Black Male Marathon History

Sub 2:20 Marathoners – Elite Tier

1. Nathan Martin – 2:10:45 – Grandma’s Marathon – 4th place – 2023
2. Herm Atkins – 2:11:52 – Nike OTC Marathon – 5th place – 1979
3. Tai Smith – 2:13:27 – California International Marathon – 5th place – 2024
4. Odis Sanders – 2:14:01 – New York City Marathon – 15th place – 1981
5. Darrell General – 2:14:42 – New Jersey Waterfront Marathon – 4th place – 1989
6. Stephen Jones – 2:14:56 – California International Marathon – 14th place – 2024
7. Eduardo Garcia – 2:17:09 – McKirdy Micro Marathon – 21st place – 2023
8. Jordan Daniel – 2:17:10 – McKirdy Micro Marathon – 24th place – 2023
9. Ricky Cox – 2:17:42 – Boston Marathon – 57th place – 1983
10. Michael Hairston – 2:17:49 – Dallas White Rock Marathon – 3rd place – 1979
11. Duriel Hardy – 2:17:58 – California International Marathon – 31st place – 2023
12. Brandon Johnson – 2:18:13 – California International Marathon – 32nd place – 2017
13. Adam Wood – 2:18:37 – California International Marathon – 49th place – 2022
14. Joseph Gray – 2:18:45 – Boston Marathon – 17th place – 2013
15. Charles Hillig – 2:19:23 – California International Marathon – 13th place – 2011
16. Darryl Brown – 2:19:26 – Houston Marathon – 23rd place – 2020
17. Zacchaeus Widner – 2:19:53 – Grandma’s Marathon – 44th place – 2022

Sub 2:30 Marathoners – Elite Tier One

18. Bryant White Jr. – 2:20:50 – Houston Marathon – 31st place – 2025
19. Arthur Hall – 2:22:07 – Boston Marathon – 45th place – 1978
20. Victor Cary – 2:22:44 – San Francisco Marathon – 3rd place – 1978
21. Derrick Jones – 2:22:47 – Twin Cities Marathon – 11th place – 2001
22. Roosevelt Cook – 2:23:36 – Rock ‘n Roll Arizona Marathon – 3rd place – 2014
23. Moses Mayfield – 2:24:29 – Philadelphia Marathon – 1st place – 1970
24. Rudy Robinson – 2:24:31 – Marine Corps Marathon – 3rd place – 1986
25. Fred Ritcherson – 2:24:36 – Trail’s End Marathon – 3rd place – 1975
26. Verrelle Wyatt – 2:24:57 – Akron Marathon – 2nd place – 2017
27. Will Christian – 2:25:14 – Richmond Marathon – 6th place – 2018
28. Johnnie Engelhardt – 2:25:19 – Carolina Marathon – 2nd place – 1983
29. Frederick Gordon Jr. – 2:25:29 – Boston Marathon – 76th place – 1978
30. Wesley Brown – 2:25:35 – Cowtown Marathon – 1st place – 1991
31. Ted Corbitt – 2:26:44 – Shanahan (Philadelphia) Marathon – 1st place – 1958
32. Coree Woltering – 2:26:44 – Chicago Marathon – 44th place – 2016
33. Fay Bradley – 2:26:46 – Boston Marathon – 212th place – 1983
34. Louis Floyd – 2:27:20 – Tallahassee Marathon – 1st place – 1993
35. Ronald Joseph – 2:28:31 – Big Bear Marathon – 3rd place – 2019
36. Jessie Close – 2:28:41 – Tallahassee Marathon – 1st place – 1992
37. Lucius Anderson – 2:29:14 – Marine Corps Marathon – 16th place – 1985
38. Joseph Tyler – 2:29:17 – Boston Marathon – 8th place – 1956 (*course was 1100 meters short)

