HawaiiNewsNow: Nicholas Chelimo edges out Patrick Ivuti by 3 seconds to win »
Through 24 miles, Nicholas Chelimo had shed every contender to his Honolulu Marathon title — except one.
Chelimo and two-time champion Patrick Ivuti ran through Kahala and up Diamond Head Road shoulder-to-shoulder at some points and one just a stride ahead at others.
They made the descent into Kapiolani Park in a virtual tie before Chelimo out-sprinted his fellow Kenyan down Kalakaua Avenue to cross the finish line 3 seconds ahead of Ivuti and retain the title in one of the tightest finishes in the race’s 39-year history.
"It was very competitive," Chelimo said after completing the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 14 minutes and 55 seconds. "I knew anything could happen."
Chelimo trimmed 23 seconds off his winning time in last year’s race as the dramatic finish pushed both runners to tap into a skill they’d generally prefer to keep in reserve.
"I don’t want to be forced to sprint," Chelimo conceded.
But he summoned enough energy out of his legs to claim the $40,000 first prize plus $2,000 in time bonuses while denying Ivuti a third Honolulu crown.
Ivuti won the race in his previous two visits, holding off Chelimo in 2009 for his second straight win. He didn’t enter last year due to an injury and Chelimo ran away with the win.
"It was two guys who could feel like they were the defending champion," marathon president Jim Barahal said.
The win provided a gratifying end to the year for Chelimo, who finished sixth in the Vienna Marathon and didn’t finish the Eindhoven Marathon in October.
"I’m very happy, Chelimo said. "I was well prepared."
While the state was under a flash flood watch, the rain held off during the race and Chelimo and Ivuti were part of a lead pack that began with 10 runners and thinned to seven as they approached Hawaii Kai.
Kenyan Nicholas Manza made a few strong moves early in his first Honolulu Marathon, but the group bunched together again as the pace ebbed throughout the run out to East Oahu.
"It wasn’t too cozy, so it created a race where they weren’t sure what the others were going to do," said Barahal, who followed the action from the pace truck.
Manza fell back as the pace dropped under 5 minutes per mile while the leaders made the loop through Hawaii Kai, leaving Chelimo and Ivuti running with two newcomers in Josephat Boit and Kiplimo Kimutai, one of the designated pacesetters.
Chelimo made his move as they turned off Kalanianaole Highway onto Kealaolu Road alongside Waialae Country Club. Ivuti was the only one to answer the challenge and they traded the lead up the climb on Diamond Head Road.
The descent left Ivuti at a disadvantage going into the final stretch.
"I couldn’t sprint because when I came downhill I felt something in my right leg," Ivuti said. "Something pulled."
Chelimo then pulled ahead and reached the finish line a few strides ahead of Ivuti, as a Kenyan won the race for the 18th time in the past 21 years.
Barahal, in his 25th year overseeing the race, recalled a similarly tight race in the mid-1990s, but "as far as a match race, this was probably the best one."
Boit came in third at 2:15:40 and Kimutai was fourth at 2:18:12.
