Marquette Marathon

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Marquette Marathon
DateSaturday of Labor Day weekend
LocationIshpeming, Michigan to Marquette, Michigan
Distance26.2 miles (42.2 km)
Primary sponsorNorthern Michigan University and others
Established1977
Official site www.marquettemarathon.com
Participants500+ [1]

The Marquette Marathon is an annual marathon in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. The course runs point-to-point, starting at Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum in Ishpeming, follows the Iron Ore Heritage Trail and ends at the Superior Dome in Marquette. [2] [3] It is held annually on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. [4] The race is one of the fastest Boston Marathon qualifiers in the USA, with a descent of almost 800 feet (240 m) in the first 5 miles (8.0 km). [5] The section along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail is on a gravel-covered path through the forest, but the later part of the course features views of Lake Superior. [6]

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As of 1990, the Marquette Marathon was the only marathon in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. [7] As such, it may have been the first marathon in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The Marquette Marathon brings nearly $500,000 to the Marquette community according to the Marquette Marathon committee, which is consistent with studies of the economic impact of smaller marathon events. [8] [9] [10]

Race history

The Marquette Marathon was first run in 1977 with 49 finishers. [11] Since then, it has gone by several names and used different course routes. The first iteration of the Marquette Marathon was run from 1977 until 1982; the renamed Northern Shufflers Marathon was between 1984 and 1996. [12] [13] [14] The race director in 1979 may have been Pat Nardini. [15] The 1983 version of the race was known as the Marquette National Bank and Trust Marathon and featured a course from Negaunee, Michigan to Marquette that was described as "hilly from start to finish." [16] The 1988 Northern Shufflers Marathon ran from the Wawonowin Golf Club in Ishpeming, Michigan and ended at Northern Michigan University. [17]

In 1992, an organizer of the Northern Shufflers Marathon in Michigan organized the "Northern Shufflers Delaware Marathon" so that interested runners could complete a marathon in every US state as Delaware did not then have a marathon. [18] [19] [20] The race started and finished at the University of Delaware fieldhouse. [21] A total of 62 runners from 37 states took part in the one-time event. [22]

The Marquette Marathon was restarted in 2010, and the current course, finishing at the Superior Dome, has been run since 2021. Before this change, the race finished on North Third Street near Blackrocks Brewery. [23]

In 2020, the race was canceled due to COVID-19. However, nine runners ran the course in an unofficial virtual race. [24]

The Marquette Marathon was part of the Great Lakes Marathon Series, a circuit of 25 marathon races near the Great Lakes, from 2013 until 2019. [25] [26] [27]

Race weekend

The race expo is held on Friday of Labor Day weekend at the Superior Dome. There is a one-mile kids' race called the Pebble Run on the same day.[ citation needed ]

On Saturday, the Marquette Marathon starts at 7:30 am; the Marquette Half Marathon starts in Negaunee, Michigan at 9:00 am; and the Wildcat 5 km race starts (at 9:00 am) and finishes at the Superior Dome.[ citation needed ]

