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Ponce Marathon
DateDecember, usually around the 12th
Location
Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico
Established1949 (unofficially), 75 years ago[1]
1970 (officially), 54 years ago[2]
Course recordsMen's: 2:15:35 (1982)
Jorge "Peco" González
Women's: 2:51:54 (2021)
Beverly Ramos Morales[3]
ParticipantsSome 150 athletes
Attendees: Over 10,000[4]

The Ponce Marathon (Spanish: Maratón La Guadalupe de Ponce) is a long-distance running event held every year in

Olympic marathon held in Puerto Rico.[5][2]

The race has a length of 42.195 kilometers (26.219 mi) and takes place on a Sunday during the month of December. It starts at 5AM, and runs from the intersection of

PR-14 to Parque de Bombas.[6][7] It is managed by Secretaría de Recreación y Deportes (Secretariat of Recreation and Sports) of the municipality of Ponce.[8]

The 40th edition of the marathon in 2010 was attended by over 10,000 people.

Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Athletic Federation) as the best athletic running event in Puerto Rico; it had attained a perfect 100-point score in all evaluation areas.[8]

Overview

In addition to being the only one of the international marathons run over the distance of 42.195 kilometers and the national marathon of Puerto Rico,[5] the marathon is the qualifying race for the Central American and Caribbean Games.[10]

In addition to medals, Marathon organizers award cash prizes to winners, in both men and women categories, exceeding

USD$30K.[11] First place winners receive a $2,000 cash prize. The next five follow-up winners receive $1,000, $500, $400, $200 and $80 respectively. The Marathon also awards prizes to winners, both men and women, in these nine age categories: 20–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49, 50–54, 55–59 and 60+. First, second and third-place winners in each of these categories receive $80, $50 and $25 prizes, respectively.[12] Unlike other marathons, registration for La Guadalupe is free; registration generally takes place the day before the event (Saturday) at Parque de Bombas.[12] The $2,000 cash prize is the highest cash prize paid out for any running event in Puerto Rico.[13]

Route

The race starts at 5:00 am at

PR-123 (Avenida Hostos). At Avenida Hostos it turns right onto Calle Marina and heads north towards Plaza Las Delicias. The finish line will be at Calle Marina intersection with Calle Cristina, that is, right in front of Parque de Bombas in downtown Ponce.[14] The race coincides with the Fiestas patronales de Ponce celebration.[15] The 50th edition (2021) introduced a new route.[16]

Results

1982 (12th edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Jorge Luis "Peco" González
Utuado
 2:15:35 [2]

1983 (13th edition)

The event took place on 11 December.[2]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown 2:17:32 [2]

1985 (15th edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Eduardo Maldonado Unknown 2:17:42 [17]

1986 (16th edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Eduardo Maldonado Unknown 2:15:48 [17]

1988 (18th edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Luis E. Torres Unknown 2:17:22 [17]
2 Eduardo Maldonado Unknown 2:17:46 [17]

1991 (21st edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown Unknown [2]

1992 (22nd edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown Unknown [2]

1993 (23rd edition)

The event was cancelled due to scheduling conflict with the concurrent event of the Puerto Rico 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games celebrated this year in Ponce.[18][19]

1994 (24th edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown Unknown [20]

2002 (32nd edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown Unknown [20]

2003 (33rd edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown Unknown [20]

2004 (34th edition)

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 César Mercado Unknown Unknown [20]

2006 (36th edition)

The event took place on 10 December.[21]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Luis Rivera
Aibonito
 2:24:08 [21]
2 Máximo Oliveras
Toa Alta
 2:36:49 [21]
3 José Rodríguez
Canóvanas
 2:37:42 [21]
Women's Division 1 Yolanda Mercado
Bayamón
 2:52:51[a] [21]
2 Maribel Burgos Carolina 3:04:01 [21]
3 Mónica Larson
Arecibo
 3:21:51 [21]

2007 (37th edition)

Prior to this year the marathon was essentially a men's-only event. Women could run it but they were not awarded prizes. Starting with the 2007 marathon, women runners were officially registered as competing runners and awarded prizes the same as men.[22]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Máximo Oliveras Corozal Unk [23]
Women's Division 1 Luz E. Torres
Guayanilla
 Unk [23]

2008 (38th edition)

The event took place on 14 December.[24]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Luis Rivera
Aibonito
 2:28.19 [24]
2 Miguel Solivan
Aibonito
 2:31.21 [24]
3 César Mercado
Maricao
 2:38.06 [24]
Women's Division 1 Irmalyn Falcón
Toa Baja
 2:58:03 [17]
2 Yolanda Mercado
Bayamón
 3:02.30 [24]
3 Sara Mary González Unknown 3:09.55 [24]

2009 (39th edition)

The event, which ordinarily takes place on a Sunday, this year took place on a Saturday (12 December). The goal was to have it coincide with Las Mañanitas to maximize the attendance to the Marathon.[25] This year there was also a change to the route of the event.[26]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Miguel Solivan – 2:24:25 [27][26]