TOP 5 MEN BY AGE GROUP
Name |
Age |
Time |
Men 15-19 |
1. Hayato Seki |
15 |
3:00:01.6 |
2. Jonathan Byrne |
15 |
3:03:13.7 |
3. Hiroki Yamazaki |
15 |
3:09:40.5 |
4. Zachary Masuda |
17 |
3:14:38.2 |
5. Ryosuke Teramoto |
17 |
3:14:54.7 |
Men 20-24 |
1. Saeki Makino |
24 |
2:32:05.4 |
2. Taiga Fujii |
24 |
2:49:11.2 |
3. Yuki Harada |
21 |
2:52:23.0 |
4. Jordan Langen |
22 |
3:08:41.2 |
5. Shota Shima |
21 |
3:12:12.7 |
Men 25-29 |
1. Thomas Puzey |
27 |
2:21:42.4 |
2. Yusuke Inose |
27 |
2:35:09.3 |
3. Yoshinori Takeya |
29 |
2:41:03.7 |
4. Sho Matsumoto |
26 |
2:46:22.2 |
5. Naoto Kitazume |
25 |
2:50:08.7 |
Men 30-34 |
1. Kentaro Uno |
30 |
2:41:30.1 |
2. Yukichi Tustsui |
34 |
2:43:12.2 |
3. Kenichi Komatsu |
31 |
2:44:16.2 |
4. Takeshi Araki |
32 |
2:47:25.5 |
5. Jason Braswell |
33 |
2:53:26.9 |
Men 35-39 |
1. Masateru Kaneko |
38 |
2:47:48.6 |
2. Kenji Oyama |
35 |
2:47:49.4 |
3. Takahiro Oue |
36 |
2:48:48.7 |
4. Katsutoshi Saijo |
37 |
2:50:26.1 |
5. Ko Mishimura |
38 |
2:51:51.5 |
Men 40-44 |
1. Wataru Konishi |
44 |
2:32:48.1 |
2. Mitsuru Shinohara |
44 |
2:43:01.7 |
3. Yuji Yamanaka |
40 |
2:47:05.3 |
4. Brendon Seipolt |
44 |
2:48:37.7 |
5. Noboru Kuratani |
40 |
2:56:40.4 |
Men 45-49 |
1. Marty Muchow |
46 |
2:39:09.9 |
2. Kazuyoshi Takaba |
47 |
2:55:39.6 |
3. Jonathan Lyau |
47 |
2:58:44.0 |
4. Paul Hopwood |
48 |
2:59:43.3 |
5. Yasuo Nagai |
49 |
3:01:36.9 |
Men 50-54 |
1. Gab-Dong Jeong |
50 |
3:05:03.4 |
2. Tetsumoto Iizuka |
52 |
3:06:58.8 |
3. Herman Rafol |
50 |
3:07:42.3 |
4. Douglas Stevenson |
50 |
3:08:19.4 |
5. Hiroshi Ebina |
52 |
3:08:24.4 |
Men 55-59 |
1. Sal Salmi |
57 |
2:54:36.3 |
2. Michael Georgi |
59 |
3:06:19.8 |
3. Hisashi Nagai |
55 |
3:08:56.8 |
4. Norio Komatsubara |
59 |
3:11:03.6 |
5. Kiyoshi Fukuzawa |
56 |
3:17:26.3 |
Men 60-64 |
1. Akira Hoshio |
64 |
3:07:38.5 |
2. Akira Ito |
63 |
3:18:24.2 |
3. Manfred Hartung |
64 |
3:20:36.5 |
4. Katsuji Morita |
64 |
3:25:03.1 |
5. Stephen Williams |
64 |
3:25:14.2 |
Men 65-69 |
1. Ron Pate |
65 |
3:24:38.6 |
2. Kazuo Ito |
66 |
3:31:00.1 |
3. Kiichi Ikai |
69 |
3:35:15.7 |
4. Ellis Andrews |
67 |
3:36:44.1 |
5. Ray Charron |
65 |
3:38:48.0 |
Men 70-74 |
1. Takeo Inoue |
70 |
3:39:20.6 |
2. Chusirou Sasaki |
71 |
4:06:20.8 |
3. Minoru Goda |
70 |
4:08:20.0 |
4. Jinsaku Watanabe |
70 |
4:10:55.8 |
5. Hidefumi Tanaka |
74 |
4:12:48.3 |
Men 75-79 |
1. Masaharu Ikeda |
75 |
4:23:39.6 |
2. Kit Smith |
