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Washington's Birthday Marathon

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Washington's Birthday Marathon
DateSecond Sunday of February
LocationGreenbelt, Maryland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1962
Course recordsMen: 2:22:14 (1978)
Robert Doyle
Women: 2:53:29 (1988)
Rose Malloy
Official sitewww.gwmarathon.com

Washington's Birthday Marathon is an annual marathon in the United States that has been held nearly every February since 1962. It is held each year on the Sunday of Washington's Birthday Weekend and is conducted by the DC Road Runners Club. The race was originally held in Arlington, Virginia, but after a few years, it was moved to Beltsville, Maryland. Finally, it was relocated to Greenbelt, Maryland. The Greenbelt course started and finished at the recreation center of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and consisted of three loops around the Beltsville Agricultural Research Farm. When NASA permanently closed access between the rec center and Good Hope Road, the race start was moved to Duvall High School, and finally to the Greenbelt Youth Center. The race continues to consist of three loops on the farm.[1] A three-person relay is also held at the same time. After the 2023 race, the DC Road Runners Club determined the course was not suitable, and the 2024 race was not held.[2]

Past winners

  • Note: While the Washington's Birthday Marathon started in 1962, it was not until 1971 that women's finishes were recorded. In 1972 no female time was recorded. The marathon was cancelled in 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2022. The race was held virtually in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Source: Winners archive compiled by Jack Leydig, Juraj Gasparovic, George Banker, and Jay Jacob Wind.[3]

