Milwaukee Marathon

The Milwaukee Marathon is an annual marathon, and a Boston Marathon qualifying race, for runners of all ages and abilities that courses through downtown Milwaukee each spring. It offers three race distances: a full marathon (26.2 miles), a half marathon (13.1 miles), and a 5k (3.1 miles).[1]

Milwaukee Marathon
DateMarch or April
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half Marathon, 5k
EstablishedOctober 31, 2015
Course recordsMen: 2:22:51 (2015)
David Tuwei
Women: 2:44:09 (2015)
Pauline Mutwa
Official sitehttp://runmilwaukee.com/

The inaugural event, branded the PNC Milwaukee Running Festival,[2] was held on November 1, 2015, and saw great success, attracting 3,700 participants.[3] However, the course was mismeasured two years in a row in 2016 and 2017, with 2016’s being too long[4] and 2017’s too short.[5] The resulting backlash from runners and city officials threw the future of the race into question.

Seeing the potential to turn the Milwaukee Marathon into a world-class event, Rugged Races, a Boston-based race production company with marathon experience that organizes 90 races annually, bought the Milwaukee Marathon in August 2018 and immediately started to overhaul the event.[6]

History

The inaugural Milwaukee Running Festival Marathon was held in November 2015, but later editions were moved to earlier in the year to reduce conflicts with the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon.[7] The second edition's route was incorrectly measured at 28 miles (45 km), while the third edition in 2016 was run on a mistakenly shortened course of 25.4 miles (40.9 km).[7][8] The event was cancelled in 2018 and resumed the following year under new management.[7]

In 2020, several marathons were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] A month before the start of the Milwaukee Marathon, Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, which was later expanded to a stay-at-home order through April 28.[9]

With the state restricting public gatherings, Milwaukee Marathon race organizers announced March 27 that the fifth annual running would be canceled, along will all other races taking place during the April 10–11 weekend. Despite the cancellation, race organizers refused to offer refunds - instead promising a 20% off code that could be used for the following year’s race. [10]

Rugged Races was acquired by Ventures Endurance Events LLC and rebranded as Ventures Endurance on June 17, 2021.[11] The company said they were working with the city of Milwaukee on a date and route for the race in fall 2021, and suggested the race would be run in October. The 2021 and 2022 editions were later cancelled.[7]

The Milwaukee Marathon returned for the 2023 season, scheduled to be held on March 25, 2023. A major snowstorm forced the cancellation of the marathon.[7]

Results

2021

Race postponed, no date announced.

2020

Races canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[12]

1 Mile[13][14]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Name Age City State Time (m:s:ms) Place Division Name Age City State Time (m:s:ms)
1 Male Overall Brian Gooley 24 Milwaukee WI 4:18:68 30 Female Overall Angie Smith 32 Wauwatosa WI 5:58:63
2 Male Overall Brian Robertson 30 Milwaukee WI 4:33:20 31 Female Overall Melissa Schneider 14 Muskego WI 6:01:14
3 Male Overall Matt Thull 41 Milwaukee WI 4:39:58 33 Female 17 & Under Aubree Kubicki 10 Green Bay WI 6:09:13
4 Male 25-29 Blake Johnson 27 Milwaukee WI 4:41:25 36 Female 17 & Under London Chase 9 Wauwatosa WI 6:24:58
5 Male 25-29 Ben Peterson 25 Sussex WI 4:45:76 37 Female 40-44 Lisa Nondorf 41 Ridgeway WI 6:32:27

5K[15][14]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Name Age City State Time (m:s:ms) Place Division Name Age City State Time (m:s:ms)
1 Wheelchair Kaying Thao 27 Milwaukee WI 8:59:90 30 Female Overall Asha Pumphrey-Bush 30 Cudahy WI 20:18:62
2 Wheelchair Ethan Burkhart 15 Libertyville IL 13:50:90 31 Female Overall Caren Mangarelli 46 Milwaukee WI 20:28:44
3 Male overall Jesse Duvall 22 Union Grove WI 17:01:58 33 Wheelchair Kari Craddock 12 Richland Center WI 20:35:76
4 Male Overall Michael Sevier 37 Milwaukee WI 17:08:68 36 Female 18-24 Katie O'Reilly 24 Maumee OH 20:40:94
5 Male Overall Mark Caballero 24 Sussex WI 17:17:95 37 Female 17-24 Meghan Caballero 24 Ridgeway WI 21:0725

Half Marathon[16][14]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Name Age City State Time (h:m:s:ms) Place Division Name Age City State Time (h:m:s:ms)
1 Wheelchair Christian Clemmons 21 Champaign IL 0:58:55:38 6 Female Overall Gabrielle Anzalone 23 Madison WI 1:15:24:13
2 Wheelchair Steven Smith 30 Plover WI 1:03:17:85 9 Female Overall Cynthia Jerop 21 St. Paul MN 1:16:43:51
3 Male Overall Austin Bauer 24 Decorah IA 1:09:35:50 10 Female Overall Nicole Shortslef 31 South Milwaukee WI 1:17:36:17
4 Male Overall David Luy 24 Brookfield WI 1:10:58:50 11 Female 18-24 Elizabeth Berkholtz 23 Milwaukee WI 1:17:52:25
5 Male Overall Kyle Fraser 36 Sussex WI 1:15:14:44 16 Female 25-29 Flannery Cerbin-Bohach 29 Decorah IA 1:23:22:07

