American Women Marathon List (and their ages when they set the times)

2:19:36 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)...............1 London 23.04.2006..........33yrs +2months;

2:20:32 Sara Hall (15.04.83).......................1 ArizTMP 20.012.2020......37yrs +8months;

2:20:57 Jordan Hasay (12.09.91)...............3 Chicago 08.10.2017........26yrs +1months;

2:21:14 Shalane Flanagan (07.08.81)........3 Berlin 28.09.2014.............33yrs +1months;

2:21:16 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)...............3 London 13.04.2003..........30yrs +2months;

2:21:21 Joan Benoit (16.05.57).................1 Chicago 20.10.1985.........28yrs +5months;

2:21:25 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)..............1 Chicago 09.10.2005.........32yrs +8months;

2:21:42 Amy Cragg (21.01.84)..................3 Tokyo 25.02.2018.............34yrs +1months;

2:22:01 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................2 London 04.10.2020...........37yrs +6months;

2:22:02a Shalane Flanagan (07.08.81).....6 Boston 21.04.2014...........32yrs +8months;

2:22:16 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................5 Berlin 29.09.2019..............33yrs +5months.

Sara Hall (who at one time ran the steeplechase) shows up on this list three times. Two of those times were at the age of 37!

(EDIT: Hall's time from today was corrected.)

Fun factoid: ASICS runners dominate this list.

2:22:16 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................5 Berlin 29.09.2019..............33yrs +5months.

How can Sara be 33 in 2019 and 37 in 2020?

stickler to the details wrote:

2:22:16 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................5 Berlin 29.09.2019..............33yrs +5months.

How can Sara be 33 in 2019 and 37 in 2020?

Good eye. Getting the columns to line up was tedious.

stickler to the details wrote:

2:22:16 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................5 Berlin 29.09.2019..............33yrs +5months.

How can Sara be 33 in 2019 and 37 in 2020?

Hard to take these types of threads seriously. Also, newsflash, old steeplers make good marathoners.

2:19:36 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)...............1 London 23.04.2006..........33yrs +2months;

2:20:32 Sara Hall (15.04.83).......................1 ArizTMP 20.012.2020......37yrs +8months;

2:20:57 Jordan Hasay (12.09.91)...............3 Chicago 08.10.2017........26yrs +1months;

2:21:14 Shalane Flanagan (07.08.81)........3 Berlin 28.09.2014.............33yrs +1months;

2:21:16 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)...............3 London 13.04.2003..........30yrs +2months;

2:21:21 Joan Benoit (16.05.57).................1 Chicago 20.10.1985.........28yrs +5months;

2:21:25 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)..............1 Chicago 09.10.2005.........32yrs +8months;

2:21:42 Amy Cragg (21.01.84)..................3 Tokyo 25.02.2018.............34yrs +1months;

2:22:01 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................2 London 04.10.2020...........37yrs +6months;

2:22:02a Shalane Flanagan (07.08.81).....6 Boston 21.04.2014...........32yrs +8months;

2:22:16 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................5 Berlin 29.09.2019..............36yrs +5months.

Sara Hall (who at one time ran the steeplechase) shows up on this list three times. Two of those times were at the age of 37!

(EDIT: Corrections made to the original table.)

Hi Ho Silver wrote:

Hard to take these types of threads seriously. Also, newsflash, old steeplers make good marathoners.

Seriously? These threads save the 'journalists' time, I imagine. lol

I want to update this list to get D'Amato (wow) on it.

2:19:36 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)...............1 London 23.04.2006..........33yrs +2months;

2:20:32 Sara Hall (15.04.83).......................1 ArizTMP 20.12.2020......37yrs +8months;

2:20:57 Jordan Hasay (12.09.91)...............3 Chicago 08.10.2017........26yrs +1months;

2:21:14 Shalane Flanagan (07.08.81)........3 Berlin 28.09.2014.............33yrs +1months;

2:21:16 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)...............3 London 13.04.2003..........30yrs +2months;

2:21:21 Joan Benoit (16.05.57).................1 Chicago 20.10.1985.........28yrs +5months;

2:21:25 Deena Kastor (14.02.73)..............1 Chicago 09.10.2005.........32yrs +8months;

2:21:42 Amy Cragg (21.01.84)..................3 Tokyo 25.02.2018.............34yrs +1months;

2:22:01 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................2 London 04.10.2020...........37yrs +6months;

2:22:02a Shalane Flanagan (07.08.81).....6 Boston 21.04.2014...........32yrs +8months;

2:22:16 Sara Hall (15.04.83).....................5 Berlin 29.09.2019..............36yrs +5months;

2:22:38a Desireé Linden (26.07.83)..........2 Boston 18.04.2011...........27yrs +9months;

2:22:43a Joan Benoit (16.05.57)...............1 Boston 18.04.1983...........25yrs +11months;

2:22:56 Keira D'Amato (21.10.84).............2 ArizTMP 20.12.2020.........36yrs +2months.

(EDIT: Corrections have been made to the original table, and it has been expanded in length to include all sub-2:23 times.)

Samuelson was a beast. 2:21 in 1985 is crazy

How about 1500m PR?

2:19:36, Deena Kastor --- 4:07.82

2:20:32, Sara Hall --- 4:08.55

2:20:57, Jordan Hasay --- 4:07.70

2:21:14, Shalane Flanagan --- 4:05.86

2:21:21, Joan Benoit --- NA

2:21:42, Amy Cragg --- 4:15.77

2:22:38, Desiree Linden --- 4:27.42

2:22:56, Keira D'Amato --- 4:22.60

runderun wrote:Samuelson was a beast. 2:21 in 1985 is crazy

Her marathon time stood for almost 17.5 years until Deena Kastor broke it in 2003 by 5 seconds in London.

She held the American record at Chicago until Jordan Hasay ran 2:20:57 in 2017. 32 years until an American woman ran faster at Chicago!