DECEMBER 8, 2019 2 | HONOLULU MARATHON FINISHERS 2019 WOMen’s Winner MARGARET MURIUKI BY HONOLULU MARATHON waited for the final geries and qualified for NEWS Staff half-mile of the race to the 2020 USA Olympic pull away and get the Trials Marathon by The elite women’s race win in 2:31:10. She running under 2:45:00. featured an exciting won $25,000 in prize “I was getting battle between two money. choked up a little bit by Honolulu Marathon “By that time I was how many people were debutantes, Margaret running with my heart, cheering for me,” said Muriuki and Betsy not my head,” a smiling Metivier. “I felt like Saina, both of Kenya. Muriuki said wearing everybody was rooting Saina, an Olympian, the crown of local flow- for me to get it here was challenged by ers given to the winners today. Muriuki the entire way, here. The top woman from and the two women Saina was timed in Hawaii was Polina were still running 2:31:51 and finished Carlson of Kailua who stride-for-stride when second, and third place ran 2:57:38. She they reached the top of went to Renee Me- has now been the top Diamond Head Avenue tivier of Bend, Ore., Hawaii resident in the at the 25-mile mark. who clocked 2:43:18. women’s division the Muriuki, a former Metivier, 37, had come last four years in a row. middle distance runner, back from multiple sur- Men’s Winner TITUS EKIRU BY HONOLULU MARATHON treated to unique record,” Ekiru said. NEWS Staff medals and freshly- “This year I trained made malasadas. three months and then I On a picture-perfect In the men’s elite tell my coach I need to morning in Waikiki, race, Kenya’s Titus try to go and run 2:07 25,313 runners started Ekiru ran the fast- here.” the Honolulu Marathon est ever marathon in Second and third and Start to Park 10-K the state of Hawaii: place went to two other and celebrated the 47th 2:07:59.02. Ekiru Kenyans, Wilson Che- edition of America’s smashed the previous bet and Edwin Koech, fifth-largest marathon. race record of 2:08:27 who clocked 2:13:14 The race began in the set by another Kenyan, and 2:14:20, respec- dark at Ala Moana Lawrence Cherono, tively. Beach Park with a fire- in 2017. Ekiru won The top Hawaii resi- works show, then went $50,000 in prize money dent and USA citizen through Downtown, and time bonuses. in the men’s division out to Hawaii Kai, “You know last was Humberto Baeza of then back to Kapiolani year I say I need to try Honolulu who finished Park in Waikiki where my best (this year), and 14th overall in 2:36:26. all race finishers were maybe I can run course HONOLULUMARATHON.ORG | 3 1 Titus Ekiru 2:07:59 1545 Pierre Slusarek 3:00:20 1215 Erina Nakai 3:13:13 20011 Yurika Kitaya 3:19:36 23820 Hisashi Kichikawa 3:25:08 2 Wilson Chebet 