Sub 2:37 Marathoners – Tier Two

39. John Piggott – 2:30:14 – Shamrock Marathon – 5th place – 2003
40. Larry Smith – 2:30:33 – Boston Marathon – 16th place – 1965
41. Ronald Chisholm – 2:30:43 – Heart of America Marathon – 1st place – 1996
42. Tony Floyd – 2:31:12 – Detroit Free Press Marathon – 17th place – 2024
43. David W. Smith Jr. – 2:31:28 – Woodlands Marathon – 4th place – 2016
44. Darryl Stewart – 2:31:56 – Washington D.C. Marathon – 4th place – 1984
45. Terry Williams – 2:31:59 – Indianapolis Monumental Marathon – 93rd place – 2025
46. Oscar Moore – 2:32:08 – Pearl Harbor Memorial Marathon – 1st place – 1964
47. Daniel Wallace-Periac – 2:32:29 – Florence Marathon – 19th place – 2016
48. Aaron Truesdale – 2:32:38 – California International Marathon – 220th place – 2022
49. Valentin Emmanuel – 2:33:25 – Montreal Marathon – 8th place – 2025
50. Robert Jackson – 2:33:30 – Glass City Marathon – 17th place – 2025
51. Marquis Bowden – 2:33:31 – California International Marathon – 154th place – 2024
52. Alex Grady – 2:33:35 – Berlin Marathon – 360th place – 2023
53. Knox Robinson – 2:33:39 – Berlin Marathon – 156th place – 2017
54. Sandy Dittell – 2:33:48 – Vancouver Marathon – 11th place – 2024
55. Trever Reed – 2:34:03 – Marine Corps Marathon – 18th place – 2024
56. Orinthal Striggles – 2:34:04 – Tallahassee Marathon – 2nd place – 2010
57. Jon Rankin – 2:34:27 – California International Marathon – 42nd place – 2010
58. Harry McCalla – 2:34:40 – Los Angeles Marathon – 11th place – 1968
59. Dorrian Gordon – 2:35:08 – Chicago Marathon – 377th place – 2025
60. Jonathan Ladson – 2:35:12 – Big Sur Marathon – 3rd place – 2024
61. Steve Holman – 2:35:15 – New York City Marathon – 70th place – 2004
62. Anthony M. Young II – 2:35:33 – Chicago Marathon – 399th place – 2025
63. Louis White – 2:35:53 – Boston Marathon – 4th place – 1951
64. Brian Lindsey – 2:36:06 – Indianapolis Monumental Marathon – 52nd place – 2021
65. Robert Kelly – 2:36:29 – Marine Corps Marathon – place unknown – 1981
66. James Pryde Jr. – 2:36:41 – Northern Central Trail Marathon – 4th place – 1995
67. Winthrope Wellington – 2:36:45 – Boston Marathon – 189th place – 2021
68. Mark Baugh – 2:36:47 – New York City Marathon – 143rd place – 1984
69. Malik Jordan – 2:36:52 – Chicago Marathon – 491st place – 2025

Sub 2:48 Marathoners – Tier Three

70. Barrett Hopper – 2:37:27 – Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon – 6th place – 2001
71. Aaron Morris – 2:37:31 – Boston Marathon – 6th place – 1919
72. Da’Rel Patterson – 2:37:31 – Big Bear Marathon – 6th place – 2019
73. John Goff – 2:37:35 – Boston Marathon – 9th place – 1921
74. Warren Elzy – 2:37:37 – Las Vegas Marathon – place unknown – 1989
75. Herbert Robinson – 2:37:55 – Marine Corps Marathon – place unknown – 1988
76. Aaron Anderson – 2:38:13 – Berlin Marathon – 592nd place – 2023
77. Errol Jones – 2:38:32 – Boston Marathon – 756th place – 1981
78. Benjamin Tucker – 2:38:41 – Mayor’s Cup Marathon – 5th place – 1978
79. Jimmy Borden – 2:38:42 – Shanahan (Philadelphia) Marathon – 4th place – 1956
80. Al Williams – 2:39:12 – Road Runners Club National Marathon – 9th place – 1967
81. Naim Bell – 2:39:20 – Chicago Marathon – 653rd place – 2025
82. Harold Harris – 2:39:31 – Windy City Marathon – 4th place – 1964
83. Keith Kilgore Jr. – 2:39:49 – California International Marathon – 305th place – 2024
84. Clifton Mitchell – 2:40:12 – Boston Marathon – 13th place – 1921
85. Marcus Lafleur – 2:40:17 – Seville Marathon – 541st place – 2024
86. B. Joel Hackett – 2:41:03 – Tokyo Marathon – 428th place – 2024
87. Remus Medley – 2:41:30 – Philadelphia Marathon – 44th place – 2005
88. Jerry Francois – 2:41:40 – Berlin Marathon – 218th place – 2023
89. John Flamer – 2:42:15 – Yonkers Marathon – 7th place – 1963
90. Keldy Ortiz – 2:42:17 – Chicago Marathon – 908th place – 2025
91. Richard Evans – 2:42:48 – Boston Marathon – place unknown – 1981
92. Steven Barnes – 2:42:54 – California International Marathon – 411th place – 2019
93. Jared Beads – 2:42:xx – Boston Marathon – place unknown – 1974
94. Jaren Gilliam – 2:43:00 – Glass City Marathon – 43rd place – 2025
95. Augustus “Gus” Johnson – 2:43:13 – Boston Marathon – 11th place – 1936
96. Carmichael Caldwell III – 2:43:59 – London Marathon – 924th place – 2025
97. Isiah Johnson – 2:44:16 – Chicago Marathon – 1140th place – 2025
98. Lance Woods – 2:44:21 – Berlin Marathon – 1060th place – 2023
99. Alfred Tucker – 2:44:50 – JFK Marathon – 102nd place – 1994
100. Jarrhett Butler – 2:44:53 – Chicago Marathon – 1219th place – 2025
101. Daryl Murphy – 2:44:59 – Chicago Marathon – 1231st place – 2025
102. Shaka Dukes – 2:45:26 – Boston Marathon – 1130th place – 2023
103. Malcolm Peacock – 2:45:50 – Woodlands Marathon – 26th place – 2021
104. David Dorsey – 2:46:17 – Marine Corps Marathon – 46th place – 2006
105. Sid Howard – 2:46:27 – New York City Marathon – 608th place – 1982
106. Michael Pulliam – 2:46:28 – America’s (Chicago) Marathon – place unknown – 1986
107. Leon Dreher – 2:46:58 – Shanahan (Philadelphia) Marathon – 3rd place – 1962
108. Thomas Bailey (aka Tommie Runz) – 2:46:59 – Boston Marathon – 1323rd place – 2023
109. Phil McNeal – 2:47:14 – Quad Cities Marathon – 9th place – 2014
110. Derwin Graham – 2:47:18 – Houston Marathon – 213th place – 2025
111. Reginald Cross – 2:47:40 – Berlin Marathon – 1267th place – 2023
112. Christopher Howard – 2:47:40 – Chicago Marathon – 1553rd place – 2025
113. Frederic Wilson – 2:47:56 – Vancouver Marathon – 60th place – 1985

