Washington's Birthday Marathon

Washington's Birthday Marathon is an annual marathon in the United States that has been held nearly every February since 1962.

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

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

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

(cut to 9.7 miles because of snow)

1:04:33   Brenda Hodge (USA) 1:10:38
55th 2016   Stephen Varney (USA) 3:02:49   Caroline Ferrell (USA) 3:54:16
56th 2017   Mark Carter (USA) 2:58:04   Toni Diegoli (USA) 3:28:20
57th 2018   Jeffrey Redfern (USA) 2:41:16   Kayla Campasino (USA) 3:04:32
58th 2019   Masashi Shirotake (USA) 2:33:57   Christine Westcott (USA) 3:19:16
59th 2020   Jeremy Ardanuy (USA) 2:26:53   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   Elena Makarevich (USA) 3:12:09

References

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  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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