2:13:14 1043 Nick Liversedge 3:00:42 20191 Nao Idoshita 3:13:16 195 Tammy Bautista 3:19:45 1662 Martin Holbak Thomsen 3:25:12 4 Edwin Kipngetich Koech 2:14:20 807 Paul Hopkins 3:01:28 20260 Shun Hattori 3:13:19 1268 Mieko Ochsner 3:20:13 3353 Liya Kasimova 3:25:15 6 Mike Chesire 2:16:31 667 Brian Hayes 3:01:30 528 Sergio Florian 3:13:31 13035 Patrick Ellison 3:20:14 1424 Valentine Roberts 3:25:19 5 Jackson Limo 2:17:10 135 Jesse Anguiano 3:01:38 1365 Travis Powell 3:13:31 831 Chris Imai 3:20:19 840 Hideyuki Ishii 3:25:32 11 Osako Suguru 2:17:30 1197 George Munoz 3:01:40 20142 Ryousuke Ogata 3:13:40 242 Richard Boge 3:20:25 566 Daniel Gardner 3:25:39 9 Takuya Fukatsu 2:19:01 1190 Michael Morrison 3:01:55 1231 Stieven Naval 3:13:58 1027 Steven Leonhardt 3:21:11 3559 Hallie Lam 3:25:40 20369 Shinya Ohashi 2:23:55 24 Lyman Perry 3:02:33 20020 Atsushi Takaba 3:14:00 636 Corinne Hamberger 3:21:16 1387 Morgan Rabalais 3:26:09 10 Taku Harada 2:30:32 1795 Scott Wilmes 3:02:43 1400 Mark Ravaglia 3:14:04 1420 Robert Rinka 3:21:20 836 Craig Inouye 3:26:20 F4 Margaret Muriuki 2:31:10 20399 Takuya Misugi 3:02:46 925 Chance Kinney 3:14:05 1169 Delvin Monden 3:21:21 13005 Craig O‚ÄôBrien 3:26:20 F1 Betsy Saina 2:31:51 1858 Justin Young 3:03:23 20201 Motofumi Kajita 3:14:18 1627 Shawn Tan 3:21:21 301 Anders Carnland 3:26:31 20381 Takaaki Awata 2:34:24 20325 Junji Iwanami 3:03:26 588 Romain Girard 3:14:26 23369 Jiro Okazaki 3:21:24 942 Greg Kodama 3:26:48 20244 Koji Sakimoto 2:35:55 303 Elijah Carrel 3:03:47 20404 Yusuke Kozumi 3:14:31 450 Paul Donahue 3:21:25 20306 Nobuhiro Yamashita 3:26:48 163 Humberto Baeza 2:36:26 20057 Tsugufumi Matsuoka 3:04:01 892 Andrew Kargol 3:14:58 576 Marco Geldof 3:21:57 614 Cody Guerry 3:27:05 20108 Takeshi Araki 2:40:09 571 Evan Gawlik 3:04:06 13041 Gabriel Calvillo 3:15:02 131 Jeremy Anderson 3:22:01 1479 Joshua Satterlee 3:27:06 13112 Matt Holton 2:42:36 1639 Albert Taylor 3:04:11 1358 Remington Ponce-Pore 3:15:06 20158 Kazuma Mimamibata 3:22:01 22651 Kazuharu Nakamura 3:27:08 F2 Renee Metivier 2:43:18 20336 Akihiko Tsukamoto 3:04:15 20059 Yuko Tanimura 3:15:06 520 Jesse Fine 3:22:03 169 Douglas Baker 3:27:09 1419 Justin Rinauro 2:43:21 264 Rosanna Breslin 3:04:50 344 Roberto Cimarosa 3:15:09 20265 Jun Osanai 3:22:04 20229 Hideaki Maekawa 3:27:16 1050 Cory Logsdon 2:43:45 20002 Kyohei Mikami 3:04:50 1186 Shawn Morimoto 3:15:40 1785 Mariusz Wiela 3:22:10 4520 Javier Santiago 3:27:17 121 Addison Albin 2:44:37 1690 William Turner 3:05:02 20037 Chihiro Kajiwara 3:15:49 20326 Yuji Kasai 3:22:14 1483 Walter Schaaf 3:27:20 F3 Miharu Shimokado 2:45:23 1179 Sam Mordey-Jones 3:05:20 1174 Richard Moore 3:15:55 1560 Mosi Smith 3:22:16 1855 Tsuyoshi Yoshino 3:27:21 23012 Seima