The Eugene Marathon and Eugene Half Marathon drew a sell-out 12,000-runner field across both distances on Sunday, finishing inside Hayward Field's renovated stadium for the seventh consecutive year. Noah Rasmussen ran 1:05:19 to win the half marathon ahead of Olympic-trials hopeful Diego Estrada (1:05:48), while Brayden McLaughlin produced a 2:16:55 second-place finish in the marathon behind US-based Kenyan Geoffrey Sang.
Sang's 2:14:32 winning time was the second-fastest in the Eugene Marathon's 19-year history, behind only Hassan Mead's 2:13:24 from 2024. The 30-year-old from Iten broke clear of McLaughlin in the climb out of Skinner Butte at mile 21 and held a steady 4:59 closing pace to finish three minutes clear. McLaughlin's 2:16:55 took 90 seconds off his Houston debut and locked him into the elite field for September's Erie Marathon.
The women's marathon went to Olympic hopeful Tristin Van Ord in 2:34:18 — a personal best by 90 seconds and a Western Hemisphere debut for the 30-year-old who finished 12th at the Olympic Trials in February. Beth Rosenberg of Eugene was second in 2:36:42, with Adelaide Eichman third in 2:38:11. Van Ord's victory came eight days after she announced her switch from the Idaho-based Boss Track Club to a new Eugene-based group coached by Mark Rowland.
The half marathon was the deepest in race history, with three men under 1:06 and 11 under 1:08, alongside seven women under 1:14. Rasmussen, the 23-year-old former Stanford NCAA cross country All-American, ran his first half on the road and broke clear with a 4:55 mile through the 8th mile of the Coburg Road section. The women's half went to Anna Henderson in 1:13:09, with Olympic-trials marathoner Jenny Schilling second in 1:13:48.
Eugene Marathon organisers confirmed they had hit their charitable record, raising $850,000 for the AFFEC Family for Every Child organisation and the Hayward Field Stewards programme. The 2027 race is set for April 25 and registration opens on May 14, with the marathon expected to sell out within an hour after this year's event closed entries six months early.