USA Half Marathon Championships

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USA Half Marathon Championships
2015 Aramco Houston Half Marathon.jpg
Contestants at the 2015 Championships
Location United States
Event typeRoad
Distance Half marathon
EstablishedMen's race 1987
Women's race 1989

The USA Half Marathon Championships is the annual national championships for half marathon running in the United States. The race serves as a way of designating the American national champion for the half marathon. The men's race was first contested in 1987 and the women's race began in 1989.

Contents

Men's results

  New championship record

YearLocationVenueWinnerTime
2025 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Half Marathon Alex Maier 1:00:48
2023 Fort Worth, TX The Cowtown MarathonJacob Thomson1:02:38
2022 Indianapolis, Indiana 500 Festival Mini-Marathon Leonard Korir (3)1:02:35
2021 Hardeeville, South Carolina Mortgage Network Half Marathon Conner Mantz 1:00:55
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic [1]
2019 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon Leonard Korir (2)1:01:52
2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon Chris Derrick 1:02:37
2017 Columbus, Ohio Capital City Half Marathon Leonard Korir 1:03:04
2016 Columbus, Ohio Capital City Half Marathon Christo Landry 1:02:52
2015 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Diego Estrada 1:00:51
2014 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Meb Keflezighi (2)1:01:23
2013 Duluth, Minnesota Grandma's Marathon Mo Trafeh (2)1:01:17
2012 Duluth, Minnesota Grandma's Marathon Abdi Abdirahman 1:02:46
2011 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Mo Trafeh1:02:17
2010 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Antonia Vega1:01:54
2009 Houston, Texas Aramco Half Marathon Meb Keflezighi 1:01:25
2008 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon James Carney1:02:21
2007 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Ryan Hall 59:43
2006 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Brian Sell 1:02:39
2005 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Dan Browne (2)1:03:56
2004 Kansas City, Missouri Carondelet Heart Institute Hospital Hill Run Ryan Shay (2)1:05:04
2003 Kansas City, Missouri Carondelet Heart Institute Hospital Hill Run Ryan Shay 1:04:13
2002 Kansas City, Missouri UMKC Hospital Hill RunPeter De la Cerda1:05:57
2001 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Dan Browne 1:03:55
2000 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Rod DeHaven (3)1:03:06
1999 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Todd Williams 1:04:24
1998 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Rod DeHaven (2)1:03:42
1997 Parkersburg, West Virginia —David Morris1:05:53
1996 Parkersburg, West Virginia —Alfredo Vigueras1:04:42
1995 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Steve Spence 1:04:42
1994 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Rod DeHaven 1:03:38
1993 Parkersburg, West Virginia —Ed Eyestone1:03:19
1992 Parkersburg, West Virginia —Don Janicki1:03:44
1991 Parkersburg, West Virginia —Jon Sinclair1:03:44
1990 Parkersburg, West Virginia —Mark Curp1:03:37
1989————
1988 Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl Half MarathonMark Stickley1:02:42
1987 Boston, Massachusetts New Bedford/Bank of Boston Half MarathonPaul Cummings1:02:32

Women's results

  New championship record

YearLocationVenueWinnerTime
2025 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Half Marathon Taylor Roe 1:07:22
2023 Fort Worth, TX The Cowtown MarathonAliphine Tuliamuk (2)1:09:36
2022 Indianapolis, Indiana 500 Festival Mini-Marathon Emily Sisson 1:07:11
2021 Hardeeville, South Carolina Mortgage Network Half Marathon Keira D'Amato 1:07:55
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic [1]
2019 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon Stephanie Bruce 1:10:43
2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon Aliphine Tuliamuk 1:10:04
2017 Columbus, Ohio Capital City Half Marathon Natosha Rogers 1:10:45
2016 Columbus, Ohio Capital City Half Marathon Tara Welling 1:10:25
2015 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Kim Conley 1:09:44
2014 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Serena Burla 1:10:48
2013 Duluth, Minnesota Grandma's Marathon Adriana Nelson 1:11:19
2012 Duluth, Minnesota Grandma's Marathon Kara Goucher 1:09:46
2011 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Jennifer Rhines 1:11:14
2010 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Shalane Flanagan 1:09:41
2009 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Magdalena Lewy Boulet 1:11:47
2008 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Kate O'Neil1:11:57
2007 Houston, Texas Aramco Houston Half Marathon Elva Dryer 1:11:42
2006 Kansas City, Missouri Hospital Hill Half Marathon Annie Bersagel 1:14:36
2005————
2004 Duluth, Minnesota Grandma's Marathon Deena Kastor 1:10:30
2003 Duluth, Minnesota Grandma's Marathon Colleen De Reuck 1:10:00
2002————
2001 Parkersburg, West Virginia —Milena Glusac1:12:13
2000 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Libbie Hickman (2)1:11:01
1999 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Gwyn Coogan 1:12:36
1998 Parkersburg, West Virginia — Libbie Hickman 1:13:29
1997————
1996 Schaumburg, Illinois Motorola Half MarathonAnne Marie Lauck1:12:10
1995————
1994————
1993 Fairfield, Connecticut —Elaine Van Blunk1:12:06
1992————
1991————
1990————
1989 Fairfield, Connecticut —Diane Brewer1:13:00

Records

2025 Atlanta Half Marathon

In October 2024, USATF announced the 2025 USA Half Marathon Championships would be held March 2nd at the Atlanta Half Marathon. [2] The event was part of the Atlanta Marathon weekend, put on by the Atlanta Track Club. The top 3 finishers will each be selected to represent Team USA in the half marathon distance at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in San Diego on September 28th. [3] Alex Maier won the men's race in 1:00:48, while Taylor Roe won the women's race in 1:07:22. Both were Puma sponsored runners based out of North Carolina. Shadrack Kipchirchir and Hillary Bor placed 2nd and 3rd for the men, while Emma Grace Hurley and Amanda Vestri rounded out the women's team. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "COVID-19 RELATED CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELLATIONS AND POSTPONEMENTS". USATF. April 16, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ https://www.usatf.org/news/2024/usa-track-field-announces-championships-for-2024-2
  3. ↑ https://www.usatf.org/events/2025/2025-usatf-half-marathon-championships
  4. ↑ https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/03/rrw-puma-elites-alex-maier-taylor-roe-spring-upsetes-win-usatf-half-marathon-titles-in-dramatic-fashion/
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