{"id":508881,"date":"2026-01-11T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508881\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:32:21","slug":"2026-houston-half-marathon-and-marathon-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508881\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Houston Half Marathon and Marathon Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Always one of the fastest road races on American soil, the Houston Half Marathon and Marathon took place on January 11. A number of top runners toed the line on Sunday morning, and many came away with fast times. <\/p>\n

Habtom Samuel<\/a> of Eritrea, less than two months removed from winning the NCAA Cross-Country Championships, won the men\u2019s half marathon in 59:01. Alex Maier was the top American on the men\u2019s side, finishing fourth in 59:23, just six seconds off Conner Mantz\u2019s American record<\/a>, which he set last year in Houston. <\/p>\n

2026 Houston Half Marathon & Marathon Results Here<\/a><\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s half marathon, Ethiopia\u2019s Fentaye Belayneh outkicked Tsigie Gebreselama, also from Ethiopia, to win the women\u2019s half marathon in a time of 1:04:49. Taylor Roe was the top American women, taking fourth in 1:06:20. That\u2019s 11 seconds off Weini Kelati\u2019s American record<\/a>, which was also set last year in Houston.<\/p>\n

Zouhair Talbi won the men\u2019s marathon in 2:05:45, the third fastest time ever<\/a> by an American. Great Britain\u2019s Calli Hauger-Thackery won the women\u2019s marathon in 2:24:17.<\/p>\n

Check out the results below.<\/p>\n

Houston Marathon Results – Women\u2019s Top 20<\/p>\n

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  1. Calli Hauger-Thackery, 2:24:17<\/li>\n
  2. Sara Hall, 2:26:26<\/li>\n
  3. Biruktayit Degefa, 2:28:07<\/li>\n
  4. Tejinesh Tulu, 2:29:13<\/li>\n
  5. Erin Mawhinney, 2:29:36<\/li>\n
  6. Mimi Smith, 2:30:14<\/li>\n
  7. Lexie Thompson, 2:32:17<\/li>\n
  8. Janet Ruguru, 2:33:47<\/li>\n
  9. Gabrielle Orie, 2:35:06<\/li>\n
  10. Elizabeth Talbi, 2:35:36<\/li>\n
  11. Courtney Olsen, 2:35:42<\/li>\n
  12. Caroline Garrett, 2:36:04<\/li>\n
  13. Dot McMahan, 2:36:24<\/li>\n
  14. Arianna Maida, 2:36:32<\/li>\n
  15. Emy Thor\u00e9n, 2:36:41<\/li>\n
  16. Katie Watson, 2:36:44<\/li>\n
  17. Kir Selert, 2:37:39<\/li>\n
  18. Claire Krummenacher, 2:38:47<\/li>\n
  19. Becca Kawaoka, 2:39:02<\/li>\n
  20. Nallely Lizeth Mendoza Romero, 2:39:31<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Houston Marathon Results – Men\u2019s Top 20<\/p>\n

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    1. Zouhair Talbi, 2:05:45<\/li>\n
    2. Adane Gebre, 2:06:16<\/li>\n
    3. Shadrack Kimining, 2:07:35<\/li>\n
    4. Yemane Haileselassie, 2:09:00<\/li>\n
    5. Teshome Mekonen, 2:13:13<\/li>\n
    6. Ethan Gregg, 2:13:32<\/li>\n
    7. Awet Beraki, 2:14:13<\/li>\n
    8. Joseph Farley, 2:14:57<\/li>\n
    9. Thomas Madden, 2:15:22<\/li>\n
    10. Zack Holden, 2:15:27<\/li>\n
    11. Charlie Teeter, 2:16:18<\/li>\n
    12. Dylan Belles, 2:17:46<\/li>\n
    13. Zachary Kinne, 2:17:46<\/li>\n
    14. Andrew Ye, 2:18:11<\/li>\n
    15. Cameron Bensley, 2:18:24<\/li>\n
    16. William Laird, 2:18:58<\/li>\n
    17. Wesley Robinson, 2:21:59<\/li>\n
    18. Luke Creger, 2:21:59<\/li>\n
    19. Jake Dearden, 2:22:10<\/li>\n
    20. Mark Mendrek-Laske, 2:22:28<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Related StoryHouston Half Marathon Results – Women\u2019s Top 20<\/p>\n

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      1. Fentaye Belayneh, 1:04:49<\/li>\n
      2. Tsigie Gebreselama, 1:04:52<\/li>\n
      3. Buze Diriba Kejela, 1:05:57<\/li>\n
      4. Taylor Roe, 1:06:20<\/li>\n
      5. Kumeshi Sichala, 1:06:53<\/li>\n
      6. Evaline Chirchir, 1:07:26<\/li>\n
      7. Natosha Rogers, 1:07:30<\/li>\n
      8. Laura Galvan, 1:07:31<\/li>\n
      9. Makenna Myler, 1:07:37<\/li>\n
      10. Amanda Vestri, 1:07:43<\/li>\n
      11. Erika Kemp, 1:08:42<\/li>\n
      12. Susanna Sullivan, 1:08:44<\/li>\n
      13. Dakotah Popehn, 1:08:54<\/li>\n
      14. Jessica Gockley-Day, 1:09:00<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Houston Half Marathon Results – Men\u2019s Top 20<\/p>\n

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        1. Habtom Samuel, 59:01<\/li>\n
        2. Patrick Kiprop, 59:14<\/li>\n
        3. Mohammed El Youssfi, 59:21<\/li>\n
        4. Alex Maier, 59:23<\/li>\n
        5. Casey Clinger, 59:34<\/li>\n
        6. Ryan Ford, 59:48<\/li>\n
        7. Rory Linkletter, 59:49<\/li>\n
        8. Isai Rodriguez, 59:57<\/li>\n
        9. Hillary Bor, 1:00:04<\/li>\n
        10. Vincent Ngetich, 1:00:29<\/li>\n
        11. Biya Simbassa, 1:00:32<\/li>\n
        12. Haimro Alame, 1:00:33<\/li>\n
        13. Alex Masai, 1:00:51<\/li>\n
        14. Reed Fischer, 1:00:54<\/li>\n
        15. Dylan Schubert, 1:00:55<\/li>\n
        16. Kengo Suzuki, 1:00:56<\/li>\n
        17. Cam Levins, 1:00:58<\/li>\n
        18. Skylar Stidam, 1:00:58<\/li>\n
        19. Marcelo Laguera, 1:01:01<\/li>\n
        20. Graydon Morris, 1:01:09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Dan Beck is the deputy news editor at Runner\u2019s World. He has led news coverage teams for major running events like the Olympic Games, World Athletics Championships, Boston Marathon, and New York City Marathon. A former collegiate distance runner at DeSales University, he still enjoys running, just more slowly now. Before coming to Runner\u2019s World, he covered track and field and cross-country at MileSplit. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, where the two like to explore the city\u2019s rich dining scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Always one of the fastest road races on American soil, the Houston Half Marathon and Marathon took place…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,50,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-508881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115877428984979586","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}