77 |
4:44:13.1 |
3. Yasuto Fukuzawa |
76 |
4:53:38.9 |
4. Hiroo Sugeno |
76 |
4:54:45.8 |
5. Toshio Hara |
75 |
5:08:11.9 |
Men 80-84 |
1. Kichiji Sokawa |
80 |
5:01:36.4 |
2. Waichi Onodera |
82 |
5:25:31.4 |
3. Shoichi Satoh |
81 |
5:35:46.6 |
4. Chikara Abe |
80 |
5:40:26.0 |
5. Kojiro Sato |
80 |
5:48:55.1 |
Men 85-89 |
1. Tomiji Shiota |
85 |
6:08:57.4 |
2. Tamio Hoshiba |
86 |
6:57:11.6 |
3. Tadao Ikari |
86 |
7:53.47.7 |
4. Jerry Ogata |
85 |
8:02:44.4 |
5. Toyoji Hoki |
89 |
8:12:03.2 |
MEN’S TOP 250
Name |
Age |
Time |
1. Nicholas Chelimo |
28 |
2:14:55 |
2. Patrick Ivuti |
33 |
2:14:58 |
3. Josphat Boit |
28 |
2:15:40 |
4. Kiplimo Kimutai |
30 |
2:18:12 |
5. Benjamin Kiptoo Kolum |
32 |
2:19:21 |
6. Jimmy Mundi |
38 |
2:24:40 |
7. Thomas Puzey |
27 |
2:31:43 |
8. Saeki Makino |
24 |
2:32:06 |
9. Wataru Konishi |
44 |
2:32:49 |
10. Patrick Nthiwa |
28 |
2:34:02 |
11. Yusuke Inose |
27 |
2:35:10 |
12. Marty Muchow |
46 |
2:39:10 |
13. Yoshinori Takeya |
29 |
2:41:04 |
14. Kentaro Uno |
30 |
2:41:31 |
15. Mitsuru Shinohara |
44 |
2:43:02 |
16. Yukichi Tsutsui |
34 |
2:43:13 |
17. Kenichi Komatsu |
31j |
2:44:17 |
18. Sho Matsumoto |
26 |
2:46:23 |
19. Yuji Yamanaka |
40 |
2:47:06 |
20. Takeshi Araki |
32 |
2:47:26 |
21. Masateru Kaneko |
38 |
2:47:49 |
22. Kenji Oyama |
35 |
2:47:50 |
23. Brendon Seipolt |
44 |
2:48:38 |
24. Takahiro Oue |
36 |
2:48:49 |
25. Taiga Fujii |
24 |
2:49:12 |
26. Naoto Kitazume |
25 |
2:50:09 |
27. Katsutoshi Saijo |
37 |
2:50:27 |
28. Yuji Chishima |
27 |
2:50:58 |
29. Ko Mishimura |
38 |
2:51:52 |
30. Yuki Harada |
21 |
2:52:23 |
31. Jason Braswell |
33 |
2:53:27 |
32. Kentaro Masuda |
31 |
2:53:40 |
33. Daisuke Tsuihiji |
29 |
2:54:36 |
34. Sal Salmi |
57 |
2:54:37 |
35. Peter Shenk |
27 |
2:55:04 |
36. Kentaro Yoshikawa |
34 |
2:55:22 |
37. Kazuyoshi Takaba |
47 |
2:55:40 |
38. Karsten Brown |
35 |
2:56:26 |
39. Noboru Kuratani |
40 |
2:56:41 |
40. Mark Mench |
36 |
2:56:46 |
41. Yoshimi Sakurauchi |
40 |
2:57:08 |
42. Jonathan Lyau |
47 |
2:58:44 |
Name |
Age |
Time |
43. Sho Yanbe |
28 |
2:58:48 |
44. Yoshiyuki Ono |
33 |
2:59:22 |
45. Hiroyuki Aoyama |
33 |
2:59:33 |
46. Mike Kramer |
43 |
2:59:35 |
47. Jason Razo |
27 |
2:59:42 |
48. Paul Hopwood |
48 |
2:59:44 |
49. Jason Florimonte |
38 |
2:59:49 |
50. Hayato Seki |
15 |
3:00:02 |
51. Aiko Tanaka |
32 |
3:00:24 |
52. Fumihiko Kamoshida |
39 |
3:00:58 |
53. Tetsuma Okamoto |
31 |
