Bix 7 Road Race

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Bix 7
DateLast Saturday of July
LocationDavenport, Iowa
Event typeRoad
Distance7 miles
Primary sponsorQuad-City Times
Established1975 (49 years ago) (1975)
Course recordsMen: 31:51.99 (1998)
Kenya Mark Yatich
Women: 35:18 (2016)
Kenya Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
Official siteBix 7
Participants18,000+

The Bix 7 Road Race is held annually in Davenport, Iowa, as a commemoration to Davenport native and jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. It is followed a week later by the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.

Race

The 7 mile road race is annually held during late July, in the streets of downtown

Quad-Cities with a race of his own. The inaugural race had a field consisting of eighty-four runners.[1] Today the race is often run by 12,000 to 18,000 runners.[2][3]

The United States’ boycott of the 1980 Olympics helped gain the Bix 7 exposure.

Joan Benoit Samuelson also compete yearly.[6]

The run is primarily sponsored by the

Quad City Times and is a separate entity from the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
, which is held the following weekend. The race has several other sponsors, at the Platinum, Gold Medal, and contributing level respectively.

Champions

Edition[7][8] Year Entries Purse USATF Championship Men's Winner Country Time Women's Winner Country Time
1 1975 84 $0 Lucien Rosa  Sri Lanka 34:33.8 Kim Merritt  United States 41:04
2 1976 $0 Dan Copper  United States 36:47 41:33
3 1977 350 $0 Kevin Mcdonald Lynn Schmidt
4 1978 500 $0 John Lodwick  United States 34:56 Kathy Loper  United States 45:38
5 1979 800 $0 Gregg Newell  United States 35:40 Ilene Kimsey  United States 46:25
6 1980 1,500 $0 Bill Rodgers  United States 33:58 Peggy Schott 43:59
7 1981 2,500 $0 33:26 Beverly Roland-Miller  United States 41:26
8 1982 $0 Robert de Castella  Australia 32:45* Ellen Hart 38:24
9 1983 5,620 $0 Joseph Nzau  Kenya 33:10
Joan Benoit Samuelson
  United States 37:26
10 1984 6,750 $0 Ashley Johnson  South Africa 33:06 Kellie Cathey  United States 38:04
11 1985 7,174 $0 Mark Curp  United States 32:56
Joan Benoit Samuelson
  United States 37:38
12 1986 9,325 $0 Geoff Smith  United Kingdom 33:16 37:56
13 1987 12,372 $0 Joseph Nzau  Kenya 33:24 Francie Larrieu Smith  United States 38:10
14 1988 12,425 $0 Mark Curp  United States 33:22
Joan Benoit Samuelson
  United States 37:59
Prize money offered
15 1989 15,639 $39,500 Mark Nenow  United States 32:17 Erin Baker  New Zealand 36:35
16 1990 16,521 $39,250 Steve Kogo  Kenya 32:47 María Trujillo  Mexico 37:58
17 1991 18,124 $39,250 Ken Martin  United States 32:21 Uta Pippig  Germany 37:04
18 1992 18,246 $60,000 Alejandro Cruz  Mexico 32:21 Olga Markova  Unified Team 36:48
19 1993 $39,000 Thomas Osano  Kenya 32:10 Uta Pippig  Germany 36:27
20 1994 20,097 $40,000 Benson Masya  Kenya 31:56 Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 36:02
21 1995 18,354 $39,750 Phillimon Hanneck  Zimbabwe 32:08 Anne Hare  New Zealand 37:33
22 1996 18,108 $39,250 Peter Githuka  Kenya 32:05 Hellen Kimaiyo  Kenya 36:18
23 1997 $80,000 Khalid Khannouchi  Morocco 32:54 Colleen De Reuck  South Africa 37:34
Junior Bix Introduced
24 1998 22,143 $50,000 John Korir  Kenya 31:51.99 Colleen De Reuck  South Africa 36:38
25 1999 20,117 $48,200 32:59 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 37:30
26 2000 15,011 $49,800 Mark Yatich  Kenya 32:31 Colleen De Reuck  South Africa 36:42
Brady Street Sprint Introduced
