Houston Marathon And Half-Marathon Results: Luke Puskedra Runs 61:29 (4th) As Lelisa Desisa Wins In 60:37

Results Via houstonmarathon.com
January 17, 2015

Top results from today’s Houston Marathon and Half-Marathon are pasted below. You can go here for full results. Ethiopians Gebo Burka (2:10:54) and Biruktayit Degefa (2:26:07) were the winners in the full.

In the half, Lelisa Desisa won in 60:37 while Luke Puskedra had an impressive 4th place finish in 61:29. Jim Spisak was the next American in 6th (62:26). Mary Wacera was the women’s half winner in 66:29 as Sara Hall was the top American in 70:07 for 5th.

MB: Luke Puskedra runs 1:01:29 in Houston!!! What the….???

Men’s Marathon:

Place Overall Place Gender Place Division Name Gender State BIB Division Age Finish Net Finish Gun
1 1 1 » Burka, Gebo (ETH) Men 22 Elites 28 2:10:54 2:10:54
2 2 2 » Gebru, Girmay (ETH) Men 2 Elites 28 2:11:05 2:11:05
3 3 3 » Gedefa, Birhanu (ETH) Men 1 Elites 31 2:11:53 2:11:53
4 4 4 » Atanfu, Yitayal (ETH) Men 8 Elites 22 2:12:09 2:12:09
5 5 5 » Kozlowski, Artur (POL) Men 6 Elites 30 2:14:11 2:14:11
6 6 6 » Worku, Bazu (ETH) Men 3 Elites 25 2:15:08 2:15:08
7 7 7 » Kwemboi, Duncan (KEN) Men 5 Elites 21 2:15:23 2:15:23
8 8 1 » Vargas, Daniel (MEX) Men 341 30-34 31 2:15:52 2:15:54
9 9 1 » Ramos Acevedo, Daverso (USA) Men FL 349 20-24 24 2:15:54 2:15:57
10 10 8 » Ndhlovu, Pardon (ZIM) Men 10 Elites 28 2:17:32 2:17:32
11 11 2 » Jermann, Tyler (USA) Men AZ 365 20-24 23 2:18:33 2:18:35
12 12 1 » Orjuela Soche, Yezid Alexander (COL) Men 350 25-29 28 2:18:44 2:18:47
13 13 9 » Lizano, Cesar (USA) Men CO 20 Elites 33 2:19:08 2:19:08
14 14 2 » Cervantes Caudillo, Fernando (MEX) Men 1105 25-29 25 2:19:31 2:19:35
15 15 3 » Gustavo, Cañar (ECU) Men 363 25-29 28 2:19:42 2:19:44
16 16 4 » Angel, Chasi (ECU) Men 360 25-29 28 2:19:45 2:19:47
17 17 10 » Canaday, Sage (USA) Men CO 11 Elites 30 2:20:32 2:20:32
18 18 11 » Cassidy, Michael (USA) Men NY 21 Elites 30 2:21:20 2:21:20
19 19 2 » Daly, Daniel (USA) Men CT 364 30-34 30 2:21:27 2:21:31
20 20 5 » Roth, Austin (USA) Men TX 203 25-29 25 2:21:38 2:21:39
21 21 3 » Cortes Santiago, Rigoberto (MEX) Men 1112 30-34 33 2:21:45 2:21:50
22 22 1 » Antonio, Eraso (ECU) Men 352 35-39 36 2:23:18 2:23:20
23 23 4 » Neff, Calum (CAN) Men 201 30-34 31 2:23:19 2:23:19
24 24 12 » Chu, Steve (USA) Men CO 13 Elites 33 2:23:26 2:23:26
25 25 1 » Luna Dominguez, Tomas (MEX) Men 1104 40-44 40 2:23:37 2:23:37

Women’s Marathon:

