Results & Commentary

B.A.A. Half Marathon

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.

PAST CHAMPIONS

Men’s Open Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Wayne Levy	36	JAM	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	USA	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
2012	Allan Kiprono	22	KEN	1:01:44*

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	1:10:57
2004	Lornah Kiplagat	30	NED	1:12:05
2005	Nataliya Berkut	30	UKR	1:12:21
2006	Marie Davenport	31	IRL	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	USA	1:11:58
2012	Kim Smith	30	USA	1:10:57

Men’s Wheelchair Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Tim Kelly	34	USA	1:06:46
2002	Tim Kelly	35	USA	1:06:51
2003	Tony Nogueira	35	USA	57:43
2004	Tony Nogueira	36	USA	53:07*
2005	Mark Ledo	28	CAN	57:18
2006	Mark Ledo	29	CAN	56:48
2007	Tony Nogueira	39	USA	54:19
2008	Tony Nogueira	40	USA	53:07*
2009	Tony Nogueira	41	USA	55:36
2010	Gary Brendel	51	USA	1:01:01
2011	Tony Nogueira	43	USA	56:26
2012	Tony Nogueira	44	USA	58:14

Women’s Wheelchair Division

Year	Champion	Age	HOME	Time
2001	Jane Ramond-Hall	40	USA	1:31:06
2002	no competitors	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	Laurie Stephens	19	USA	1:10:43
2004	Laurie Stephens	20	USA	1:09:44*
2005	April Coughlin	26	USA	1:22:50
2006	April Coughlin	27	USA	1:15:17
2007	Jacqui Kapinowski	44	USA	1:22:17
2008	Laurie Stephens	24	USA	1:17:00
2009	no competitors	n/a	n/a	n/a
2010	Jacqui Kapinowski	47	USA	1:31:07
2011	Carla Trodella	30	USA	2:41:49
2012	Cheri Blauwet	32	USA	1:26:48

Men’s Masters Division

Year	Champion	Age	home	Time
2001	Dave Oliver	45	USA	1:16:12
2002	Bill Rogers	54	USA	1:16:05
2003	Eddy Hellebuyck	42	USA	1:05:12*
2004	Dan Verrington	42	USA	1:14:16
2005	Wayne Levy	40	JAM	1:12:50
2006	Oscar Gonzalez-Barreto	42	USA	1:10:59
2007	Henry Scollard	44	USA	1:15:07
2008	Gregory Picklesimer	42	USA	1:14:20
2009	Joseph Koech	40	KEN	1:07:42
2010	Joseph Koech	41	KEN	1:11:08
2011	Joseph Koech	42	KEN	1:11:30
2012	Joseph Ekuom	42	KEN	1:13:19

Women’s Masters Division

Year	Champion	Age	home	Time
2001	Patricia Greene	44	USA	1:29:23
2002	Nanci Cahalane	43	USA	1:30:13
2003	Maria Servin	41	MEX	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	USA	1:32:07
2008	Susannah Landreth	40	USA	1:24:46
2009	Laura Lipcsei	41	CAN	1:30:45
2010	Kara Haas	40	USA	1:21:44
2011	Francesca Dominici	41	USA	1:34:38
2012	Evelyn Caron	52	USA	1:26:55

* EVENT RECORD

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	5,958	4,550	4,498
2011	6,920	5,235	5,179
2012	7,116	5,459	5,421
Grand Total	60,346	45,113	44,660