Winners

DateMen's winnerTime
(h:m:s)		Women's winnerTime
(h:m:s)
August 31, 2024 [28] Adam Martin Caldwell2:19:27.9Courtney Rouse2:59:54.8
September 2, 2023Noah Jacobs2:34:26.8Violet Butts2:59:45.8
September 3, 2022Chris Scott2:33:51.6Elizabeth Dollas2:54:48.1
September 4, 2021Alex Dennis2:39:05.9Liza Breznau2:59:15.8
August 31, 2019Samuel Parlette2:35:47.2Tiffany Kari3:05:11.8
September 1, 2018Joe Ketarkus2:59:58.3Mandy Dye3:10:17.7
September 2, 2017Alex Prasad2:43:03.6Sarah Kasabian-Larson2:57:17.8
September 3, 2016Brad Vincent2:49:51.2Janet Becker3:06:01.5
September 5, 2015Nate Hoffman2:36:41.1Elizabeth Whiting3:00:49.4
August 30, 2014Vince Bechard2:35:51.7Christina Carradine3:15:03.3
August 31, 2013Jon Rock2:29:04.6Elizabeth Jones3:06:56.5
September 1, 2012Matthew Paullin2:44:17.2Christina Mishica3:13:28.9
September 3, 2011Luis Cruz2:45:05.4Elizabeth Jones3:13:38.5
September 4, 2010Ricky Alvarez2:37:57.8Elizabeth Jones3:01:52.7
September 14, 1996 [29] unknownunknownunknownunknown
1995 [30] unknownunknownunknownunknown
1994unknownunknownGay Keskeyunknown [31]
September 18, 1993 [32] [33] unknownunknownunknownunknown
September 19, 1992 [34] unknownunknownunknownunknown
September 15, 1990Judd Johnson2:43:59 [35] Wanda Cousineau3:08:10 [36]
1989 [37] unknownunknownunknownunknkown
September 24, 1988 [38] unknownunknownunknownunknown
September 20, 1986 [39] unknownunknownunknownunknown
September 22, 1984Chris Danielson2:42:11Rhonda Henderson3:58:31
September 10, 1983 [40] [41] [42] unknownunknownunknownunknown
September 18, 1982Chris Danielson2:38:10Laurie Hallifax3:23:18
September 12, 1981 Doug Kurtis 2:15:31 [43] Sally Sakalos3:15:16 [44]
September 6, 1980Doug Riske2:32:16Sheila Joosten3:12:24
September 8, 1979Chris Danielson2:32:46 [45] Eunice Carlson2:50:53 [46]
September 9, 1978Chris Glowacki2:39:17Eunice Carlson3:00:31
September 10, 1977Scott Lachniet2:35:14Denise Green3:39:45

Past half marathon winners

DateMen's winnerTime
(h:m:s)		Women's WinnerTime
(h:m:s)
August 31, 2024Ian Torchia1:09:57.8Maggie Priebe1:19:50.7
September 2, 2023Alex Dennis1:09:22.7Kathy Vandehy1:14:11.8
September 3, 2022Charles Smogoleski1:06:05.8Natalie Anderson1:21:44.9
September 4, 2021Richard Swor1:06:20.1Katie Lakin1:22:11.3
August 31, 2019Alexander Dennis1:17:23.7Callie Bartel1:27:11.4
September 1, 2018Samuel Parlette1:11:45.2Kameron Burmeister1:19:04.8
September 2, 2017Jeffrey Quednow1:14:41.4Callie Bartel1:25:16.0
September 3, 2016Nathaniel Langlie1:15:32.2Victoria Phillippi1:28:10.1
September 5, 2015Daniel Dehlin1:13:46.5Melissa Burkart1:19:17.8
August 30, 2014Tracy Lokken1:14:45.1Melanie Bicigo1:28:51.1
August 31, 2013Tracy Lokken1:10:07.3Alison Goss1:28:43.8
September 1, 2012Tracy Lokken1:12:36.0Alison Goss1:33:17.7
September 3, 2011Tracy Lokken1:09:12.4Alison Goss1:32:20.8
September 4, 2010Tracy Lokken1:12:53.4Valerie Kelso1:34:49.2

Past Wildcat 5 km winners

DateMen's winnerTime
(m:s)		Women's winnerTime
(m:s)
August 31, 2024Qwynn Darnell17:16.5Emma Ziegler23:06.1
September 2, 2023Qwynn Darnell17:27.2Chessie Sergey21:20.2
September 3, 2022Anthony Plana18:25.7Chessie Sergey22:00.5
September 4, 2021Scott Carhoun18:16.1Roman Menhart21:59.2
August 31, 2019Jeffrey Quednow17:53.1Amber Huebner22:06.8
September 1, 2018Lucas Cavalieri18:46.2Laurie Tardiff21:05.3
September 2, 2017Brent Skaw18:01.1Deedra Irwin19:05.8
September 3, 2016Richard Sandlin17:16.5Rebecca Kraemer23:09.1

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