by RBR Admin
2025 USATF Half Marathon Championships Coming to Running City USA
Top U.S. Athletes Will Compete on March 2 as Part of Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend
ATLANTA – October 23, 2024 – Atlanta Track Club will host the 2025 USATF Half Marathon Championships as a Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend highlight on March 1-2, the Club announced today.
The championships, to be run as part of the Publix Atlanta Half Marathon on Sunday, March 2, will help select Team USA for the 2025 World Road Running Championships, set for San Diego, CA, September 26-28. The top three men and women finishers will qualify.
“On March 2, it will be almost five years to the day since Atlanta Track Club hosted the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials as part of the biggest weekend of road racing the city has ever seen,” said CEO Rich Kenah. “The people of Running City USA came out to support the Olympic Marathon Trials in astonishing numbers; this time, they can run along with the athletes vying for a chance to represent their country.”
Professional athletes will compete for a $20,000 first-place prize for both men and women, topping a championships-only purse of at least $110,000.
To qualify with a guaranteed entry into the USATF Half Marathon Championships, athletes must have run the following times between September 1, 2023, and February 3, 2025:
- 10,000 meters: 28:20 (men), 32:40 (women)
- 10K Road: 29:20 (men), 33:30 (women)
- Half Marathon: 1:07:00 (men), 1:17:00 (women)
- Marathon: 2:17:00 (men), 2:37:00 (women)
I will announce more details in the coming months.
Photo: 2024 Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend by Paul McPherson
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About Atlanta Track Club
Atlanta Track Club is a nonprofit committed to creating an active and healthy Atlanta. Through running and walking, Atlanta Track Club motivates, inspires, and engages the community to enjoy a healthier lifestyle.
With more than 37,000 members, Atlanta Track Club is the second-largest running organization in the United States. In addition to the AJC Peachtree Road Race, the most significant 10K running event in the world, Atlanta Track Club directs more than 50 events each year, including the Publix Atlanta Marathon, PNC Atlanta 10 Miler, and Invesco QQQ Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon. Through the support of its members and volunteers, Atlanta Track Club also maintains several community initiatives, including organizing and promoting the Kilometer Kids youth running program to metro Atlanta youth, honoring high school cross country and track and field athletes through Atlanta Track Club’s All-Metro Banquets and supporting the Grady Bicycle EMT program. For more information on Atlanta Track Club, visit atlantatrackclub.org.
