Results & Commentary

Half Marathon Results

The B.A.A. Half Marathon burst onto the New England Running scene in 2001. It not only remains on of the most popular Autumn races in New England, but runners from around the country and the world annually come to Boston and enjoy running along the scenic Emerald Necklace Park System.

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Past Champions

Men’s Open Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Wayne Levy	36	JAM/MA	1:10:57
2002	David Hinga	26	KEN	1:09:47
2003	Laban Kipkemboi	25	KEN	1:03:04
2004	Luke Metto	28	KEN	1:02:57
2005	Celedonio Rodriguez	24	CO	1:04:09
2006	Samuel Ndereba	29	KEN	1:03:03
2007	Tom Nyariki	36	KEN	1:02:20
2008	Charles Munyeki	22	KEN	1:02:46
2009	Martin Fagan	26	IRL	1:02:21
2010	John Korir	35	KEN	1:02:21
2011	Ali Abdosh	24	ETH	1:03:36

Women’s Open Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Sarah Nixon	37	USA	1:21:16
2002	Sarah Nixon	38	USA	1:22:34
2003	Marie Davenport	28	IRL/CT	1:10:57
2004	Lornah Kiplagat	30	NED	1:12:05
2005	Nataliya Berkut	30	UKR	1:12:21
2006	Marie Davenport	31	IRL/CT	1:12:10
2007	Edna Kiplagat	27	KEN	1:13:36
2008	Azalech Masresha	20	ETH	1:11:44
2009	Belainesh Zemedkun Gebre	21	ETH	1:11:07
2010	Caroline Rotich	26	KEN	1:10:52
2011	Janet Cherobon-Bawcom	33	GA	1:11:58

Men’s Wheelchair Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Tim Kelly	34	MA	1:06:46
2002	Tim Kelly	35	MA	1:06:51
2003	Tony Nogueira	35	NJ	57:43
2004	Tony Nogueira	36	NJ	53:07
2005	Mark Ledo	28	CAN	57:18
2006	Mark Ledo	29	CAN	56:48
2007	Tony Nogueira	39	NJ	54:19
2008	Tony Nogueira	40	NJ	53:07
2009	Tony Nogueira	41	NJ	55:36
2010	Gary Brendel	51	MA	1:01:01
2011	Tony Nogueira	43	NJ

Women’s Wheelchair Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Jane Ramond-Hall	40	MA	1:31:06
2002	no competitors
2003	Laurie Stephens	19	MA	1:10:43
2004	Laurie Stephens	20	MA	1:09:44
2005	April Coughlin	26	NY	1:22:50
2006	April Coughlin	27	NY	1:15:17
2007	Jacqui Kapinowski	44	NJ	1:22:17
2008	Laurie Stephens	24	MA	1:17:00
2009	no competitors
2010	Jacqui Kapinowski	47	NJ	1:31:07
2011	Carla Trodella	30	MA	2:41:49

Men’s Masters Division

Year	Champion	Age	home	Time
2001	Dave Oliver	45	MA	1:16:12
2002	Bill Rogers	54	MA	1:16:05
2003	Eddy Hellebuyck	42	NM	1:05:12
2004	Dan Verrington	42	MA	1:14:16
2005	Wayne Levy	40	JAM/MA	1:12:50
2006	Oscar Gonzalez-Barreto	42	CT	1:10:59
2007	Henry Scollard	44	MA	1:15:07
2008	Gregory Picklesimer	42	MA	1:14:20
2009	Joseph Koech	40	KEN	1:07:42
2010	Joseph Koech	41	KEN	1:11:08

Women’s Masters Division

Year	Champion	Age	home	Time
2001	Patricia Greene	44	MA	1:29:23
2002	Nanci Cahalane	43	MA	1:30:13
2003	Maria Servin	41	MEX/MA	1:17:49
2004	Valentina Yegorova	40	RUS	1:15:55
2005	Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova	44	RUS	1:15:19
2006	Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova	45	RUS	1:16:12
2007	Lucy Canavan	40	MA	1:32:07
2008	Susannah Landreth	40	MA	1:24:46
2009	Laura Lipcsei	41	CAN/MA	1:30:45
2010	Kara Haas	40	MA	1:21:44

Field Size

Year	Entrants	Starters	Finishers
2001	3,375	2,529	2,517
2002	4,072	3,088	3,055
2003	4,095	3,125	2,996
2004	4,309	3,181	3,158
2005	4,457	3,082	3,072
2006	4,642	3,497	3,482
2007	4,917	3,600	3,591
2008	5,117	3,742	3,702
2009	5,368	4,025	3,989
2010	5,947	4,550
Grand Total	46,299	34,419	29,562*