3:01:08 |
54. Hayato Date |
36 |
3:01:22 |
55. Yasuo Nagai |
49 |
3:01:37 |
56. Hiroyuki Makino |
42 |
3:01:52 |
57. Lyman Perry |
44 |
3:02:09 |
58. Brian Hayes |
37 |
3:02:31 |
59. Jack Braconnier |
25 |
3:02:48 |
60. Jonathan Byrne |
15 |
3:03:14 |
61. Junji Dobashi |
29 |
3:03:36 |
62. Anthony Jr Quan |
35 |
3:03:54 |
63. Kensuke Nakai |
37 |
3:03:56 |
64. Kevin Murphy |
43 |
3:04:14 |
65. Masaki Kawanabe |
44 |
3:04:18 |
66. Shigeki Yasuda |
40 |
3:04:37 |
67. Tomoyuki Hatakeyama |
45 |
3:04:55 |
68. Jeffrey Rangan |
31 |
3:04:59 |
69. Gab-Dong Jeong |
50 |
3:05:04 |
70. William Gardner |
42 |
3:05:04 |
71. Jun Tashiro |
41 |
3:05:57 |
72. Michael Sullivan |
31 |
3:06:00 |
73. Michael Georgi |
59 |
3:06:20 |
74. Kenichi Furuhashi |
41 |
3:06:32 |
75. Matthew Libstorff |
31 |
3:06:32 |
76. Pedro Meraz |
33 |
3:06:54 |
77. Shawn Hirose |
29 |
3:06:55 |
78. Tetsutomo Iizuka |
52 |
3:06:59 |
79. Anthony Laglia |
30 |
3:07:01 |
80. Akira Hoshio |
64 |
3:07:39 |
81. Herman Rafol |
50 |
3:07:43 |
82. Toshiya Shimizu |
38 |
3:07:54 |
83. Douglas Stevenson |
50 |
3:08:20 |
84. Hiroshi Ebina |
52 |
3:08:25 |
Name |
Age |
Time |
85. Masaaki Iwasaki |
50 |
3:08:26 |
86. Thomas Prome |
30 |
3:08:33 |
87. Valentine Roberts |
25 |
3:08:34 |
88. David Easa |
37 |
3:08:35 |
89. Edwin Quan |
32 |
3:08:37 |
90. Jordan Langen |
22 |
3:08:42 |
91. Kenichi Hongo |
38 |
3:08:49 |
92. Hisashi Nagai |
55 |
3:08:57 |
93. Shigeru Kumagai |
40 |
3:09:04 |
94. Akihiko Futaki |
52 |
3:09:19 |
95. John Lafayette |
42 |
3:09:31 |
96. Hiroki Yamazaki |
15 |
3:09:41 |
97. Norito Nakajima |
36 |
3:09:48 |
98. Bruno Hornstein |
50 |
3:09:54 |
99. James Fields |
31 |
3:10:12 |
100. Alan Ryan |
41 |
3:10:27 |
101. Masakazu Tani |
45 |
3:10:29 |
102. Lindsey Dymond |
29 |
3:10:31 |
103. Michael Walker |
50 |
3:11:03 |
104. Norio Komatsubara |
59 |
3:11:04 |
105. Katsuya Nakano |
47 |
3:11:10 |
106. Odeelo Dayondon |
28 |
3:11:21 |
107. Giovanni Bellani |
38 |
3:11:31 |
108. Yasunori Sata |
34 |
3:11:33 |
109. Atsushi Katsumata |
31 |
3:11:58 |
110. Eisuke Okajima |
38 |
3:12:02 |
111. Shota Shima |
21 |
3:12:13 |
112. Hideyuki Aota |
52 |
3:12:24 |
113. Kazunori Higuchi |
49 |
3:12:43 |
114. Yuko Yaegashi |
26 |
3:12:43 |
115. Yasuto Kimura |
44 |
3:12:44 |
116. Tsutomu Imai |
34 |
3:12:55 |
117. Patrick Guilfoyle |
52 |
3:13:03 |
118. Pushkar C. Muellauer |
39 |
3:13:12 |
119. Benjamin Keaton |
32 |
3:13:23 |