Place Overall Place Gender Place Division Name Gender State BIB Division Age Finish Net Finish Gun
31 1 1 » Degefa, Biruktayit (ETH) Women 102 Elites 25 2:26:07 2:26:07
34 2 2 » Weightman, Lisa (AUS) Women 104 Elites 37 2:27:35 2:27:35
37 3 3 » Dalasa, Sechale (ETH) Women 103 Elites 24 2:28:43 2:28:43
38 4 1 » Hernandez Flores, Margarita (MEX) Women 4410 30-34 30 2:29:53 2:29:57
43 5 4 » De La Cruz Capani, Jovana (PER) Women 110 Elites 23 2:31:33 2:31:33
45 6 5 » Hannah, Rachel (CAN) Women 106 Elites 29 2:32:09 2:32:09
51 7 1 » Gortel-Maciuk, Agnieszka (POL) Women 1128 35-39 38 2:33:16 2:33:19
52 8 6 » Shone, Guteni (ETH) Women 101 Elites 24 2:33:19 2:33:19
57 9 7 » Tuliamuk-Bolton, Aliphine (KEN) Women 109 Elites 26 2:35:35 2:35:35
68 10 1 » Paucar Segura, Cinthya (USA) Women FL 375 25-29 25 2:39:54 2:39:58
70 11 8 » Dakebo, Ayantu (ETH) Women 107 Elites 19 2:41:35 2:41:35
72 12 2 » Silvia, Paredes (ECU) Women 383 30-34 32 2:42:02 2:42:05
74 13 3 » Vongvorachoti, Jane (THA) Women 118 30-34 32 2:42:09 2:42:09
75 14 1 » Calle, Maria Elena (ECU) Women 379 40-44 40 2:42:16 2:42:19
76 15 2 » Salgado, Esmeralda Rebolledo (MEX) Women 1162 25-29 26 2:42:27 2:42:32
78 16 3 » Saloom, Megan (USA) Women TX 4406 25-29 27 2:43:00 2:43:04
82 17 4 » Schiemann, Katie (USA) Women WI 437 30-34 30 2:43:45 2:43:50
85 18 9 » Scott, Amanda (USA) Women CO 116 Elites 28 2:44:10 2:44:10
86 19 2 » Robillard, Amy (USA) Women OH 411 35-39 36 2:44:12 2:44:16
87 20 5 » Njeim, Chirine (LIB) Women 407 30-34 31 2:44:14 2:44:19
88 21 2 » Boller, Caroline (USA) Women CA 431 40-44 41 2:44:21 2:44:25
90 22 6 » Velasquez Caiza, Katherine Lorena (ECU) Women 386 30-34 33 2:44:29 2:44:32
93 23 3 » Macdonald, Ailsa (CAN) Women 1198 35-39 35 2:44:43 2:44:56
94 24 4 » Thanaronnawat, Natthaya (USA) Women NY 414 35-39 36 2:44:43 2:44:45
97 25 5 » Rouse, Gina (USA) Women TN 1155 35-39 36 2:45:15 2:45:25

Men’s Half-Marathon:

Place Overall Place Gender Place Division Name Gender State BIB Division Age Finish Net Finish Gun
1 1 1 » Desisa, Lelisa (ETH) Men 1 Elites 26 1:00:37 1:00:37
2 2 2 » Geremew, Mosinet (ETH) Men 2 Elites 23 1:00:45 1:00:45
3 3 3 » Gebreyohannes Gezahai, Samsom (ERI) Men 3 Elites 23 1:01:28 1:01:28
4 4 4 » Puskedra, Luke (USA) Men OR 11 Elites 25 1:01:29 1:01:29
5 5 5 » Delesa, Terefa (ETH) Men 13 Elites 17 1:01:55 1:01:55
6 6 6 » Spisak, Jim (USA) Men RI 41 Elites 25 1:02:26 1:02:26
7 7 7 » Biwott, Shadrack (USA) Men CA 10 Elites 30 1:02:30 1:02:30
8 8 8 » Oyugi, Nelson (KEN) Men 15 Elites 23 1:02:40 1:02:40
9 9 9 » Ssenyange, Ismail (UGA) Men 35 Elites 29 1:02:45 1:02:45
10 10 10 » Rono, Aron (USA) Men OR 17 Elites 33 1:02:53 1:02:53
11 11 11 » Alex, George (USA) Men NC 40 Elites 25 1:02:54 1:02:54
12 12 12 » Smyth, Patrick (USA) Men NM 16 Elites 29 1:03:00 1:03:00
13 13 13 » Keveren, Sean (USA) Men VA 19 Elites 25 1:03:25 1:03:25
14 14 14 » Estrada, Diego (USA) Men AZ 6 Elites 26 1:03:28 1:03:28
15 15 15 » Simbassa, Abbabiya (USA) Men MN 25 Elites 22 1:03:28 1:03:28
16 16 16 » Reid, Phillip (USA) Men CA 27 Elites 30 1:03:32 1:03:32
17 17 17 » Gelchu, Abdi (BRU) Men 8 Elites 18 1:03:42 1:03:42
18 18 18 » Payne, Ben (USA) Men CO 20 Elites 34 1:03:50 1:03:50
19 19 19 » Graves, Griff (USA) Men NC 22 Elites 25 1:03:54 1:03:54
20 20 20 » Williams, Matthew (USA) Men CO 30 Elites 28 1:03:57 1:03:57
21 21 21 » Watson, Robin (CAN) Men 21 Elites 32 1:03:58 1:03:58
22 22 22 » Hrezi, Mo (USA) Men MI 36 Elites 24 1:04:00 1:04:00
23 23 23 » Anderson, Tom (USA) Men IN 28 Elites 26 1:04:03 1:04:03
24 24 24 » Lord, Brandon (USA) Men VA 24 Elites 23 1:04:03 1:04:03
25 25 1 » Piedra, Byron (ECU) Men 20316 30-34 33 1:04:07 1:04:09

