By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (07-Dec) – On January 1, Yared Nuguse posted a training photo on Instagram with the caption “2023 is the year of growth, plan accordingly.” Twelve months later, those plans went even better than the 24-year-old American middle-distance runner could have hoped for. In his first full year as a professional, training with…

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (11-Dec) — As the sun began to rise here this morning, Ethiopia’s Asefa Mengstu made a decisive late-race move to win the men’s division of the Honolulu Marathon. Bere Ayalew made it an Ethiopian sweep, taking the women’s title by more than three minutes. Both runners earned $25,000 for their victories in…

Making Honolulu Marathon debut Personal Best: 2:27:17, Chicago Marathon, October 7, 2012

Leer is the only D3 athlete to have ever won the 1500 and 5K National Titles on the same day. He represents Brooks, and has won 2 USATF titles. Last year, Leer placed third overall (2nd male) running 4:02. This will be his third time racing along Kalakaua Avenue.