Myrtle Beach Marathon

Myrtle Beach Marathon
LocationMyrtle Beach, South Carolina
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon Half Marathon Marathon Relay 5k Kids' Mile
Established1998
Course recordsMen: 2:26:24 (2012)
Stuart Moran
Women: 2:40:11 (2011)
Kathleen Castles (overall winner)
Official sitembmarathon.com

The Myrtle Beach Marathon is a marathon which takes place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is held annually on the first Saturday in March. 5,500 to 7,500 individuals participate in the race annually. It is the largest marathon in South Carolina and was named one of the 'Top Ten Winter Marathons' by USA Today.[1]

The marathon course, which the half marathon follows for the first 12.1 miles, has a maximum elevation of 19.98 ft and a total ascent of 110.02 ft. The Myrtle Beach Marathon was ranked is the 8th most likely marathon to qualify for the Boston Marathon with 16.1% of the marathon field earning their ticket to Boston in 2016.[2]

The race was moved from Washington's Birthday to March in 2016, and in 2017 became part of Raleigh, North Carolina–based Capstone Events, which owns events such as the Bay to Breakers event. The 2021 marathon was moved to May and became the first marathon in the state after the pandemic. The 24th Myrtle Beach Marathon will take place on March 5, 2022.

List of winners of the Myrtle Beach Marathon[3][4]

Men's

Year Winner Country Time Notes
1998 Rob Wilder  United States 2:30:30 Inaugural All Star Cafe Marathon[5]
1999 Javier Jimenez (MEX)  Mexico 2:29:47
2000 Peter Cotland  United States 2:28:46
2001 Michael Colaicovo  United States 2:34:26
2002 Peter Cotland  United States 2:34:22 Second Victory
2003 Scott Colford  United States 2:39:52
2004 Scott Colford  United States 2:40:11 Second Victory
2005 Robert Marchinko  United States 2:31:20
2006 David Kawa  United States 2:32:48
2007 Scott Mullins  United States 2:30:09
2008 Garick Hill  United States 2:28:33
2009 Cameron Bell  United States 2:34:12
2011 Billy Shue  United States 2:43:47 Not race winner.
2012 Stuart Moran  United States 2:26:24 Course Record
2013 Dean Thompson  United States 2:39:14
2014 Tom Clifford  United States 2:30:06
2015 Steve Sinko  United States 2:40:12
2016 Bradley Reach  United States 2:39:51
2017 Pedro Meraz  United States 2:45:30 First race under Capstone Races.
2018 Eddie Posey  United States 2:43:16 [6]
2019 Glenn Burkhardt  United States 2:42:41 [7]
2020 Matthew Leonard  United States 2:36:15 [8]
2021 Ken Rideout  United States 2:30:58 Moved to May because of Pandemic. Masters Division (49 years 364 days) [9]
2022 Matthew Leonard  United States 2:40:18 [10]
2023 Danny Horgan  United States 2:38:26 [11]

Women's

Year Winner Country Time Notes
1998 Patty Loggins  United States 3:01:59
1999 Mary Chute  United States 2:55:42
2000 Patty Shepard  United States 3:00:26
2001 Heather Kempinger  United States 2:55:34
2002 Wendi Ray  United States 2:47:59
2003 Sherry Thompson  United States 2:57:30
2004 Christine Rockey  United States 3:04:35
2005 Luanne Coulter  United States 2:52:03
2006 Luanne Coulter  United States 2:55:51 Second Victory
2007 Tracy Stewart  United States 2:55:50
2008 Gayle White  United States 2:49:04
2009 Elizabeth Whiting  United States 2:56:19
2011 Kathleen Castles  United States 2:40:11 Course Record; Overall winner
2012 Jennifer Adams  United States 2:53:07
2013 Regina Horak  United States 2:54:20
2014 Christine Shaw  United States 2:58:38
2015 Allison Pastorek  United States 2:59:21
2016 Lauren Liuzzo  United States 3:02:58
2017 Erin Miller  United States 2:58:33
2018 Jen Helmer  United States 3:09:27
2019 Erin Miller  United States 3:03:53 Second win.
2020 Heather Zealand  United States 2:57:44
2021 Kelli Proctor  United States 2:52:45 Moved to May because of pandemic. Masters division (age 43).
2022 Megan Hepp Hovis  United States 2:56:29
2023 Christa Collins  United States 2:58:40

No race in 2010 (ice)

See also

References

  1. ^ "10 great places to warm up with a winter marathon". USA Today.
  2. ^ "Boston Marathon Qualifying Races - Most Likely and Largest Qualifiers". Marathon Guide.
  3. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon - Past Results".
  4. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon - 2017 Results".
  5. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon".
  6. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2018 Results".
  7. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2019 Results".
  8. ^ "2020 Dashboard".
  9. ^ "Results".
  10. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2022 Results".
  11. ^ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2023 Results".


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