Women’s Half-Marathon:

Place Overall Place Gender Place Division Name Gender State BIB Division Age Finish Net Finish Gun
40 1 1 » Wacera, Mary (KEN) Women 103 Elites 27 1:06:29 1:06:29
41 2 2 » Limo, Cynthia (KEN) Women 102 Elites 26 1:06:41 1:06:41
47 3 3 » Dibaba, Mare (ETH) Women 101 Elites 26 1:07:55 1:07:55
48 4 4 » Aga, Ruti (ETH) Women 113 Elites 22 1:08:07 1:08:07
56 5 5 » Hall, Sara (USA) Women CA 109 Elites 32 1:10:07 1:10:07
62 6 6 » Weldu Gebrehiwet, Nazret (ERI) Women 110 Elites 26 1:11:30 1:11:30
63 7 1 » Montgomery, Hillary (USA) Women TX 202 20-24 22 1:11:48 1:11:49
65 8 7 » Flanagan, Lindsay (USA) Women MD 121 Elites 24 1:12:05 1:12:05
68 9 8 » Matthews, Katie (USA) Women MA 116 Elites 25 1:12:25 1:12:25
69 10 9 » Pagano, Sarah (USA) Women MA 117 Elites 24 1:12:27 1:12:27
71 11 10 » Burla, Serena (USA) Women VA 106 Elites 33 1:12:39 1:12:39
73 12 11 » Gray, Alia (USA) Women CO 119 Elites 27 1:12:48 1:12:48
75 13 12 » Sullivan, Susanna (USA) Women VA 118 Elites 25 1:12:56 1:12:56
79 14 13 » Weber, Anna (USA) Women IN 131 Elites 27 1:14:03 1:14:03
81 15 14 » Bottorff, Juliet (USA) Women MA 115 Elites 24 1:14:07 1:14:07
82 16 15 » Mcmahan, Dot (USA) Women MI 111 Elites 39 1:14:09 1:14:09
84 17 16 » Duchene, Krista (CAN) Women 108 Elites 39 1:14:26 1:14:26
85 18 17 » Moen, Katy (USA) Women MN 133 Elites 23 1:14:30 1:14:30
86 19 18 » Bruce, Kelsey (USA) Women TX 135 Elites 23 1:14:33 1:14:33
89 20 1 » Burrett, Erin (CAN) Women 20371 30-34 34 1:14:45 1:14:49
90 21 19 » Rhines, Jen (USA) Women MA 114 Elites 41 1:14:57 1:14:57
91 22 20 » Peyton, Meghan (USA) Women MN 120 Elites 30 1:15:03 1:15:03
93 23 2 » Smith, Lauren (USA) Women TX 204 20-24 24 1:15:13 1:15:15
94 24 21 » Lefrak, Caroline (USA) Women NY 134 Elites 32 1:15:31 1:15:31
95 25 22 » Stockhecke, Mona (GER) Women 125 Elites 32 1:15:31 1:15:31

 

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