April 25, 2015. Louisville, KY. –The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and miniMarathon presented by Walmart and HumanaVitality kicked off this morning with cool and wet running conditions. This year’s races had around 16,000 registered participants, with about 13,000 starters today at Main and Brook Streets. 2015 marks the 42nd annual miniMarathon and 14th annual Marathon. But the wet weather didn’t slow down the runners.
Elisha Barno of Santa Fe, NM, won the miniMarathon and set a course record in the Men’s Division with a time of 1:01:44. Askale Merachi, of Silver Springs, MD, also set a course record as she crossed the finish line first in the Women’s Division with a time of 1:12:08.
Jose Pulido of Clarksville, GA, won first place in the men’s wheelchair division of the miniMarathon with a time of 53:05 and Tina Vogel of Longmont, CO, won first place in the women’s wheelchair division of the miniMarathon with a time of 1:21:54.
The full Marathon winners were Bryan Morseman of Bath, NY, in the men’s division with a time of 2:22:36 and Alemnesh Habtemikael of Silver Spring, MD, in the women’s division with a time of 2:49:59 .
The top finishers in the 2015:
miniMarathon MEN’s WHEELCHAIR DIVISION
PLACE FINISHER TIME HOMETOWN
First Jose Pulido 0:53:05 Clarksville,GA
Second Matthew Porterfield 0:58:05 Knoxville, TN
Third Chad Johnson 1:01:26 Corydon, IN
miniMarathon WOMEN’s WHEELCHAIR DIVISION
PLACE FINISHER TIME HOMETOWN
First Tina Vogel 1:21:54 Longmont, CO
Second Sandy Dailey 1:34:34 Eureka, MO
miniMarathon MEN’s Division
PLACE FINISHER TIME HOMETOWN
First Elisha Barno 1:01:44 Santa Fe, NM (Course Record)
Second Pius Nyantika 1:01:46 Louisville, KY
Third Julius Koskei 1:03:32 Hebron, KY
miniMarathon Women’s Division
PLACE FINISHER TIME HOMETOWN
First Askale Merachi 1:12:08 Silver Spring, MD (Course Record)
Second Tarah Korir 1:14:37 St. Clements, ON
Third Alana Hadley 1:18:43 Charlotte, NC
Marathon MEN’s Division
PLACE FINISHER TIME HOMETOWN
First Bryan Morseman 2:22:36 Bath, NY
Second Birhanu Tadesse 2:24:36 Washington, D.C.
Third Chass Armstrong 2:33:02 Asheville, NC
Marathon WOMEN’s Division
PLACE FINISHER TIME HOMETOWN
First Alemnesh Habtemikael 2:49:59 Silver Spring, MD
Second Kate Nicewicz 2:59:35 Cookeville, TN
Third Kim Coleman 3:00:38 Louisville, KY
For additional times and place information, visit https://results.xacte.com/?kw=kdf.
Walmart and HumanaVitality are Co-Presenting Sponsors of the Marathon and miniMarathon. The Official Race Medical Provider and Training Partner is Norton Sports Health and Contributing Sponsors are ASICS, Bluegrass Family Health, Churchill Downs, Louisville Water Company, Powerade, and The Courier-Journal. Supporting Sponsor: TruMoo. Official Pace Car: MINI OF LOUISVILLE.
Since 1956, the Derby Festival has worked to bring the community together in celebration. The Festival is an independent community organization supported by 4,000 volunteers, 400 businesses and civic groups, Pegasus Pin sponsorships and event participation. This involvement has made the Festival the largest single attended event in Kentucky and one of the leading community celebrations in the world.