Fukumoto 2:45:30 162 John Badua 3:05:30 578 Morgan Gerdel 3:16:16 1095 Antonio Margiotta 3:22:28 20028 Masato Kasahara 3:27:24 370 Tanner Cook 2:47:04 1771 Nathan Weir 3:06:01 1451 Aleksey Sabunin 3:16:17 13104 Christopher Brown 3:22:33 20171 Shingo Tsuchido 3:27:24 20210 Naoki Sakamoto 2:47:52 424 Jay Dela Cruz 3:06:03 844 Karl Israelsen 3:16:34 318 Fred Chen 3:22:35 525 Kris Fitzpatrick 3:27:26 1853 Kengo Yoshimoto 2:48:48 1109 Toshiki Matsumura 3:06:11 842 Brent Isono 3:16:35 282 Timothy Busby 3:22:40 558 Erik Gain 3:27:37 413 Jake Davis 2:50:36 20316 Chiaki Shimojima 3:06:23 20121 Koji Higashida 3:16:36 372 Jeffrey Cook 3:22:42 4133 Edward Odgers 3:27:38 494 Nicolas Escobar 2:50:50 20067 Yuichi Nakagawa 3:06:36 20093 Emi Matsutani 3:16:41 20394 Hideyuki Miyata 3:22:44 6402 Jamin Heppell 3:27:42 20029 Yoshihiro Nishimura 2:51:15 20314 Hideyuki Otake 3:07:42 1327 Tim Peel 3:16:53 20125 Ryo Arai 3:22:47 670 Matthew Heiblim 3:27:44 922 Hongman Kim 2:52:56 269 Bree Brown 3:07:48 1602 Fran Sur 3:16:59 625 Dirk Habdank 3:22:52 22226 Hiroshi Abiko 3:27:49 20407 Kaoru Nagao 2:52:56 1826 Takeshi Yamada 3:08:05 1822 Junyang Xiang 3:17:02 20040 Naoki Seryo 3:23:07 613 Milena Grion 3:27:51 20187 Isamu Suzuki 2:53:18 20359 Yukio Yokoyama 3:08:21 177 Tim Bamford 3:17:07 20179 Katsuya Nakano 3:23:16 476 Michael Ehl 3:27:57 20347 Takuya Okada 2:53:41 20338 Yoshifumi Kamiyama 3:08:48 1143 Pedro Meraz 3:17:23 1473 Millard Sappington 3:23:18 23621 Kazunao Kato 3:27:57 1347 Ian Pezzella 2:54:18 1467 Christopher Salas 3:09:12 4924 Randy Tharp 3:17:23 1694 Masaomi Uchida 3:23:34 21893 Kentaro Suda 3:28:02 1194 Samson Muli 2:54:27 1318 Akiko Patterson 3:09:15 1125 Sean McGivney 3:17:28 13103 Patrick McBride 3:23:34 491 Rainer Ertl 3:28:08 1773 Connor Wernecke 2:54:43 20401 Rieko Koshi 3:09:24 20005 Masahiro Minamino 3:17:31 1029 Jeff Lessie 3:23:35 1688 Nobuyuki Tsuchiya 3:28:09 1746 Brent Wakuzawa 2:54:58 13118 Timothy Ensign 3:09:44 1815 Zoe Worobel 3:17:43 1165 Bryan Moffitt 3:23:46 20319 Soichiro Yoshihara 3:28:10 1342 Michael Peters 2:54:59 159 Chris Ayres 3:09:45 20222 Yuya Nagata 3:17:43 1403 Jackie Reding 3:23:46 312 Kenneth Chaplin 3:28:12 24004 Ippei Konno 2:55:13 276 Eric Burgess 3:10:03 1263 Yukiya Oba 3:17:59 1061 Paolo Lucchetti 3:23:47 1323 Thomas Paxton 3:28:12 20391 Eri Oda 2:55:40 207 Halvor Been 3:11:36 20130 Shie Yamada 3:17:59 20048 Ryo Fukumaru 3:23:48 335 Andrew Chong 3:28:19 20334 Ryosuke Teranishi 2:55:47 20398 Genki Sakamoto 3:11:44 20015 Akira Katsuda 3:18:03 1266 Marco Ocho 3:23:53 338 Colin Chovin 3:28:22 20104 Shutaro Katayama 2:56:12 1130 Timothy McKeithen 3:12:09 20174 Yoshiaki Tanaka 3:18:03 1417 Toby Rider 3:24:00 227 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