2010 (40th edition)

The event took place on 12 December.[2][28]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Luis Rivera
Aibonito
 2:22:47 [2][28]
2 Nelson Rodríguez
Utuado
 2:23.32 [2][28]
3 Eliezer Robles Lares 2:25.45 [2][28]
Women's Division 1A Yolanda Mercado
Bayamón
 2:56:26 [2][4][28]
1B Yolanda Mercado
Bayamón
 2:54:47 [14]
2 Erica Méndez
San Germán
 3:17:27 [2][28]
3 María Beltrán
Bayamón
 3:17.48 [2][28]

2011 (41st edition)

The event took place on Sunday 11 December.[29][30][2]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Eliezer Robles Lares 2:31:09 [2][29][30]
2 Jesús Morales Villalba 2:34:20 [2][29][30]
3 Nelson Rodríguez
Utuado
 2:36:22 [2][29][30]
Women's Division 1 Yolanda Mercado
Bayamón
 2:57:23 [2][29][30]
2 María E. Beltrán
Bayamón
 3:20:03 [2][29][30]
3 Liria García San Juan 2:20:42 [2][29][30]

2012 (42nd edition)

The event took place on 9 December.[31]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Eliezer Robles Lares 2:22.38 [31]
Women's Division 1 Angélica Torres Unknown Unknown [31]

2013 (43rd edition)

The event took place on Sunday 8 December.[9]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Miguel Solivan
Aibonito
 2:26:38:09 [9]
Women's Division 1 Patricia Lázaro
Guaynabo
 3:09:47:58 [9]

2015 (45rd edition)

The event took place on Sunday 8 December.

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Eliezer Robles Lares 2:36:55 [32]
Women's Division 1 Paola Rivera Puerto Rico 3:01:13 [32]

2017 (47th edition)

The event was cancelled due to the 20 September Hurricane Maria.[18][19] The event had been scheduled for 10 December 2017.[33]

2018 (48th edition)

The event took place on Sunday 9 December.[12]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Luis J. Rivera Aibonito 2:38:34 [34]
2 Josué Javier Ortiz
Utuado
 2:42:20 [35]
3 Rafael Hernández
Vega Baja
 2:46:35 [35]
4 Javier Torres
Aibonito
 2:51:17 [35]
5 Juan Pérez
Morovis
 2:56:16 [35]
6 Somelins Delgado
Trujillo Alto
 2:57:04 [35]
Women's Division 1 Karla M. Sanyet Ponce 3:25:34[b] [34][35]
2 Karla Espada
Utuado
 3:30:30 [35]
3 Blanca N. Ocasio Ponce 3:57:35 [35]
4 Moraima Cancel San Sebastián 4:06:26 [35]
5 Damaris Mendoza
Caguas
 4:31:49 [35]
6 Ilka Calvo San Juan 4:42:55 [35]

5K Run

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 José M. González
Jayuya
 16.15 [35]
2 Juan Villafaña Ponce 17:25 [35]
3 Damián Guadalupe Sabana Grande 17:43 [35]
Women's Division 1 Mariedalys Ortiz
Aibonito
 19:29 [35]
2 Karla Espada Villalba 19:39 [35]
3 Blanca N. Ocasio
Peñuelas
 20:37 [35]

2019 (49th edition)

The event took place on Sunday 15 December.[36]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Ramón Alicea Ponce 2:32:57 [37]
2 Josué Ortiz Utuado 2:40:00 [37]
3 Nelson Rodríguez Utuado 2:42:00 [37]
Women's Division 1 Yadira Rosario Cidra 3:18:37 [37]

5K Run

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 José González Jayuya 15:42 [37]
2 Ángel Cruz Aibonito 16:25 [37]
3 Erwin Rey Vega Baja 17:54 [37]
Women's Division 1 Alexandra Rodríguez Santa Isabel 20:16 [37]
2 Crystal Correo -Unk- 20:47 [37]
3 Manedalis Ortiz -Unk- 21:04 [37]

2020 (Cancelled)

The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico.[38]

2021 (50th edition)

The event took place on Sunday, 12 December.[39] Beverly Ramos Morales set a new record in the women's division.[16]

Category Position Winner Origin Timing Ref
Men's Division 1 Alexander Torres Rojas Orocovis 2:32:32 [40]
Women's Division 1 Beverly Ramos Morales Trujillo Alto 2:51:54 [3]
Wheelchair 1 Jeffrey Kennedy
Rio Grande
 -Unk- [40]

2023 (52nd edition)

The event was scheduled for 17 December 2023.[41]

Notes

  1. ^ Some historians, such as Carmelo Rosario Natal, state that official records mention this marathon at least as early as 1965. See Carmelo Rosario Natal, Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945–2002, Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. (Ponce, Puerto Rico) 2003. p. 89.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Resultados P.R. reports this time as 2:54:47
  2. ^ El Sol de Puerto Rico reports this time as 3:25:08

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