Maratón La Guadalupe de Ponce

Maratón La Guadalupe de Ponce (English: La Guadalupe Ponce Marathon" or, sometimes, "Ponce Marathon"), is a long-distance running event held every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Established in 1970,[note 1] it is the only Olympic marathon held in Puerto Rico.[4][1]

Maratón La Guadalupe de Ponce
DateDecember, usually around the 12th
LocationPonce, Puerto Rico
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorPonce Municipal Government
BeneficiaryFederación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico
Established1970, 53 years ago[1]
Course recordsMen's: 2:15:35 (1982)
Jorge "Peco" González
Women's: 2:51:54 (2021)
Beverly Ramos Morales[2]
ParticipantsSome 150 athletes
Attendees: Over 10,000[3]

The race has a length of 42.195 kilometers (26.219 mi) and takes place on a Sunday during the month of December. It starts at 5AM, and runs from the intersection of PR-12 and PR-14 to Parque de Bombas.[5][6] It is managed by Secretaría de Recreación y Deportes (Secretariat of Recreation and Sports) of the municipality of Ponce.[7]

The 40th edition of the marathon in 2010 was attended by over 10,000 people.[3] Some 150 athletes participate in the event each year.[8] In 2010, the event received an award from the Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Athletic Federation) as the best athletic running event in Puerto Rico; it had attained a perfect 100-point score in all evaluation areas.[7]

Overview

In addition to being the only one of the international marathons run over the distance of 42.195 kilometers and the national marathon of Puerto Rico,[4] the marathon is the qualifying race for the Central American and Caribbean Games.[9]

In addition to medals, Marathon organizers award cash prizes to winners, in both men and women categories, exceeding USD$30K.[10] First place winners receive a $2,000 cash prize. The next five follow-up winners receive $1,000, $500, $400, $200 and $80 respectively. The Marathon also awards prizes to winners, both men and women, in these nine age categories: 20–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49, 50–54, 55–59 and 60+. First, second and third-place winners in each of these categories receive $80, $50 and $25 prizes, respectively.[11] Unlike other marathons, registration for La Guadalupe is free; registration generally takes place the day before the event (Saturday) at Parque de Bombas.[11] The $2,000 cash prize is the highest cash prize paid out for any running event in Puerto Rico.[12]

Route

The race starts at 5:00 am at PR-12 (Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros) at the intersection with PR-14 (Avenida Tito Castro/Avenida Betances) and heads south towards La Guancha. It makes 3 round trips on Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros and, on the fourth round, it then detours onto Avenida Las Americas (PR-163) heading west towards PR-123 (Avenida Hostos). At Avenida Hostos it turns right onto Calle Marina and heads north towards Plaza Las Delicias. The finish line will be at Calle Marina intersection with Calle Cristina, that is, right in front of Parque de Bombas in downtown Ponce.[13] The race coincides with the Fiestas patronales de Ponce celebration.[14] The 50th edition (2021) introduced a new route.[15]

Results

1982 (12th edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Jorge Luis "Peco" GonzálezUtuado2:15:35[1]

1983 (13th edition)

The event took place on 11 December.[1]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknown2:17:32[1]

1985 (15th edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Eduardo MaldonadoUnknown2:17:42[16]

1986 (16th edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Eduardo MaldonadoUnknown2:15:48[16]

1988 (18th edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Luis E. TorresUnknown2:17:22[16]
2Eduardo MaldonadoUnknown2:17:46[16]

1991 (21st edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknownUnknown[1]

1992 (22nd edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknownUnknown[1]

1993 (23rd edition)

The event was cancelled due to scheduling conflict with the concurrent event of the Puerto Rico 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games celebrated this year in Ponce.[17][18]

1994 (24th edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknownUnknown[19]

2002 (32nd edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknownUnknown[19]

2003 (33rd edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknownUnknown[19]

2004 (34th edition)
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1César MercadoUnknownUnknown[19]

2006 (36th edition)

The event took place on 10 December.[20]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Luis RiveraAibonito2:24:08[20]
2Máximo OliverasToa Alta2:36:49[20]
3José RodríguezCanóvanas2:37:42[20]
Women's Division1Yolanda MercadoBayamón2:52:51[lower-alpha 1][20]
2Maribel BurgosCarolina3:04:01[20]
3Mónica LarsonArecibo3:21:51[20]

2007 (37th edition)

Prior to this year the marathon was essentially a men's-only event. Women could run it but they were not awarded prizes. Starting with the 2007 marathon, women runners were officially registered as competing runners and awarded prizes the same as men.[21]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Máximo OliverasCorozalUnk[22]
Women's Division1Luz E. TorresGuayanillaUnk[22]

2008 (38th edition)