Marathon[17][14]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Name Age City State Time (h:m:s:ms) Place Division Name Age City State Time (h:m:s:ms)
1 Male Overall Adam Bohach 32 Decorah IA 2:26:24:67 11 Female Overall Denise Manthy 43 Wauwatosa WI 3:14:40:30
2 Male Overall Alexander Cushman 23 Madison WI 2:32:33:67 21 Female Overall Sonya Jongsma Knauss 41 Sioux Center IA 3:19:44:81
3 Male Overall John Mania 23 N/A N/A 2:33:15:14 28 Female Overall Shelby Koontz 21 Milwaukee WI 3:22:15:53
4 Male 25-29 Joseph Skurski 25 Shorewood WI 2:33:55:75 36 Female 30-34 Patricia Schaefer 34 Springfield IL 3:25:12:96
5 Male 30-34 Tyler Swagerman 32 Shorewood WI 2:48:13:45 43 Female 35-39 Ruth Lunz 38 Milwaukee WI 3:27:57:5

1 Mile[18]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Number Name Age Time (m:s) Place Number Name Age Time (m:s)
1 6 Ronald Hedman 23 4:30 15 103 Sofie Schunk 23 5:36
2 13 Brian Robertson 29 4:32 18 102 Anna Mayhewrozek 39 5:41
3 10 Dakota Pruitt 22 4:40 22 506 Meghan Teich 23 5:55
4 9 Ben Peterson 24 4:42 23 509 Morgan Toone 12 5:56
5 15 Matt Thull 40 4:51 28 101 Marissa Lovell 20 6:06

5K[19]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Bib Name Native To Time (m:s) Place Division Bib Name Native To Time (m:s)
1 Male 30-34 4941 David Wheeler[20] Waukesha, WI 16:11 9 Female 18-24 4880 Sofie Schunk Albuquerque, NM 18:13
2 Male 18-24 5043 Sebastian Miller Muskego, WI 16:19 12 Female 35-39 4570 Susan Buerger Hartland, WI 19:08
3 Male 40-44 5046 John Mroz Muskego, WI 16:43 16 Female 18-24 4595 Acacia Dishman Milwaukee, WI 19:42
4 Male 17 & Under 5130 Nicholas Holmes Glendale, WI 16:55 22 Female 18-24 4913 Meghan Teich Milwaukee, WI 20:31
5 Male 17 & Under 4896 Billy Smith Hook, UK 17:12 28 Female 30-34 4919 Sun Torke Milwaukee, WI 21:14

Half Marathon[19]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Bib Name Native To Time (h:m:s) Place Division Bib Name Native To Time (h:m:s)
1 Male 25-29 3048 Sammy Rotich[20] Kenya[20] 1:06:02 13 Female 25-29 3383 Jebichi Yator[20] Kenya 1:16:49
2 Male 30-34 3423 Benson Cheruiyot Valparaiso, IN 1:06:15 16 Female 25-29 3370 Lauren Woodring Bethel Park, PA 1:17:49
3 Male 18-24 1189 Evans Chelange N/A 1:06:29 19 Female 30-34 3557 Nicole Shortslef Waukesha, WI 1:18:48
4 Male 25-29 2742 Danny Machmueller Milwaukee, WI 1:08:32 21 Female 25-29 2871 Holly Nearman Monroe, WI 1:19:58
5 Male 30-34 3329 Nathan Weiland Waunakee, WI 1:09:37 32 Female 18-24 3552 Lauren Schroeder Milwaukee, WI 1:24:37

Marathon[19]
Men's Leaderboard Women's Leaderboard
Place Division Bib Name Native To Time (h:m:s) Place Division Bib Name Native To Time (h:m:s)
1 Male 35-39 983 David Tuwei Kenya 2:22:51 7 Female 25-29 1144 Pauline Mutwa Minneapolis, MN 2:44:09
2 Male 35-39 612 Sammy Malakwen Kenya 2:23:53 16 Female 40-44 620 Denise Manthy[4] Milwaukee, WI 2:54:21
3 Male 25-29 111 Zachary Bruns Milwaukee, WI 2:27:14 17 Female 25-29 155 Amanda Cohen Milwaukee, WI 2:55:02
4 Male 25-29 102 Thomas Breitbach Madison, WI 2:27:34 25 Female 45-49 126 Corina Canitz Brookfield, WI 2:58:34
5 Male 35-39 872 Robert Schneider Milwaukee, WI 2:42:00 68 Female 50-54 82 Mary Bolich Plymouth, WI 3:14:43

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