FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
19,297 Runners from Around the World Finished the 2022 NYCRUNS
Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon Today, Sunday, April 24,
Setting a New Event Record
- Streets of Brooklyn Hosted Runners of All Ages, Abilities, and
Backgrounds at New York City's Newest Major Road Running Event
- Six Champions Crowned in the Half-Marathon and Marathon, Featuring
Winners in the Non-Binary, Women's, and Men's Fields
Brooklyn, NY, April 24, 2022-In a first for the iconic streets of Brooklyn,
19,297 runners finished the 2022 NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon
today. New York City's newest major road running event featured runners of
all ages, abilities, and backgrounds representing all 50 states, Puerto
Rico and 37 countries around the globe.
"Here on the iconic streets of Brooklyn, a new running tradition has begun
in New York City," said Steve Lastoe, Founder and CEO of NYCRUNS, the
popular organizer of running events throughout New York City including the
NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon. "The Brooklyn running community
has long dreamt of the day when the borough hosted a major marathon
completely on their own streets. Today in Brooklyn, that dream became a
reality."
For video of the event, click here.
For photos from the event, click here.
The historic new course started at McCarren Park in hip North Brooklyn,
continued around the East River waterfront under the Williamsburg,
Manhattan, and Brooklyn Bridges, headed up the grand concourses of Fulton
Street and Flatbush Avenue before passing through Grand Army Plaza and
historic brownstone Brooklyn into Prospect Park where the half marathoners
finished their 13.1-mile journey. The marathoners continued through the
park and then down and back along Ocean Parkway before returning to the
park for the finish of their 26.2-mile run. View the marathon course here
and the half marathon course here.
The day officially began at 6:55 a.m. with the Wheelchair and Handcycle
participants leading the way. At 7:00 a.m. the elite field took off,
followed by the rest of the field of 19,297 runners.
In the marathon, the winner of the non-binary field was local New York City
runner Jake Caswell with a time of 2:35:15. The winner of the women's field
was Hirut Guangul of Ethiopia with a time of 2:36:20. The winner of the
men's field was another local New York City runner, Aaron Mora, with a time
of 2:27:46. Both Caswell and Mora were running their first marathons ever.
In the half marathon, the winner of the non-binary field was Winter Parts
of Pennsylvania with a time of 1:12:45. The winner of the women's field was
Brooklyn runner Lily Anderson with a time of 1:18:00. The winner of the
men's field was Teshome Mekonen of Ethiopia with a time of 1:01:47.
All winning times were new course records.
The 2022 NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon featured $100,000 in
prize money for qualified finishers, including a $5,000 first prize in the
men's, women's, and non-binary fields in both the marathon and half
marathon. Race winners who live within the five boroughs of New York City
doubled their money with an additional $5,000 bonus.
Founded in 2011, the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon began as a community race in
Prospect Park with 262 finishers running multiple loops around the park.
The half marathon distance was added to the event in 2018, and following a
two-year pandemic hiatus in 2020 and 2021 the event returned for its tenth
edition today with an epic new course through the streets and neighborhoods
of Brooklyn, a first for the city.
ABOUT NYCRUNS
In 2022, NYCRUNS will produce approximately two dozen running events for as
many as 100,000 athletes. These events include our flagship Brooklyn
Marathon & Half Marathon, the Newport-Liberty Half Marathon – one of the
largest half marathons in New Jersey, and the storied Empire State Building
Run-Up. NYCRUNS races are accurately measured, electronically timed, and
produced by a highly trained team of event and medical professionals.
NYCRUNS strives to be a relentlessly positive part of runners' lives; a
meaningful partner to local businesses, local causes, and local runners;
and a great employer to our staff. NYCRUNS was built with these values in
mind, and they guide us moving forward. For more information on NYCRUNS and
the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon, visit www.nycruns.com and
thebrooklynmarathon.com.
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