120. Amane Maekawa |
20 |
3:13:26 |
121. David Miller |
38 |
3:13:54 |
122. Masahiko Ito |
49 |
3:14:08 |
123. Fumiya Morii |
22 |
3:14:17 |
124. Alan Tsuhako |
46 |
3:14:24 |
125. Hitoshi Yoneyama |
44 |
3:14:26 |
126. Michael Gussenhoven |
38 |
3:14:37 |
Name |
Age |
Time |
127. Asami Osakabe |
25 |
3:14:38 |
128. Zachary Masuda |
17 |
3:14:39 |
129. Charles Roose |
47 |
3:14:41 |
130. A.J. Khaw |
35 |
3:14:52 |
131. Jeff Sanders |
43 |
3:14:52 |
132. Ryosuke Teramoto |
17 |
3:14:55 |
133. Matt Leathers |
32 |
3:15:03 |
134. Megumu Iwamoto |
37 |
3:15:04 |
135. Chad Bell |
39 |
3:15:04 |
136. Sohichi Koyago |
27 |
3:15:07 |
137. William Penny |
35 |
3:15:16 |
138. Ayumu Kasai |
36 |
3:15:21 |
139. Shintaro Ike |
33 |
3:15:38 |
140. Hironarz Yoshida |
30 |
3:15:57 |
141. Yoshiki Ueno |
54 |
3:16:06 |
142. Yuta Suzuki |
16 |
3:16:37 |
143. Yuki Shiota |
36 |
3:16:47 |
144. Troy Denunzio |
47 |
3:17:07 |
145. Dutch Hendricks |
44 |
3:17:09 |
146. Takeshi Mitsuhashi |
52 |
3:17:17 |
147. Rafael Rodriguez |
44 |
3:17:20 |
148. Kiyoshi Fukuzawa |
56 |
3:17:27 |
149. Michael St Hilaire |
40 |
3:17:44 |
150. Tsutomu Kashiwagi |
43 |
3:17:57 |
151. Jason Dolbeck |
41 |
3:18:00 |
152. Makoto Yoshida |
55 |
3:18:05 |
153. Masataka Otsuka |
22 |
3:18:07 |
154. Matthew Foster |
34 |
3:18:10 |
155. Masayuki Katayama |
49 |
3:18:11 |
156. Yasuhiro Oba |
42 |
3:18:19 |
157. Akira Ito |
63 |
3:18:25 |
158. Hironori Mizushima |
29 |
3:18:36 |
159. Shingo Tsuchido |
27 |
3:18:46 |
160. Robert Williams |
44 |
3:18:46 |
161. John Davis |
22 |
3:18:49 |
162. Mark Kaetsu |
27 |
3:19:01 |
163. Tom Svensson |
43 |
3:19:07 |
164. Takeshi Nomura |
42 |
3:19:08 |
165. Jon Jokiel |
46 |
3:19:11 |
166. Toshio Hashimoto |
51 |
3:19:22 |
167. Sakaguchi Kenji |
49 |
3:19:27 |
168. Mark Shorter |
54 |
3:19:29 |
Name |
Age |
Time |
169. Shankar Tillotson |
27 |
3:19:37 |
170. Goro Abe |
36 |
3:19:43 |
171. Rod Huddleston |
53 |
3:19:45 |
172. Ryo Yube |
29 |
3:19:46 |
173. Yutaka Shigihara |
40 |
3:19:54 |
174. Takayuki Ogawa |
40 |
3:19:55 |
175. Satoshi Tabata |
49 |
3:19:57 |
176. Harald Ebeling |
48 |
3:20:04 |
177. Kenta Matsushima |
40 |
3:20:05 |
178. Andrew Chong |
43 |
3:20:07 |
179. Matthew Gulden |
24 |
3:20:15 |
180. Satoshi Namiki |
23 |
3:20:22 |
181. Kazuo Yoshimoto |
48 |
3:20:28 |
182. Manfred Hartung |
64 |
3:20:37 |
183. John Antonio |
47 |
3:20:38 |
184. Atsushi Otake |
35 |
3:20:49 |
185. Randall Hendriks |
