By Clay Shaw
New York City, NY, March 20, 2022—Senbere Teferi of Ethiopia waited to the final steps to pull free of Irine Cheptai of Kenya, to win the United Airlines NYC Half-Marathon in 1:07:35. Teferi set a new event record of 1:07:35. Cheptai was just two seconds back in 1:07:37. European XC Champion Karoline Bjerkeli-Grovdal of Norway was third with a personal best of 1:08:07. Sharon Lodeki of Kenya was fourth in 1:08:14 a PB. Lindsay Flanagan of Boulder was fifth and top USA in 1:09:50. Natasha Wodak of Canada was seventh and top master in 1:10:01.
Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya won in 1:00:30. It was not an event record, but a course record for the Brooklyn to Central Park course. Edward Chesarek of Kenya earned a personal best of 1:00:37 and placed second. Teshome Mekonen of Ethiopia was third in 1:00:40. Shadrack Kipchirchir of Colorado Springs, CO was fourth USA in 1:01:16 in his debut at the half-marathon distance. Connor Mantz of Provo, UT was fifth in 1:01:40. Five-time USA Olympian Abdi Abdirahman was top master in 1:06:41.
Daniel Romanchuk of Mount Airy, MD (49:22), and Manuela Schar of Switzerland (56:12) were the elite wheelchair champions.
It was the 15th running of the United Airlines NYC Half-Marathon. Both 2020 and 2021 were missed due to COVID. It was the first major full-capacity event in New York since 2019. 22,335 finished the event that often has very cold weather; this year it was a runners’ ideal 54°.
Top Women
- 1:07:35 Senbere Teferi, 26 Ethiopia
- 1:07:37 Irine Cheptai, 30, Kenya
- 1:08:07 Karoline Bjerkeli-Grovdal, 31, Norway
- 1:08:14 Sharon Lokedi, 28, Kenya
- 1:09:50 Lindsay Flanagan, 31, Boulder CO
- 1:09:57 Charlotte Purdue, 30. Great Britain
- 1:10:01 Natasha Wodak, 40, Canada
- 1:10:14 Annie Frisbie, 25, Minneapolis, MN
- 1:10:22 Edna Kiplagat, 42, Kenya
- 1:10:26 Stephanie Bruce, 38, Flagstaff, AZ
- 1:10:38 Dakota Lindwurm, 26, Burnsville, MN
- 1:10:54 Sara Hall, 38, Flagstaff, AZ
- 1:10:57 Sarah Pagano, 30, San Diego, CA
- 1:11:33 Andrea Seccafien, 31, Canada
- 1:11:36 Emma Bates, 29, Boulder, CO
- 1:11:58 Daniela Torres, 27, Mexico
- 1:12:02 Elaina Tabb, 30, Boston, MA
- 1:12:05 Makena Morley, 25, Bozeman, MT
- 1:12:39 Kim Conley, 36, Flagstaff, AZ
- 1:12:39 Laura Thweatt, 33, Louisville, CO
- 1:12:45 Maggie Montoya, 26, Longmont, CO
- 1:12:56 Sara Vaughn, 35, Boulder, CO
- 1:13:49 Desiree Linden, 38, Charlevoix, MI
- 1:14:40 Steph Twell, 32, Great Britain
- 1:15:16 Diane Nukuri, 37, Flagstaff, AZ
- 1:15:33 Grace Kahura, 28, Kenya
- 1:16:10 Kate Bazeley, 36, Canada
- 1:16:37 Caroline Williams, 29, Boston, MA
- 1:18:44 Fernanda Solis Bazaldua, 28, Mexico
- 1:18:45 Alyssa Salese, 29, Huntington, NY









Top Men
- 1:00:30 Rhonex Kipruto, 22, Kenya
- 1:00:37 Edward Cheserek, 28, Kenya
- 1:00:40 Teshome Mekonen, 26, Ethiopia
- 1:01:16 Shadrack Kipchirchir, 33, Colorado Springs, CO
- 1:01:40 Conner Mantz, 25, Provo, UT
- 1:01:49 Sam Chelanga, 37, Colorado Springs, CO
- 1:02:06 Reed Fischer, 26, Boulder, CO
- 1:02:09 Abbabiya Simbassa, 28, Flagstaff, AZ
- 1:02:10 Ben True, 36, West Lebanon, NH
- 1:02:19 Rory Linkletter, 25, Canada
- 1:02:24 Benjamin de Haan, 29, Netherlands
- 1:02:55 Richard Ringer, 33, Germany
- 1:03:05 Johannes Motschmann, 27, Germany
- 1:03:06 Elkanah Kibet, 38, Colorado Springs, CO
- 1:03:19 Jared Ward, 33, Mapleton, UT
- 1:03:27 Frank Lara, 26, Westminster, CO
- 1:03:31 Akira Akasaki, 24, Japan
- 1:03:46 Kirubel Erassa, 28, Colorado Springs, CO
- 1:03:47 Tristan Woodfine, 28, Canada
- 1:03:49 Nick Hauger, 25, Boulder, CO
- 1:03:59 Ben Conner, 29, Great Britain
- 1:04:54 Patricio Castillo, 30, Mexico
- 1:05:00 Haruka Onodera, 23, Japan
- 1:05:35 Mohamed Hrezi, 30, Libya
- 1:05:45 Brendan Martin, 32, New York, NY
- 1:06:01 Andi Abdirahman, 45, Tucson, AZ
- 1:06:42 Edward Mulder, 29, Boston, MA






Elite Wheelchair Race Women
- 56:12 Manuela Schar, 37, Switzerland
- 1:01:30 Yen Hoang, 25, Vancouver, WA
- 1:05:41 Tatyana McFadden, 32, Clarksville, MD


Elite Wheelchair Race Men
- 49:22 Daniel Romanchuk, 23, Mt.Airy, MD
- 53:24 Herman Garic, 32, Utica, NY
- 54:16 Rafael Botello, 43, Spain

















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