Boston Marathon Champions, U.S. Olympians & Paralympians to Compete at 2022 B.A.A. Half Marathon

New England’s signature half marathon returns on Sunday, November 13, beginning & ending at Franklin Park in Boston

BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Affiliation right this moment introduced the skilled discipline for the 2022 B.A.A. Half Marathon, introduced by Dana-Farber Most cancers Institute and the Jimmy Fund, to be held on Sunday, November 13. Two-time Boston Marathon champions Lelisa Desisa and Daniel Romanchuk return, whereas 2021 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist Molly Seidel and two-time Olympian Molly Huddle lead the American cost. Seven girls who’ve run underneath 1:07:30 and 9 males with lifetime bests underneath 1:01:30 will compete on the roads of Boston.

The B.A.A. Half Marathon shall be run for the primary time in-person since 2019, starting and ending in Boston’s Franklin Park. The occasion begins at 8:00 a.m. with a discipline of practically 9,000 contributors. Open registration is already offered out, nonetheless entries stay obtainable by way of presenting sponsor Dana-Farber Most cancers Institute and the Jimmy Fund. Media considering protecting the 2022 B.A.A. Half Marathon can submit credential requests right here.

Seidel, a former Boston resident, will make her B.A.A. Half Marathon debut as she returns to racing. The two:24:42 marathoner and former NCAA champion at Notre Dame completed fifth on the 2018 B.A.A. 5K and tenth on the 2019 B.A.A. 10K.

Huddle, a 28-time USA nationwide champion, will race on the B.A.A. Half eight years after inserting third in 2014. B.A.A. Excessive Efficiency workforce member Erika Kemp –a two-time USA nationwide champion at 20K and 15K— may even compete among the many sturdy American discipline, contemporary off a win on the Boston 10K for Girls on October 8.

“The B.A.A. Half Marathon is at all times a enjoyable fall occasion, and I’m wanting to race once more by way of Boston with hopes of returning to the rostrum,” mentioned Huddle.

The worldwide girls’s contingent is led by 2022 Houston Half Marathon winner Vicoty Chepngeno of Kenya, who owns the quickest lifetime finest (1:05:03), although is adopted intently by Ethiopia’s Bosena Mulatie (1:05:46). Mulatie was eighth on the 2022 World Athletics Championships 10,000m in Oregon over the summer time. Different athletes with world championships expertise embody Kenya’s Margaret Wangari and Cynthia Limo, and British duo Jess Piasecki and Calli Thackery. Wangari earned a silver medal on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games Marathon, and positioned fifth on the B.A.A. Half Marathon in 2018. Limo is the 2016 World Half Marathon Championships silver medalist.

On the lads’s aspect, Desisa, winner of the Boston Marathon in 2013 and 2015, owns a pair of B.A.A. Half Marathon titles from 2013 and 2014, in addition to the occasion document (1:00:34). The Ethiopian fan favourite can also be the occasion document holder (1:00:34), and considers Boston his second dwelling.

“Boston holds a particular place in my coronary heart and I’m excited to return once more to race within the B.A.A. Half Marathon, the place I’ve had nice success earlier than,” mentioned Desisa. “I hope to run very properly once more!”

Kenyans Josphat Tanui (59:22) and Shadrack Kimining (59:27) have the 2 quickest private bests within the discipline, which incorporates 5 males who’ve run underneath one hour for the half marathon. Geoffrey Koech, the 2022 Cardiff Half winner, and Ethiopian Tsegay Kidanu, eleventh on the Copenhagen Half Marathon, are competing, as is Morocco’s Zouhair Talbi, the third-place finisher on the 2022 B.A.A. 5K. The highest American entrant is Teshome Mekonen, who previously represented Ethiopia internationally, has run 1:00:02, and received this yr’s Brooklyn Half.

Daniel Romanchuk, two-time Boston Marathon wheelchair division champion and 2019 B.A.A. 10K winner, appears to be like to win his first B.A.A. Half title, joined by Boston Marathon top-20 finishers Hermin Garic, Dustin Stallberg and Velera Jacob Allen. Jenna Fesemyer and Yen Hoang, each 2021 Paralympians for Group USA, will race as properly. Fesemyer received this yr’s B.A.A. 5K.

“I’m very a lot wanting ahead to racing the B.A.A. Half Marathon for the primary time,” mentioned Romanchuk, who completed runner-up on the Chicago Marathon on October 9. “I’ve raced the Boston Marathon, B.A.A. 5K, and B.A.A. 10K, and am excited so as to add the Half Marathon. I can’t wait to be again in Boston.”

For the primary time, the B.A.A. Half Marathon course shall be World Para Athletics licensed, eligible for world or nationwide data to be set by Para athletes. Marko Cheseto Lemtukei (T62), Brian Reynolds (T62), and Jacky Hunt-Broersma (T64) every have Boston Marathon Para Athletics Divisions expertise and are eligible for prize cash.

A full discipline listing might be discovered under. Media considering protecting the 2022 B.A.A. Half Marathon can submit credential requests right here. Further occasion data shall be despatched over the approaching weeks.