52 |
3:20:56 |
186. Hiroyuki Hirayama |
40 |
3:21:00 |
187. Jun Ueo |
38 |
3:21:02 |
188. Hirofumi Yanagi |
54 |
3:21:09 |
189. Kazushi Mizusawa |
35 |
3:21:12 |
190. Toru Morikawa |
43 |
3:21:14 |
191. Thomas Steckler |
47 |
3:21:16 |
192. Joel S Warkentin Jr |
41 |
3:21:19 |
193. Oistein Stromme |
44 |
3:21:20 |
194. Hiroyuki Ishioka |
57 |
3:21:28 |
195. Hidetsugu Nakata |
50 |
3:21:29 |
196. Dwayne Chang |
38 |
3:21:29 |
197. Yoshikazu Yoshino |
50 |
3:21:31 |
198. Satoshi Miyagawa |
49 |
3:21:39 |
199. Enzo Casale |
40 |
3:21:49 |
200. Shogo Nagasawa |
27 |
3:21:52 |
201. Jonathan Cheek |
30 |
3:21:53 |
202. Fredi Rimensberger |
30 |
3:21:54 |
203. Shawn Williamson |
34 |
3:21:57 |
204. Philip Yee |
40 |
3:21:59 |
205. Kyle Bair |
31 |
3:22:03 |
206. Kazuo Yamamoto |
36 |
3:22:03 |
207. Rudy Achberger |
40 |
3:22:14 |
208. Karl Honma |
48 |
3:22:20 |
209. Yusuke Sato |
25 |
3:22:21 |
210. Douglas Baker |
43 |
3:22:48 |
Name |
Age |
Time |
211. Craig Jerome |
37 |
3:22:53 |
212. Jay Kauwale |
51 |
3:22:59 |
213. Philip Kautz |
24 |
3:23:06 |
214. Naoto Nishioka |
29 |
3:23:11 |
215. Michael Garrison |
41 |
3:23:12 |
216. Seiichi Saito |
44 |
3:23:16 |
217. Kengo Yoshimoto |
40 |
3:23:18 |
218. Thomas Wipp |
46 |
3:23:20 |
219. Leo Pike |
26 |
3:23:32 |
220. Torbj Rn Karlsson |
36 |
3:23:45 |
221. Matthew Fober |
33 |
3:23:45 |
222. William Doom |
34 |
3:23:46 |
223. Hideyuki Yamazaki |
48 |
3:23:46 |
224. Nobuo Ito |
46 |
3:23:53 |
225. Koji Koyama |
39 |
3:24:02 |
226. Martin Miller |
40 |
3:24:07 |
227. Shota Miichi |
22 |
3:24:09 |
228. Benjamin Brill |
34 |
3:24:11 |
229. Yoshitaka Naruse |
48 |
3:24:14 |
230. Seiya Yanagawa |
16 |
3:24:19 |
231. Scott Morioka |
36 |
3:24:21 |
232. Tetsuro Mori |
55 |
3:24:25 |
233. Motohiro Aoki |
48 |
3:24:26 |
234. Brett Jacobson |
41 |
3:24:34 |
235. John Homberg |
40 |
3:24:36 |
236. Ron Pate |
65 |
3:24:39 |
237. Dylan Rist |
32 |
3:24:41 |
238. Hiroyuki Haruyama |
39 |
3:24:43 |
239. Jeffery Nakasone |
55 |
3:24:44 |
240. Shigeyuki Imaizumi |
47 |
3:24:46 |
241. Thomas Sacher |
41 |
3:24:46 |
242. Katsuji Morita |
64 |
3:25:04 |
243. Yves Robberechts |
43 |
3:25:08 |
244. Makoto Watanabe |
22 |
3:25:10 |
245. Stephen Williams |
64 |
3:25:15 |
246. Noah Kaufman |
35 |
3:25:16 |
247. Rosendo Garza Jr |
31 |
3:25:17 |
248. Jerre Hansbrough |
29 |
3:25:21 |
249. Tobias Olney |
43 |
3:25:25 |
250. David Timblick |
43 |
3:25:26 |