27 2001 18,958 $45,000 John Korir  Kenya 32:24 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 37:05
28 2002 19,658 $45,000 Yes Meb Keflezighi  United States 32:36 Colleen De Reuck  United States 37:44
29 2003 $45,000 John Korir  Kenya 32:34 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 37:12
30 2004 16,627 $45,000 32:36 Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 35:24
31 2005 20,211 $45,000 Gilbert Okari  Kenya 32:24 Nuța Olaru  Romania 36:53
32 2006 $45,000 Lawrence Kiprotich  Kenya 32:13 Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 37:35
33 2007 $45,000 Duncan Kibet  Kenya 32:15 Wude Ayalew  Ethiopia 36:57
34 2008 13,711 $45,000 Edward Muge  Kenya 32:16 Edith Masai  Kenya 37:20
35 2009 18,335 $50,000 Yes Meb Keflezighi  United States 32:25 Molly Huddle  United States 37:39
36 2010 17,598 $50,000 Yes Ryan Hall  United States 32:55 Lisa Uhl  United States 37:52
37 2011 18,057 $50,000 Silas Kipruto  Kenya 32:36 Caroline Rotich  Kenya 36:42
38 2012 18,138 $50,000 32:31 Margaret Muriuki  Kenya 36:17
39 2013 $50,000 Leonard Korir  Kenya 32:15 Sule Utura  Ethiopia 36:34
40 2014 $50,000 Yes Sean Quigley  United States 33:28 Molly Huddle  United States 36:14
41 2015 17,293 $50,000 Leonard Korir  Kenya 33:06
Cynthia Limo
  Kenya 36:57
42 2016 $50,000 Silas Kipruto  Kenya 33:03
Mary Keitany
  Kenya 35:18
43 2017 $50,000 Yes Sam Chelanga  United States 32:52 Aliphine Tuliamuk  United States 36:30
44 2018 Belay Tilahun  Ethiopia 32:37 Margaret Muriuki  Kenya 35:57
45 2019 Leonard Barsoton  Kenya 32:34 Joyciline Jepkosgei  Kenya 36:04
2020 In person race cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Held as a virtual event.[9]
46 2021 Yes Leonard Korir  United States 32:48 Edna Kiplagat  Kenya 37:16
47[10] 2022 6,086[11] $30,800[12] No Patrick Tiernan  Australia 32:32 Fiona O'Keeffe  United States 35:58
48[13] 2023 ~10,000 $50,000 Yes Abbabiya Simbassa  United States 32:34 Kellyn Taylor  United States 36:32

Notes

  1. ^ "Q-C race has grown from a humble beginning into one of the nation's most spectacular events". Quad-City Times. 1994-07-31. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  2. ^ "Q-C area entries lagging Of the 10,000 signed up, 1/3 are from the area". Quad-City Times. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  3. ^ "Viewpoint: Quality of Bix 7 isn't measured in size". Quad-City Times. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. ^ "History of Bix 7"
  5. ^ "Officials unveil new plans for road race". Quad-City Times. 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  6. ^ "Costumes abound during Bix 7 race, festivities". Quad-City Times. 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  7. ^ "ARRS - Race series: Quad-City Times Bix". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  8. ^ "Bix 7 year-by-year history". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  9. ^ Abney, Tess. "2020 Quad-City Times Virtual Bix 7 Hits The Virtual Pavement This Weekend". QuadCities.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Beautiful day for a Bix; Tiernan wins". Our Quad Cities. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Quad City Times Bix 7". Athlinks. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  12. ^ "2022 Bix Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. ^ McCoy, Joe. "Over 10,000 runners pound the pavement at 49th annual Quad Cities BIX 7". WQAD. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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