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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.
Kenyan Nelson Oyugi holds the men's half marathon course record of 1:01:59, while Belaynesh Zemedkun is the women's record holder with her time of 1:10:28. [9] The men's race has been dominated by Kenyans, with 13 wins since the mid-1990s, but Americans are historically strong on the women's side with 17 race wins. The United States has ...
Indoor tracks longer than 200 meters are considered "oversized" and times are not accepted for record purposes. Indoor sprint races (50 to 60 meters) are held on level straight-aways. American athletes are successful on an international stage with many American records being at the same time world records.
Houston Half Marathon: Houston, United States [88] 20,000 m: 1:18:33 Nikki Long United States 1 April 2021 Sir Walter Twilight Raleigh, United States [89] [90] 20 km (road) 1:02:43+ Mx: Weini Kelati United States 19 January 2025 Houston Half Marathon: Houston, United States [91] Half marathon: 1:06:09 Mx: Weini Kelati United States 19 January 2025
Sisson will be one of three American women competing in the marathon on Aug. 11 at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she and others will be running along the Seine River and near landmarks ...
This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium.
Sisson debuted in the marathon on 28 April 2019, finishing sixth at the London Marathon with a time of 2:23:08. This was the second fastest debut time for a marathon by an American, just 8 seconds behind Jordan Hasay's debut record. [29] The following summer, Sisson participated in the 10000m at the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field ...
[7] [8] The earliest half marathon world record accepted by the Association of Track and Field Statisticians is that of 67:01 minutes run by Englishman Brian Hill-Cottingham in Romford in 1960. [9] [10] For women, the earliest ARRS-recognised time is that of American Kathy Gibbons, who finished the distance in 83:56 on 7 March 1971 in Phoenix ...