The event took place on 14 December.[23]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Luis RiveraAibonito2:28.19[23]
2Miguel SolivanAibonito2:31.21[23]
3César MercadoMaricao2:38.06[23]
Women's Division1Irmalyn FalcónToa Baja2:58:03[16]
2Yolanda MercadoBayamón3:02.30[23]
3Sara Mary GonzálezUnknown3:09.55[23]

2009 (39th edition)

The event, which ordinarily takes place on a Sunday, this year took place on a Saturday (12 December). The goal was to have it coincide with Las Mañanitas to maximize the attendance to the Marathon.[24] This year there was also a change to the route of the event.[25]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Miguel Solivan–2:24:25[26][25]

2010 (40th edition)

The event took place on 12 December.[1][27]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Luis RiveraAibonito2:22:47[1][27]
2Nelson RodríguezUtuado2:23.32[1][27]
3Eliezer RoblesLares2:25.45[1][27]
Women's Division1AYolanda MercadoBayamón2:56:26[1][3][27]
1BYolanda MercadoBayamón2:54:47[13]
2Erica MéndezSan Germán3:17:27[1][27]
3María BeltránBayamón3:17.48[1][27]

2011 (41st edition)

The event took place on Sunday 11 December.[28][29][1]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Eliezer RoblesLares2:31:09[1][28][29]
2Jesús MoralesVillalba2:34:20[1][28][29]
3Nelson RodríguezUtuado2:36:22[1][28][29]
Women's Division1Yolanda MercadoBayamón2:57:23[1][28][29]
2María E. BeltránBayamón3:20:03[1][28][29]
3Liria GarcíaSan Juan2:20:42[1][28][29]

2012 (42nd edition)

The event took place on 9 December.[30]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Eliezer RoblesLares2:22.38[30]
Women's Division1Angélica TorresUnknownUnknown[30]

2013 (43rd edition)

The event took place on Sunday 8 December.[8]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Miguel SolivanAibonito2:26:38:09[8]
Women's Division1Patricia LázaroGuaynabo3:09:47:58[8]

2015 (45rd edition)

The event took place on Sunday 8 December.

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Eliezer RoblesLares2:36:55[31]
Women's Division1Paola RiveraPuerto Rico3:01:13[31]

2017 (47th edition)

The event was cancelled due to the 20 September Hurricane Maria.[17][18] The event had been scheduled for 10 December 2017.[32]

2018 (48th edition)

The event took place on Sunday 9 December.[11]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Luis J. RiveraAibonito2:38:34[33]
2Josué Javier OrtizUtuado2:42:20[34]
3Rafael HernándezVega Baja2:46:35[34]
4Javier TorresAibonito2:51:17[34]
5Juan PérezMorovis2:56:16[34]
6Somelins DelgadoTrujillo Alto2:57:04[34]
Women's Division1Karla M. SanyetPonce3:25:34[lower-alpha 2][33][34]
2Karla EspadaUtuado3:30:30[34]
3Blanca N. OcasioPonce3:57:35[34]
4Moraima CancelSan Sebastián4:06:26[34]
5Damaris MendozaCaguas4:31:49[34]
6Ilka CalvoSan Juan4:42:55[34]

5K Run

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1José M. GonzálezJayuya16.15[34]
2Juan VillafañaPonce17:25[34]
3Damián GuadalupeSabana Grande17:43[34]
Women's Division1Mariedalys OrtizAibonito19:29[34]
2Karla EspadaVillalba19:39[34]
3Blanca N. OcasioPeñuelas20:37[34]

2019 (49th edition)

The event took place on Sunday 15 December.[35]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Ramón AliceaPonce2:32:57[36]
2Josué OrtizUtuado2:40:00[36]
3Nelson RodríguezUtuado2:42:00[36]
Women's Division1Yadira RosarioCidra3:18:37[36]

5K Run
CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1José GonzálezJayuya15:42[36]
2Ángel CruzAibonito16:25[36]
3Erwin ReyVega Baja17:54[36]
Women's Division1Alexandra RodríguezSanta Isabel20:16[36]
2Crystal Correo-Unk-20:47[36]
3Manedalis Ortiz-Unk-21:04[36]

2020 (Cancelled)

The event was cancelled due to the 20 COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico.

2021 (50th edition)

The event took place on Sunday, 12 December.[37] Beverly Ramos Morales set a new record in the women's division.[15]

CategoryPositionWinnerOriginTimingRef
Men's Division1Alexander Torres RojasOrocovis2:32:32[38]
Women's Division1Beverly Ramos MoralesTrujillo Alto2:51:54[2]
Wheelchair1Jeffrey KennedyRio Grande-Unk-[38]

Notes
  1. Some historians, such as Carmelo Rosario Natal, state that official records mention this marathon at least as early as 1965. See Carmelo Rosario Natal, Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945–2002, Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. (Ponce, Puerto Rico) 2003. p. 89.

Footnotes
  1. Resultados P.R. reports this time as 2:54:47
  2. El Sol de Puerto Rico reports this time as 3:25:08

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