Palau Marathon

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Palau Marathon is an annual marathon race in the Pacific island state of Palau, which has been organized by the Palau Track and Field Association since 2004. The route varies, in 2017 the marathon started in Ngardmau and led over the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge at 20 miles to the finish on the beach of the Palau Pacific Resort on Ngerekebesang Island. [1]

Statistics

NumberDateMenTime (h)WomenTime (h)Finisher
5. [2] April 5, 2008Minoru Suzuki3:26:10Olai Polloi6:31:403 + 1
6. [3] [4] April 11, 2009Toshikazu Misawa4:14:42Noemi Neipert4:14:422 + 3
7. [5] [6] April 3, 2010Joynal Mize4:11:48Joyleen Chilton7:55:495 + 1
8. [7] [8] April 2, 2011Brook Kintz3:36:07—8 + 0
9. [9] April 7, 2012unknownunknown5 + 1
10. [10] May 18, 2013Joynal Mize3:42:25Haley Cash4:44:06
11.April 5, 2014 [11] unknownunknown
12. [12] [13] April 4, 2015Nathan Cogswell3:26:22Angela Sy4:11:2010 + 5
13. [14] [15] September 3, 2016Denefher Flores4:09:03Miho Nagaya6:08:3810 + 1
14. [16] [17] April 8, 2017Joynal Mize4:26:05Yen Nguyen6:45:327 + 1
15. [18] April 7, 2018Aaron Salvador4:44:13Imee Delos Santos5:30:149 + 5
16. [19] April 6, 2019Denefher Flores4:44:13Mayumi Sone4:34:2613

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References

  1. ↑ Run the 2017 Palau Marathon. In: islandtimes.us, last visit April 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ Marathon List for 2008. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Marathon List for 2009. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ 2009 Palau Marathon. In: sportstg.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ Marathon List for 2010. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ 2010 Palau Marathon. In: sportstg.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ Marathon List for 2011. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  8. ↑ 2011 Palau Marathon. In: athletics-oceania.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Marathon List for 2012. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  10. ↑ Marathon List for 2013. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ Supplementary Marathon List for 2014. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  12. ↑ Marathon List for 2015. In: arrs.run, last visit April 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ 2015 Palau Marathon Entries. In: athletics-oceania.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  14. ↑ 2016 Palau Marathon. In: athletics-oceania.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  15. ↑ Palau Kids Athletics and Palau Marathon Report. In: athletics-oceania.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  16. ↑ 2017 Palau Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and HM Relay. In: athletics-oceania.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  17. ↑ Running Palau Marathon. In: johnmaddogwallace.com, last visit April 8, 2020.
  18. ↑ World record breaker joins 15th Palau Annual Marathon. In: islandtimes.us, last visit April 8, 2020.
  19. ↑ Woman tops overall annual marathon race in Palau. In: islandtimes.us, last visit April 8, 2020.
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