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1962 File:Flag of the United States.svg Richard Haines (USA) 2:32:44
2nd 1963 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lou Castagnola (USA) 2:35:18
3rd 1964 File:Flag of the United States.svg Richard Haines (USA) 2:32:40
4th 1965 File:Flag of the United States.svg Robert Scharf (USA) 2:33:45
5th 1966 File:Flag of the United States.svg Robert Scharf (USA) 2:25:01
6th 1967 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lou Castagnola (USA) 2:22:45
7th 1968 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lou Castagnola (USA) 2:33:11
8th 1969 File:Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Ratliffe (USA) 2:27:48
9th 1970 File:Flag of the United States.svg John Loeschhorn (USA) 2:27:27
10th 1971 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jack Fultz (USA) 2:28:58 File:Flag of the United States.svg Anna Mae Diehl (USA) 3:43:01
11th 1972 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marshall Adams (USA) 2:30:52
12th 1973 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marshall Adams (USA) 2:24:17 File:Flag of the United States.svg Teri Johnson (USA) 3:57:40
13th 1974 File:Flag of the United States.svg Sheldon Karlin (USA) 2:26:59 File:Flag of the United States.svg Katherine Switzer (USA) 3:14:40
14th 1975 File:Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Hereford (USA) 2:24:30 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Bevans (USA) 3:04:32
15th 1976 File:Flag of the United States.svg Bill O'Brian (USA) 2:26:40 File:Flag of the United States.svg Carolyn Hahn (USA) 3:25:40
16th 1977 File:Flag of the United States.svg Max White (USA) 2:27:21 File:Flag of the United States.svg Ann Forshee (USA) 3:07:00
17th 1978 File:Flag of the United States.svg Robert Doyle (USA) 2:22:14 File:Flag of the United States.svg Janet Norem (USA) 3:09:30
18th 1979 File:Flag of the United States.svg Chris Mason (USA) 2:26:41 File:Flag of the United States.svg Val Hardin (USA) 3:09:39
19th 1980 File:Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Robinson (USA) 2:26:32 File:Flag of the United States.svg Susan Crowe (USA) 3:06:52
20th 1981 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Ulvestad (USA) 2:28:38 File:Flag of the United States.svg Laura DeWald (USA) 3:01:28
21st 1982 File:Flag of the United States.svg Terry Baker (USA) 2:26:19 File:Flag of the United States.svg Vera Thornhill (USA) 3:07:58
22nd 1983 File:Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Tays (USA) 2:26:22 File:Flag of the United States.svg Bunki Bankaitis-Davis (USA) 3:03:10
23rd 1984 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Minty (GBR) 2:35:06 File:Flag of the United States.svg Suzanne Rohr (USA) 3:15:42
24th 1985 File:Flag of the United States.svg Steve Saul (USA) 2:34:16 File:Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Horioka (USA) 3:07:19
25th 1986 File:Flag of the United States.svg Charles Trayer (USA) 2:30:52 File:Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Horioka (USA) 3:14:12
26th 1987 File:Flag of the United States.svg James Hage (USA) 2:28:59 File:Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Horioka (USA) 3:09:13
27th 1988 File:Flag of the United States.svg James Hage (USA) 2:28:18 File:Flag of the United States.svg Rose Malloy (USA) 2:53:29
28th 1989 File:Flag of the United States.svg John McGrail (USA) 2:30:25 File:Flag of the United States.svg Ruth Riemenschneider (USA) 3:07:25
29th 1990 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jack Cleland (USA) 2:41:48 File:Flag of the United States.svg Renee Butler (USA) 3:11:04
30th 1991 File:Flag of the United States.svg John Ausherman (USA) 2:39:34 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hiroko Smith (USA) 3:30:07
31st 1992 File:Flag of the United States.svg Drew Rogers (USA) 2:40:13 File:Flag of the United States.svg Judith Bugyi (USA) 3:14:33
32nd 1993 File:Flag of the United States.svg Ric Banning (USA) 2:46:46 File:Flag of the United States.svg Claudia Ciavarella (USA) 3:13:17
33rd 1994 File:Flag of the United States.svg Alan Ruben (USA) 2:37:54 File:Flag of the United States.svg Bonnie Barnard (USA) 3:02:19
34th 1995 File:Flag of the United States.svg Dominique LaLuz (USA) 2:46:41 File:Flag of the United States.svg Sandi Glass (USA) 3:11:29
35th 1996 File:Flag of the United States.svg Tim Dunlap (USA) 2:43:25 File:Flag of the United States.svg LeAnn Myhre (USA) 3:25:54
36th 1997 File:Flag of the United States.svg Paul Petersen (USA) 2:43:23 File:Flag of the United States.svg Sheila Gallop (USA) 3:27:50
37th 1998 File:Flag of the United States.svg Guy Gordon (USA) 2:37:44 File:Flag of the United States.svg Joanna Tomazic (USA) 3:18:31
38th 1999 File:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Rodgers (USA) 2:44:30 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Bandiera (USA) 3:09:30
39th 2000 File:Flag of the United States.svg John Weaver (USA) 2:57:57 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Bandiera (USA) 3:29:12
40th 2001 File:Flag of the United States.svg Todd Fach (USA) 2:44:14 File:Flag of the United States.svg Sarah McCarney (USA) 3:33:22
41st 2002 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Dietrich (USA) 2:51:20 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Bandiera (USA) 3:35:24
43rd 2004 File:Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Filteau (USA) 3:10:10 File:Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Windram (USA) 3:18:34
44th 2005 File:Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Lacovara-Switzer (USA) 2:49:25 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marie Sandrock (USA) 3:18:12
45th 2006 File:Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Koch (GER) 2:57:57 File:Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Morrissey (USA) 3:28:33
46th 2007 File:Flag of the United States.svg Luke Merkel (USA) 2:53:21 File:Flag of the United States.svg Patricia Zerfas (USA) 3:30:22
47th 2008 File:Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Hamley (USA) 2:42:15 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lydia Decker (USA) 3:17:42
48th 2009 File:Flag of the United States.svg Frank Leiter (USA) 2:51:31 File:Flag of the United States.svg Anya Oleynik (USA) 3:10:32
49th 2010 (cancelled because of snow)
50th 2011 File:Flag of the United States.svg Karsten Brown (USA) 2:46:46 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Bandiera (USA) 3:30:45
51st 2012 File:Flag of the United States.svg Bill Uher (USA) 2:47:13 File:Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Hunt (USA) 3:32:22
52nd 2013 File:Flag of the United States.svg Miles Aitken (USA) 3:08:43 File:Flag of the United States.svg Amanda An (USA) 3:35:02
53rd 2014 (cancelled because of snow)
54th 2015 File:Flag of the United States.svg James Downey and Miguel Perez (USA)

(cut to 9.7 miles because of snow)

1:04:33 File:Flag of the United States.svg Brenda Hodge (USA) 1:10:38
55th 2016 File:Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Varney (USA) 3:02:49 File:Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Ferrell (USA) 3:54:16
56th 2017 File:Flag of the United States.svg Mark Carter (USA) 2:58:04 File:Flag of the United States.svg Toni Diegoli (USA) 3:28:20
57th 2018 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jeffrey Redfern (USA) 2:41:16 File:Flag of the United States.svg Kayla Campasino (USA) 3:04:32
58th 2019 File:Flag of the United States.svg Masashi Shirotake (USA) 2:33:57 File:Flag of the United States.svg Christine Westcott (USA) 3:19:16
59th 2020 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Ardanuy (USA) 2:26:53 File:Flag of the United States.svg Elena Makarevich (USA) 3:15:58
60th 2021 (virtual because of COVID-19 pandemic)
61st 2022 (canceled because of COVID-19 pandemic)
62nd 2023 Christopher Collins 2:50:49 File:Flag of the United States.svg Elena Makarevich (USA) 3:12:09

References

  1. ↑ "George Washington Birthday Marathon". www.dcroadrunners.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Home". George Washington's Birthday Marathon & Relay. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Washington's Birthday Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

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