• Estrada and Conley Win USA Half Marathon Championships
Sunday, 18 January 2015
Diego Estrada and Kim Conley were crowned USA national half marathon champions at Chevron Houston Half Marathon on Sunday, January 18.
Estrada, who competed for Mexico in 10000m at 2012 London Olympics won his first USA championships title in his debut clocking 60:51. Jared Ward finishing 51 seconds behind Estrada took silver, while Girma Mecheso took bronze finishing after 62:16. The former USA half marathon champion and Olympian Meb Keflezighi came in 4th place with a time of 62.18 seconds.
The Women's race was won by Kim Conley, who managed to win the race with a blistering time of 69:44. Brianne Nelson, who finished in second clocked 70:16, while third place finisher Janet Bawcom finished in third in 70:46.
Top Results Men
| 1 | » Estrada, Diego (USA) | AZ | M28 | 25-29 | 25 | 01:00:51 | 01:00:51 | |
| 2 | » Ward, Jared (USA) | UT | M11 | 25-29 | 26 | 01:01:42 | 01:01:42 | |
| 3 | » Mecheso, Girma (USA) | PA | M64 | 25-29 | 26 | 01:02:16 | 01:02:16 | |
| 4 | » Keflezighi, Meb (USA) | CA | M1 | 35-39 | 39 | 01:02:18 | 01:02:18 | |
| 5 | » Llano, Matthew (USA) | AZ | M6 | 25-29 | 26 | 01:02:22 | 01:02:22 | |
| 6 | » Rono, Aron (USA) | OR | M79 | 30-34 | 32 | 01:02:25 | 01:02:25 | |
| 7 | » Eggleston, Jeffrey (USA) | CO | M7 | 30-34 | 30 | 01:02:41 | 01:02:41 | |
| 8 | » Gotcher, Brett (USA) | CA | M10 | 30-34 | 30 | 01:02:49 | 01:02:49 | |
| 9 | » Keveren, Sean (USA) | VA | M53 | 20-24 | 24 | 01:02:52 | 01:02:52 | |
| 10 | » Proctor, Gabe (USA) | CA | M5 | 20-24 | 24 | 01:03:13 | 01:03:13 |
Top Results Women
| 1 | » Conley, Kim (USA) | Women | CA | F11 | 25-29 | 28 | 01:09:44 | 01:09:44 | |
| 2 | » Nelson, Brianne (USA) | Women | CO | F30 | 30-34 | 34 | 01:10:16 | 01:10:16 | |
| 3 | » Bawcom, Janet (USA) | Women | AZ | F1 | 35-39 | 36 | 01:10:46 | 01:10:46 | |
| 4 | » Hall, Sara (USA) | Women | AZ | F5 | 30-34 | 31 | 01:10:50 | 01:10:50 | |
| 5 | » Bersagel, Annie (USA) | Women | F2 | 30-34 | 31 | 01:10:58 | 01:10:58 | ||
| 6 | » Bottorff, Juliet (USA) | Women | MA | F13 | 20-24 | 23 | 01:11:30 | 01:11:30 | |
| 7 | » Suver, Mattie (USA) | Women | CO | F7 | 25-29 | 27 | 01:11:51 | 01:11:51 | |
| 8 | » Matthews, Katie (USA) | Women | MA | F12 | 20-24 | 24 | 01:11:57 | 01:11:57 | |
| 9 | » Jimison, Lauren (USA) | Women | CA | F26 | 20-24 | 24 | 01:12:01 | 01:12:01 | |
| 10 | » Williams, Alisha (USA) | Women | CO | F6 | 30-34 | 32 | 01:12:12 | 01:12:12 |
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