Sub-3:00 Marathoners – Honorable Mention

114. Alexander Whittaker – 2:48:11 – Adirondack Marathon – 1st place – 2023
115. Akil Defour – 2:48:19 – Berlin Marathon – 2032nd place – 2024
116. Jeff Williams – 2:48:35 – Atlanta Marathon – 20th place – 2025
117. Sean Hicks – 2:48:51 – Cheap Marathon – 11th place – 2023
118. Deonta Pittman – 2:48:55 – Chicago Marathon – 1226th place – 2024
119. Hagos Mesgoun – 2:48:57 – Chicago Marathon – 1231st place – 2024
120. Philip King – 2:48:58 – Chicago Marathon – 1227th place – 2023
121. Richard Scott – 2:49:03 – New York City Marathon – 1022nd place – 2025
122. Jason Phillips – 2:49:17 – Steamtown Marathon – 9th place – 2018
123. Chandler Cole – 2:49:20 – Marine Corps Marathon – 122nd place – 2024
124. Christopher Chandler – 2:49:33 – Chicago Marathon – 1315th place – 2024
125. Bernard Lyles – 2:49:36 – Chicago Marathon – 165th place – 1994
126. Anayo Osueke – 2:49:40 – New York City Marathon – 513th place – 2023
127. Kevin Acevedo – 2:49:47 – Jersey City Marathon – 111th place – 2025
128. Terence Piggins – 2:49:48 – U.S. Air Force Marathon – 17th place – 1999
129. William Sollers – 2:49:49 – Shamrock Marathon – 17th place – 1975
130. TaMar Hicks – 2:50:19 – Deseret News Marathon – 13th place – 2025
131. Chris Dougé – 2:50:49 – Amsterdam Marathon – 441st place – 2024
132. Julian Curry – 2:50:53 – Boston Marathon – 1357th place – 2024
133. Omar Moore – 2:51:01 – Houston Marathon – 135th place – 2016
134. Alphonzo Jackson – 2:51:04 – California International Marathon – 143rd place – 1984
135. Robert Johnson – 2:51:10 – Chicago Marathon – 462nd place – 1999
136. Adam Burum – 2:51:27 – Houston Marathon – 295th place – 2025
137. Kwami Ketosugbo – 2:51:34 – Erie Marathon – 71st place – 2025
138. Joseph Shayne – 2:51:53 – Paris Marathon – 713th place – 2022
139. Robert Denmark – 2:52:00 – SunTrust National Marathon – 33rd place – 2011
140. Markelle Taylor – 2:52:00 – Boston Marathon – 1664th place – 2022
141. Corey Joyner – 2:52:54 – Chicago Marathon – 1112nd place – 2022
142. Jambaar Stills – 2:52:57 – Shamrock Marathon – 29th place – 2023
143. Christopher Bordenave – 2:52:57 – Tokyo Marathon – 1120th place – 2024
144. Isaiah Douglas – 2:52:59 – Savannah Marathon – place unknown – 1992
145. Mark Glover – 2:53:06 – Indianapolis Monumental Marathon – 332nd place – 2024
146. Joseph X – 2:53:11 – Sydney Marathon – 599th place – 2025
147. Tunde Akinyeke – 2:53:26 – Berlin Marathon – 2810th place – 2024
148. Mike Moreau – 2:53:39 – California International Marathon – 655th place – 2018
149. Bjorn Trowery – 2:54:24 – Chicago Marathon – 2007th place – 2024
150. Nigel McGregor – 2:54:25 – Chicago Marathon – 1971st place – 2023
151. Richard Scott – 2:54:45 – Chicago Marathon – 1205th place – 2019
152. Dylan Harwell – 2:55:09 – White Mountains Marathon – 40th place – 2024
153. Robert Anthony – 2:55:26 – Surf City Marathon – 17th place – 2025
154. Donovan Anderson – 2:55:32 – Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon – 7th place – 2023
155. Lionel Adams – 2:55:38 – Marine Corps Marathon – 212th place – 2024
156. Ty Torrance – 2:55:43 – Tidewater Strider Marathon – 8th place – 2025
