her 12th half marathon, with her first one coming in 2008 at the age of 66.  The last nine have come in consecutive years, 2012-2020.

Likewise, when Chapman finishes, she will be just the seventh female to record a finish at the age of 80 in the half marathon.

Inaugural Vintage Park New Year's Day Classic A Success

2022's the year Ron Stitt is becoming his own man.

He always was in the physical sense, of course, but from the event producer perspective, the Vintage Park New Year’s Day Classic 5K and 10K was the first where the buck stopped with him.

After having left the company that acquired the Run Houston Race Series and the Bayou City Half Marathon Series, as expected, Stitt’s first event under his new HTX Events brand was a smashing success.

Prior to the pandemic on New Year’s Day, Stitt was the caretaker of the Run Houston! Sam Houston Race Park event, which debuted with 823 finishers in 2015, hit a high of 1,700 in 2017 and had settled in with 1,110 in 2020 (352 in the 10K, 722 in the 5K and 36 in a Kids 1K/1M).

Observers were waiting to see how many Stitt would be able to carry with him to his new company – and, apparently, nearly half, even though it still seems that those who raced regularly before the pandemic haven’t completely returned to live racing.

The brand-new Vintage Park New Year’s Day Classic saw 156 cross the finish in the 5K, including four in the wheelchair division, 255 in the 10K and another 19 in the Kids’ 1K.

Spring’s Tyler Blackburn, 27, and Cypress’ Martina Dujic, 37, were the initial winners of the 10K with respective winning times of 36:12 and 42:59.

A pair of master’s runners – Spring’s Patrick Wills, 41, and Tomball’s Brian Gray, 55 – rounded out the men’s top three as they followed in times of 37:45 and 39:10.

The ladies followed suit as Houston’s Tuongvi Cao, 46, and Katy’s Yan Liu, 51, were second and third overall for the women in 45:10 and 47:30, respectively.

In the 5K, Hockley’s John Brown, 24, and Houston’s Daniela Castillo Sabido, 21, captured victories wih efforts of 18:17 and 19:36.

Brown held off 43-year-old Cypress native Curtis Hale by 15 seconds as he crossed in 18:32 followed seven seconds later by Tomball’s Mark Coalmer, 51, in 18:39.

Sabido, who finished fifth among all competitors, was never challenged by the rest of the women in the field.

Second place overall went to former Cypress Creek HS athlete Rachel Goebel, 19, from Houston, who finished in 22:43 – 15 seconds in front of former Houston Cougar Erika Sampson, 48, who stopped the clock in 22:58.

Michael Saldivar, 24, of Houston and Spring’s Chelsea Stein, 18, won the wheelchair division of the 5K in times of 19:30 and 35:34, respectively.

Enzo Nunez, 9, and Houston’s Launa Flore, 10, were first in the kids’ 1K in 3:46 and 4:11.

HTX Events’ next event will be on Sunday, April 10, 2022 with the Vintage Park 13.1 Half Marathon. 

Texas Marathon and Half Marathon Overall Winners and Finishers (2000-2022)

Marathon
Men - Overall
2000 - Pat Shannon, 3:16:36
2001 - Robert King, 3:24:07
2002 - Robert King, 3:04:27
2003 - Bill Schroeder, 2:57:35
2004 - Carlos Ibarra, 2:59:52
2005 - John Yoder, 3:01:11
2006 - Chuck Engle, 2:52:44
2007 - Terry Garrett, 2:56:17
2008 - Daniel Lawton, 2:46:50
2009 - Kurt Klewin, 2:42:31
2010 - Gerry Hogg, 2:47:47
2011 - Daniel Lawton, 2:44:39
2012 - Jacob Gautreaux, 3:10:57
2013 - Mark Lawton, 3:03:29
2014 - Daniel Bucci, 3:00:44
2015 - John Hill, 2:42:59
2016 - Daniel Bucci, 2:55:28
2017 - Ramesh Kanjilimadom, 3:10:31
2018 - Tim Heitzwebel, 3:16:27
2019 - Christopher Rodriguez, 2:52:28
2020 - Collin Wills, 2:56:13
2021 - Josh Heimbach, 2:35:06
2022 - Daniel Lawton, 2:52:13

