2026 United Airlines NYC Half

Professional Athlete Fields

Professional Athlete Field – Men’s Open Division

 

Name

Country

Residence

Personal Best

Abel Kipchumba

KEN

Iten, KEN

58:07 (Valencia, 2021)

Daniel Ebenyo

KEN

Saburu, KEN 

59:04 (Manama, BRN 2022)

Adriaan Wildschutt

RSA

Flagstaff, Ariz.

59:13 (Valencia, 2025))

Patrick Kiprop

KEN

Boulder, Colo.

59:14 (Houston, 2026)

Mohammed El Youssfi 

MAR 

Albuquerque, N.M.

59:21 (Houston, 2026)

Alex Maier

USA 

Durham, N.C.

59:23 (Houston, 2026)

Galen Rupp 

USA

Portland, Ore.

59:47 (Ostia, 2018)

Ryan Ford

USA

Boulder, Colo.

59:48 (Houston, 2026)

Sondre Nordstad Moen

NOR

Oslo

59:48 (Valencia, 2017)

Rory Linkletter

CAN

Flagstaff, Ariz.

59:49 (Houston, 2026)

Patrick Dever 

GBR

Durham, N.C.

1:00:11 (Houston, 2025)

Zouhair Talbi

USA  Colorado Springs, Colo.  1:00:41 (NYC Half, 2024)

Rui Aoki

JPN

Tokyo

1:00:45 (Ageo, 2025)

Syunsuke Kuwata

JPN 

Tokyo

1:00:48 (Ageo, 2025)

Tsegay Tuemay Weldlibanos

ERI

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:00:50 (Houston, 2018)

Alex Masai

KEN

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:00:51 (Houston, 2026)

Jack Rowe

GBR

London

1:00:53 (Copenhagen, 2025)

Joe Klecker

USA

Boulder, Colo.

1:01:06 (Houston, 2025)

Peter Lynch

IRL

Durham, N.C.

1:01:15 (Houston, 2025)

Camren Todd

USA

Dolores, Colo.

1:01:23 (Houston, 2026)

Hendrik Pfeiffer

GER

Dusseldorf, GER

1:01:28 (Larne, 2025)

Jacob Thomson

USA

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:02:26 (Riga, 2023)

Joel Reichow

USA

St. Paul, Minn.

1:02:30 (Duluth, Minn., 2023)

Max Turek

CAN

Toronto

1:02:45 (Boston, 2024)

Haftu Knight

USA

Rochester, Mich.

1:02:47 (Chicago, 2025)

Matthew Leach

GBR

Brooklyn, N.Y.

1:02:57 (Houston, 2020)

Nick Hauger

USA

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:03:06 (NYC Half, 2025)

Kieran Tuntivate

THA

Eugene, Ore.

1:03:19 (South Shields, GBR, 2025)

Turner Wiley

USA

Issaquah, WA

1:04:04 (Hardeeville, S.C., 2021)

Owen Ritz

USA

New York, N.Y.

1:04:34 (RBC Brooklyn Half, 2024)

Evan Sherman

USA

Brooklyn, N.Y. 

1:04:51 (Indianapolis, 2025)

Charlie Lawrence

USA

Boulder, Colo.

1:04:14 (Duluth, Minn., 2018) 

Grant Fisher 

USA

Park City, Utah 

Debut 

Gulveer Singh 

IND

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Debut 

  

    Bold = National Record


Professional Athlete Field – Women’s Open Division

Name

Country

Residence

Personal Best

Agnes Ngetich

KEN

Iten, KEN 

1:03:04 (Valencia, 2024)

Hellen Obiri

KEN

Boulder, Colo.

1:04:22 (RAK, 2022)

Fantaye Belayneh 

ETH

Addis Adaba, ETH

1:04:49 (Houston, 2026)

Sharon Lokedi

KEN

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:05:00 (Copenhagen, 2025)

Konstanze Klosterhalfen

GER

Boulder, Colo.