157. Samuel Weaver – 2:55:54 – Philadelphia Marathon – 103rd place – 2024
158. Michael Rodgers – 2:56:02 – Boston Marathon – 882nd place – 2010
159. Errol Daniels Jr. – 2:56:13 – Jacksonville Marathon – 31st place – 2020
160. Olajuwon Core – 2:56:14 – Chicago Marathon – 2325th place – 2024
161. Geraldt Stewart – 2:56:17 – California International Marathon – 924th place – 2024
162. Justin Gerald – 2:56:25 – Chicago Marathon – 674th place – 2015
163. Mosi King – 2:56:30 – Steamtown Marathon – 46th place – 2004
164. David Sanders – 2:56:38 – Mesa Marathon – 85th place – 2023
165. Armani McDonald – 2:56:39 – Marine Corps Marathon – 295th place – 2025
166. Najib Jai – 2:56:40 – Jersey City Marathon – 225th place – 2025
167. Frank Martin – 2:56:41 – Boston Marathon – 25th place – 1921
168. Damón Manning – 2:56:43 – Philadelphia Marathon – 285th place – 2012
169. Joshua Potts – 2:56:45 – New York City Marathon – 1660th place – 2024
170. Lester Crockett III – 2:56:45 – Marine Corps Marathon – 302nd place – 2025
171. Jaylen Hall – 2:56:51 – Chicago Marathon – 3195th place – 2025
172. Ralph Jackson – 2:57:01 – Boston Marathon – 731st place – 1977
173. Ryan Smith – 2:57:01 – Cowtown Marathon – 17th place – 2023
174. Joe Robinson – 2:57:16 – Sri Chinmoy Marathon – 29th place – 2024
175. Julian Alston – 2:57:17 – Jersey City Marathon – 233rd place – 2025
176. Melvin Van Peebles – 2:57:33 – Skylon International Marathon – 165th place – 1982
177. Michael Grier – 2:57:36 – Newport News One City Marathon – 11th place – 2019
178. Ronald Wallace – 2:57:36 – Newport News One City Marathon – 34th place – 2025
179. Jesse Warren – 2:57:40 – Los Angeles Marathon – 147th place – 2024
180. Jesse Determann – 2:58:03 – Berlin Marathon – 2007th place – 2022
181. Jacques Morel – 2:58:12 – Philadelphia Marathon – 426th place – 2024
182. Edwin Peets – 2:58:20 – Skylon International Marathon – 180th place – 1982
183. Aaron Potts – 2:58:22 – New York City Marathon – 1893rd place – 2024
184. Edwin Caceres – 2:58:25 – Boston Marathon – 2871st place – 2022
185. Darin Lawrence – 2:58:30 – Indianapolis Monumental Marathon – 491st place – 2024
186. Larry Lewis – 2:58:37 – New Jersey Waterfront Marathon – place unknown – 1989
187. Jarred Ervin – 2:58:38 – Mesa Marathon – 94th place – 2022
188. Leroy McCoy – 2:58:38 – Hartford Marathon – 88th place – 2025
189. Glen Shane – 2:58:41 – New York City Marathon – 1463rd place – 1981
190. Estus Barron – 2:58:43 – Boston Marathon – 2309th place – 2015
191. Ralph Cooke – 2:58:47 – Boston Marathon – 1194th place – 2000
192. DeVaughn Woodyard – 2:59:03 – Cowtown Marathon – 17th place – 2025
193. Frederick Davis III – 2:59:14 – Niagara Falls International Marathon – 42nd place – 1985
194. Xavier McFadden – 2:59:25 – Shamrock Marathon – 60th place – 2023
195. Maurice Pointer – 2:59:27 – Northern Central Trail Marathon – 6th place – 2015
196. Shannon Sangster – 2:59:30 – Rhode Island Marathon – 21st place – 2022
197. Casey Evans – 2:59:33 – Santa Rosa Marathon – 13th place – 2011
198. Eric Campbell – 2:59:37 – Pocatello Marathon – 7th place – 2024
199. Paul Turner – 2:59:54 – Baltimore Running Festival – 40th place – 2022