USA Marathon Champions

Women

2008 Deena Kastor 2:29:35 U.S. Olympic Trials: Boston, MA 04/20/08
2007 Deena Kastor 2:35:09 Boston Marathon, Boston, MA 04/16/07
2006 Marla Runyan 2:32:17 Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 10/01/06
2005 Nicole Aish 2:40:21 Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 10/02/05
2004 Colleen De Reuck 2:28:25 U.S. Olympic Trials: St. Louis, MO 04/03/04
2003 Sara Wells 2:35:37 Michellob Ultra USA Championship, St. Louis, MO 04/05/03
2002 Jill Gaitenby 2:36:10 Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 09/29/02
2001 Deena Drossin 2:26:58 New York City, NY 11/04/01
2000 Chris Clark 2:33:31 U.S. Olympic Trials: Columbia, SC 02/26/00
1999 Kim Pawelek 2:37:56 Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 10/03/99
1998 Gwyn Coogan 2:33:37 Methodist Health Care Houston Marathon, TX 01/18/98
1997 Julia Kirtland 2:37:46 Carolina Marathon, Columbia, SC 02/08/97
1996 Jenny Spangler 2:29:54 U.S. Olympic Trials: Columbia, SC 02/10/96
1995 Debbi Kilpatrick-Morris 2:34:42 USA Championship, Columbia, SC 02/11/95
1994 Linda Somers 2:33:42 Grandma's, Duluth, MN 06/18/94
1993 Linda Somers 2:34:11 California Int'l, Sacramento, CA 12/05/93
1992 Janis Klecker 2:30:12 U.S. Olympic Trials: Houston, TX 01/26/92
1991 Maria Trujillo 2:35:39 Long Beach, CA 05/05/91
1990 Jane Welzel 2:33:25 Grandma's, Duluth, MN 06/23/90
1989 Nan Doak-Davis 2:33:11 California Int'l, Sacramento, CA 12/03/89
1988 Margaret Groos 2:29:50 U.S. Olympic Trials: Pittsburgh, PA 05/01/88
1987 Janis Klecker 2:36:12 Grandma's, Duluth, MN 06/20/87
1986 Kim Rosenquist 2:32:31 Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 10/12/86
1985 Nancy Ditz 2:31:36 California Int'l, Sacramento, CA 12/08/85
1984 Katy Schilly 2:32:40 California Int'l, Sacramento, CA 12/02/84
1983 Julie Brown 2:26:26+ Avon Int'l Los Angeles, CA 06/05/83
1982 Laurie Binder 2:39:46 Avon Int'l San Francisco, CA 06/06/82
1981 Nancy Conz 2:36:46 Avon Int'l, Ottawa, CAN 08/23/81
1980 Susan Munday 2:43:17# Paul Masson, Cupertino, CA 01/27/80
1979 Susan Petersen 2:46:17# Houston, TX 01/20/79
1978 Marty Cooksey 2:41:49 New York City, NY 10/22/78
1977 Leal-Ann Reinhart 2:46:34 Minneapolis, MN 10/23/77
1976 Julie Brown 2:45:33 Western Hemisphere, Culver City, CA 12/05/76
1975 Kim Merritt 2:46:15 New York City, NY 09/28/75
1974 Judy Ikenberry 2:55:18 West Valley, San Mateo, CA 02/10/74

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