Women - Overall
2000 - Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, 3:36:00
2001 - Suzy Seeley, 3:49:06
2002 - Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, 3:36:41
2003 - Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, 3:45:12
2004 - Theresa Woosley, 3:36:31
2005 - Julianna Keogh, 3:32:24
2006 - Kimberly Simmons, 3:29:27
2007 - Christine Agnew, 3:06:12
2008 - Shannon Shoelen, 3:21:40
2009 - Jessica Jackson, 3:16:49
2010 - Melissa Keith, 3:24:40
2011 - Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, 3:35:10
2012 - Vicky Cook, 3:13:23
2013 - Suzy Seeley, 3:34:06
2014 - Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, 3:25:02
2015 - Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, 3:25:15
2016 - Stefanie Bernosky, 3:29:43
2017 - Erin Dawson, 3:20:15 (first out-of-stater since Jackson)
2018 - Ana Trevino, 3:23:13 (Golden, CO)
2019 - Becky Stanford, 3:27:03
2020 - Samantha Feldman, 3:39:20
2021 - Selena Pasadyn, 2:54:57 (Hinckley, OH)
2022 - C. Stephenson-Lake, 3:44:59

Wheelchair
2008 - Chris McDonald, 3:11:15

Total Number of Finishers
2000 - 16 (9 men / 7 women)
2001 - 14 (9 men / 5 women)
2002 - 36 (29 men / 7 women)
2003 - 68 (42 men / 26 women)
2004 - 129 (82 men / 47 women)
2005 - 114 (73 men / 41 women)
2006 - 124 (89 men / 35 women)
2007 - 176 (123 men / 53 women)
2008 - 245 (144 men / 101 women)
2009 - 264 (152 men / 112 women)
2010 - 245 (153 men / 92 women)
2011 - 318 (196 men / 122 women)
2012 - 224 (134 men / 90 women)
2013 - 247 (151 men / 96 women)
2014 - 305 (175 men / 130 women)
2015 - 298 (169 men / 129 women)
2016 - 331 (173 men / 158 women)
2017 - 312 (164 men / 148 women)
2018 - 254 (138 men / 116 women)
2019 - 253 (145 men / 108 women)
2020 - 203

2022 - 155

Half Marathon
Men
2009 - Jason Garcia, 1:16:49
2010 - Brock Babin, 1:27:39
2011 - Kerry Lee, 1:24:44
2012 - Kerry Lee, 1:18:38
2013 - Jacob Lefler, 1:19:37
2014 - Logan Terry, 1:14:53
2015 - Walt Yarrow, 1:32:45
2016 - Benjamin Parva, 1:21:55
2017 - Trent Nolen, 1:22:07
2018 - Trent Nolen, 1:21:07
2019 - Trent Nolen, 1:25:11
2020 - Kevin McGuire, 1:18:47
2021 - Seth Kaplan, 1:20:25

2022 - Seth Kaplan, 1:21:32

Women
2009 - Julie Mosier-Crosno, 1:30:26
2010 - Adrian Harkey, 1:32:22
2011 - Susan Sullivan, 1:31:03
2012 - Kathryn Nolen, 1:34:40
2013 - Jennica Barrow, 1:31:35
2014 - Emily Potts, 1:36:06
2015 - Jennifer Laughlin, 1:38:19
2016 - Callie Yarbrough, 1:35:45
2017 - Gabrielle Hoekstra, 1:36:53
2018 - Rylie Knight, 1:44:25
2019 - Caroline Frenzel, 1:31:01
2020 - Donna Baldetti, 1:40:25
2021 - Kelli Tomlinson, 1:36:28
2022 - Anastasia Small, 1:40:58

Total Number of Finishers
2009 - 158 (56 men / 102 women)
2010 - 203 (61 men / 142 women)
2011 - 300 (106 men / 194 women)
2012 - 343 (140 men / 203 women)
2013 - 259 (105 men / 154 women)
2014 - 317 (128 men / 189 women)
2015 - 290 (110 men / 180 women)
2016 - 276 (105 men / 171 women)
2017 - 294 (122 men / 172 women)
2018 - 203 (92 men / 111 women)
2019 - 246 (102 men / 144 women)
2020 - 314, including 22 that dropped down from the marathon.

2021 - 202, including 19 that dropped down from the marathon.

2022 - 281, including 22 that dropped down from the marathon.

Texas Marathon and Half Marathon Combined Total Number of Finishers
2000 - 16 (9 men / 7 women)
2001 - 14 (9 men / 5 women)
2002 - 36 (29 men / 7 women)
2003 - 68 (42 men / 26 women)
2004 - 129 (82 men / 47 women)
2005 - 114 (73 men / 41 women)
2006 - 124 (89 men / 35 women)
2007 - 176 (123 men / 53 women)
2008 - 245 (144 men / 101 women)
2009 - 422 (208 men / 214 women)
2010 - 448 (214 men / 234 women)
2011 - 618 (302 men / 316 women)
2012 - 567 (274 men / 293 women)
2013 - 506 (256 men / 250 women)
2014 - 622 (303 men / 319 women)
2015 - 588 (279 men / 309 women)
2016 - 607 (278 men / 329 women)
2017 - 606 (286 men / 320 women)
2018 - 457 (230 men / 227 women)
2019 - 499 (247 men / 252 women)
2020 - 517

2021 - 405

2022 - 436