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The event is a celebration of every finisher’s HONOR, COURAGE and COMMITMENT to training for, and completing, the MCM. The MCM has also been voted the "Best Marathonįor Charities,” “Best Race in DC,” and the “Best Race for Spectators."Īll finishers receive a special medal for their accomplishment. Also known as "The People's Marathon", the MCM is the largest The Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) attracts runners from all 50 states and more thanĥ0 countries. Runners from around the world come together run their hearts out while generating goodwill.

Visit for complete coverage of this year’s championship and all your favorite DoD sports.The Marine Corps Marathon weekend happens every October in Washington DC. For the women, the top two of four ranks are calculated.Īt the closing awards ceremony, Armed Forces Sports presented the Race Director with a trophy for his 30 years of service as the Director of the Marine Corps Marathon, who recently announced his retirement.

Team scores are tabulated based on the USA Track and Field displacement scoring of the top four of six men rankings from each team. The Armed Forces Sports Marathon Championship has been part of the Marine Corps Marathon since 1998. Marine Corps Women won silver, as Air Force placed third. This was Navy Women’s first team gold medal since 2014 and their first clean sweep of medals in the Women’s Marathon. Irgens’ teammates Coast Guard Fireman Adair Gennorcro of USCG Station Indian River, Deleway and Navy Lieutenant Rachel Viger of Joint Base Andrews, Maryland helped sweep the women’s Armed Forces Championship podium capturing silver and bronze with times of 2:53:50 and 2:56:29 respectively. captured her first Armed Forces Gold with an impressive time of 2:50:24, placing fourth overall in the Marine Corps Marathon Women’s Division. Katherine Irgens of Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. Navy took team silver and Air Force finished in third.

The Marine Corps men reached the top of the podium for the first time in Armed Forces Marathon history since the program started began in 1998. King’s time was 12 minutes faster than the next Armed Forces racer and fellow All-Marine teammate, Major Sean Barrett of MCB Camp Pendleton, California, who finished second in the Armed Forces Competition and fourth overall in the Marine Corps Marathon. Marine Corps Captain Kyle King of MAGTFTC Twentynine Palms, California dominated the course from the start winning the 2022 Marine Corps Marathon and Armed Forces Marathon title with a blistering time of 2:19:19. Perfect weather combined with energetic runners was the ideal conditions for the elite runners of the 47th edition of the Marine Corps Marathon held in Washington, D.C.