Sunshine Coast Marathon

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Sunshine Coast Marathon
DateAugust
LocationSunshine Coast, Australia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2012
Course recordsMen's: 2:16:18 (2019)
Japan Saeki Makino
Women's: 2:39:54 (2023)
United States Beth McKenzie
Official siteSunshine Coast Marathon
Participants636 finishers (2021)
6,500 (2019)

The Sunshine Coast Marathon is part of the 'Sunshine Coast marathon and community run festival' located on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. The festival also incorporates a full marathon, half marathon, 10k run, 5k run and a 2k fun run. It is an annual event held in August and was first run in 2012. The marathon starts and ends at the 'Alexandra Headland Surf Life Saving Club'. The picturesque route loops along Alexandra Headland, Mooloolaba & Maroochydore beachfronts.

The marathon course is

IAAF-AIMS certified[1] and accepted as a Boston Marathon qualifier.[2]

Results

Race record in bold

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
11th 2023  Jason Hunt (runner) (AUS) 2:28:57  Beth McKenzie (USA) 2:39:54
10th 2022  Robert Collins (runner) (AUS) 2:26:12  Tamara Carvolth (AUS) 2:45:21
9th 2021  Isaias Beyn (AUS) 2:24:47  Riine Ringi (AUS) 2:42:37
8th 2019  Saeki Makino (JPN) 2:16:18  Lydia O'Donnell (NZL) 2:41:14
7th 2018  Chris Rancie (AUS) 2:27:23  Eleanor Goldrick (AUS) 2:59:25
6th 2017  Clay Dawson (AUS) 2:27:30  Elkie Belcher (AUS) 2:42:35
5th 2016  Samuel Woldeamanuel (ETH) 2:22:16  Clare Geraghty (AUS) 2:50:47
4th 2015  Samuel Woldeamanuel (ETH) 2:18:30  Fiona Kupresanin (AUS) 3:00:59
3rd 2014  Andrew Kimanthi (KEN) 2:20:32  Roxie Fraser (AUS) 2:52:46
2nd 2013  Brendon Seipolt (AUS) 2:45:02  Roxie Fraser (AUS) 2:55:08
1st 2012  Adam Fitzakerley (AUS) 2:29:27  Roxie Fraser (AUS) 2:49:43

See also

References

  1. ^ https://ausrunning.net/misc/certification/QLD/Sunshine%20Coast%20Marathon/Sunshine%20Coast%20Marathon%202015.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "IAAF-AIMS Certification - Ausrunning".

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