2026 Skechers Saipan Marathon | Photos

Title: 2026 Skechers Saipan Marathon

The 2026 Skechers Saipan Marathon was a far from ordinary race, welcoming close to 800 participants from all over the world across four events—the full marathon, half marathon, 10K, and 5K—on a rain-again, off-again Saturday morning.

With the full marathon starting at 4am, defending champions and Japan’s running couple, Hiroki Nakajima and his wife Tomomi Nakajima, once again finished first in the 26.2-mile (42 km) race. The course began in front of the Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan, headed north toward Marpi, then stretched south just past the Pacific Islands Club Saipan before looping back to the finish.

Results:

Full Marathon

Male

First Place: Hiroki Nakajima – 2:45:53

Second Place: Hiroki Kai – 2:55:07

Third Place: Taekwon Kim – 2:59:31

Female

First Place: Tomomi Nakajima – 3:17:16

Second Place: Ishikawa Emari – 3:49:27

Third Place: Jung Yejin – 3:50:38

Half Marathon

Male

First Place: Shohei Miyamoto – 1:19:14

Second Place: Jody O’Sullivan – 1:29:38

Third Place: Kim Dong-Hwan – 1:34:36

Female

First Place: Lily Muldoon – 1:34:39

Second Place: Kim Bo-Eun – 1:47:17

Third Place: Kristy Bryson – 1:49:03

10K

Male

First Place: Ahn Euntae – 34:56

Second Place: Genta Saito – 36:48

Third Place: Ahn Younghwan – 37:45

Female

First Place: Lee Yun-Ji – 44:12

Second Place: Park Minkyoung – 47:23

Third Place: Baek Gi-Yoon – 50:30

5K

Male

First Place: Victor Nash Santos – 18:09

Second Place: Bok Gwon-Il – 22:09

Third Place: Zhaodian Gao – 24:11

Female

First Place: Nathania Tan – 18:31

Second Place: Kaithlyn Chavez – 21:42

Third Place: Tammy Ackerman – 22:55

NMI first place marathon runners:

James Munnis - 4:09:01

Krista Hawley - 4:18:49

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