1:05:41 (Valencia, 2022)

Emily Sisson

USA

County Waterford, IRL

1:06:52 (Houston, 2024)

Calli Hauger-Thackery

GBR

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:06:58 (Marugame, 2025)

Natosha Rogers

USA

Denver 

1:07:30 (Houston, 2026)

Annie Frisbie 

USA

Hopkins, Minn.

1:07:34 (Duluth, Minn., 2024) 

Amanda Vestri 

USA

St. Augustine, Fla.

1:07:35 (Houston, 2025)

Dakotah Popehn 

USA

Burnsville, Minn.

1:07:42 (Larne, 2025)

Emily Durgin

USA

Boulder, Colo. 

1:07:54 (Houston, 2022)

Diane Van Es NED  Rotterdam, NED  1:08:03 (NYC Half, 2025)

Susanna Sullivan

USA

Reston, Va.

1:08:44 (Houston, 2026)

Emily Venters 

USA

Salt Lake City

1:08:48 (Houston, 2025)

Lauren Gregory 

USA

Boulder, Colo. 

1:09:12 (Mesa, Ariz., 2025)

Lindsay Flanagan 

USA

Boulder, Colo. 

1:09:17 (Houston, 2025)

Stephanie Bruce

USA

Flagstaff, Ariz. 

1:09:55 (Valley, Neb., 2021)

Julia Paternain 

URU

Flagstaff, Ariz.

1:10:16 (Indianapolis, 2024)

Elena Hayday 

USA

Minneapolis

1:10:56 (Houston, 2025) 

Felicia Pasadyn

USA

New York

1:11:29 (Congers, N.Y., 2025)

Erika Priego 

MEX 

Mexico City 

1:15:55 (Valencia, 2024)

Gabrielle Yatauro 

USA

New York

1:15:59 (RBC Brooklyn Half, 2022)

Alosha Southern 

USA

Brooklyn, N.Y. 

1:16:40 (RBC Brooklyn Half, 2024)

Anastasia Dmitrienko 

USA

New York, N.Y. 

1:18:09 (Congress, N.Y., 2025)

Megan Keith

GBR 

Edinburgh 

Debut 

 Bold = National Record

Professional Athlete Field – Men’s Wheelchair Division

Name

Country

Residence

Personal Best

Miguel Jimenez Vergara 

USA

National City, Calif.

41:30 (Tucson, 2019) 

Johnboy Smith 

GBR

Kent, GBR

43:34 (Great North Run, 2019)

Daniel Romanchuk 

USA

Champaign, Ill.

43:43 (Chicago, 2025)

Jeyna Senbeta 

USA

Chicago

43:45 (Indianapolis, 2016)

Evan Correll 

USA

Champaign, Ill.

44:30 (Chicago, 2023)

Jason Robinson

USA.

Champaign, Ill.

47:58 (Chicago, 2023)

Hermin Garic 

USA

Utica, N.Y.

48:15 (Philadelphia, 2023)

Geert Schipper

NED

Spanbroek, NED 

48:43 (NYC Half, 2024) 


Professional Athlete Field – Women’s Wheelchair Division

Name

Country

Residence

Personal Best

Eden Rainbow-Cooper

GBR

Lanarkshire, SCOT

51:27 (Great North Run, 2022)

Hannah Dederick

USA

Champaign, Ill.

52:22 (Chicago, 2022)

Tatyana McFadden

USA

Baltimore, Md.

52:25 (NYC Half, 2016)

Hoda Elshorbagy

EGY 

Champaign, Ill.

57:30 (Illinois Half, 2025)

Linden Williamson

USA

Boerne, Texas

58:03 (Orlando, 2024)

Shauna Bocquet 

IRL

Galway, IRL 

58:08 (London, 2025)

Michelle Wheeler 

USA

Vincentown, N.J. 

1:00 (Philadelphia, 2022) 


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