These runners and walkers have achieved goals, that have been certified and/or recognized by the NBMA or various running organizations and/or clubs. These groups include

50 States Marathon Club
50 States and DC Marathon Group USA
Seven Continents Marathon Club
100 Marathon Club of North America
World Marathon Majors

If you’re a member of any of these organizations and have achieved the goals, send your information to

Comments@BlackMarathoners.org.

Also, take a few minutes to read our tribute to trailblazer Ted Corbitt, America’s greatest distance runner. Just click on the book cover.

Ted Corbitt

Ted Corbitt ran the Boston Marathon 22 times from 1951 – 1974. Only 18 seconds separated his 1951 race of 2:48:58 and the 1974 effort of 2:49:16.
The 1951 race was Ted Corbitt’s first marathon at age 32, and he finished in 15th place.
Ted Corbitt finished in 6th place at Boston on three occasions (1952, 1956, 1958**)
He finished among the top 15 finishers on 8 other occasions.

**Unofficial finisher

For more information about Ted Corbitt visit http://tedcorbitt.com/Home.html.

50 STATES MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Alford Claiborne	M	55	11/20/99	Oklahoma Marathon (Tulsa, OK)
Angela Ivory (deceased)	F	38	01/08/06	Orange County Marathon (Newport Beach, CA)
Jean Evansmore	F	67	08/17/08	Humpy’s Classic Marathon (Anchorage, AK)
Michele Smith-Harden	F	46	12/13/09	Honolulu Marathon (Honolulu, HI)
Evelyn Smith	F	49	05/09/10	Enoree 40 Mile Ultra (Joanna, SC). Finished the day before her 50th birthday.
Nathan Skipper	M	48	10/15/11	Hartford ING Marathon (Hartford, CT)
Frederick F. Davis III	M	64	11/11/12	Rhode Island 6-Hour
Matthew B. Hamidullah	M	64	05/26/13	KeyBank Vermont City Marathon (Burlington, VT)
Tony Reed	M	58	08/18/13	Big Wild Life Runs Moose’s Tooth Marathon (Anchorage, AK)
Edward W Broadnax Jr	M	47	09/08/13	Sioux Falls Marathon (Sioux Falls, SD)
Gillis Bowden	M	59	04/27/14	Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon (Oklahoma City, OK)
Andrew (Drew) Brooks, Sr.	M	38	09/21/14	Maui (HI) Marathon
Celeste Bell	F	33	01/18/15	Maui (HI) Oceanfront Marathon
James Betts	M	71	12/13/15	Honolulu Marathon (Honolulu, HI)
Shalisa (Lisa) Davis	F	47	09/04/16	Kauai Marathon (Kauai, HI)
Evelyn Smith	F		08/13/17	Humboldt Bay Marathon (Eureka, CA) - Second time completing 50 States
Evelyn Smith	F		11/10/17	Southwest Series Marathon (Needles CA) - Third time completing 50 States
Dionida Ryce	F		01/14/18	Carlsbad Marathon (Carlsbad, CA)
Tracy Abrom	F		01/14/18	Maui Oceanfront Half Marathon (Maui, HI)
Haywood Crowder	M		06/09/18	Hatfield & McCoy Marathon (Williamson, WV)
Hugh Thompson	M		10/21/18	Des Moines Marathon (Des Moines, IA)

50 STATES HALF MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Thomas Turner	M	43	03/12/16	St. Paddy Run (Tacoma, WA)
DL Dean	M	46	06/18/16	Anchorage Mayor’s Half Marathon (Anchorage, AK)
Sonya Ransom	F		06/26/16	Kona (HI) Marathon
Adrienne Mynatt	F	51	09/11/16	Surftown Half Marathon
Felecia McLean	F	45	09/18/16	Maui (HI) Half Marathon
C. Stephenson-Lake	F	42	09/18/16	Maui (HI) Half Marathon
Lilian Shepherd	F		08/20/17	Anchorage Runfest Skinny Raven (Anchorage, AK)
Edith Kelly-Green	F		10/21/18	Des Moines Half Marathon (Des Moines, IA)
Elodie Billionniere	F		12/08/18	Rehoboth Seashore Half Marathon (Rehoboth Beach, DE)
Kelli D. Boyer	F		01/20/19	Maui Oceanfront Half Marathon (Maui, HI)

SEVEN CONTINENTS MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Tony Reed	M	51	06/23/07	SafriCom Lewa Marathon (Kenya)
Rudy Smith	M	65	03/02/08	Kilimanjaro Marathon (Tanzania)
Michele Smith-Harden	F	48	06/03/12	Easter Island Marathon
Anthanette (Toni) Fields-Wilson	F	38	09/16/12	Blackmores Sydney Marathon
Adjoa Smalls-Mantey	F	28	11/20/13	Antarctica Ice Marathon
Abi (Abisoye) Adekanmbi	F	38	02/23/14	Maritzburg City Marathon (South Africa)
Tuedon (Tee) Morgan	F	40	02/23/14	Maritzburg City Marathon (South Africa)
Elodie Billionniere	F		05/24/15	Uganda Marathon: A Race Like No Other
Omotayo Okusanya	M	40	02/28/16	Kilimanjaro Marathon (Tanzania)
Shalisa (Lisa) Davis	F	47	01/31/17	Antarctica's White Continent Marathon. Lisa set a Guinness world record (female) by completing public marathons on all seven continents in 7 days, 30 minutes, and 27 seconds.
Celeste Bell	F	36	01/30/18	Antarctica's White Continent Marathon. Celeste set a Guinness world record (female) by completing public marathons on all seven continents in 7 days, 24 minutes, 15 seconds. She also set a new record for eight continents.
Shauna Anderson	F		08/11/18	Amazing Maasai Marathon (Kenya)

SEVEN CONTINENTS HALF MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Tuedon (Tee) Morgan	F	41	2/19/2015	Penguin (Half) Marathon (Antarctica). Tee set a Guinness world record (female) by completing public half marathons on all seven continents in 10 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes, and 8 seconds.
Adrienne Mynatt	F	51	09/24/16	Disney Half Marathon (Paris, France)
Marie Richardson	F	58	03/10/17	Antarctica Marathon
Byron Ball	M	37	02/05/18	Miami (North America). Byron ran seven half marathons (13.1 Miles) on seven continents, in 6 days, 7 hours, 4 minutes. He also set a Guinness World Record Holder for the fastest Male to compete a half marathon on every continent.

100 MARATHON FINISHERS (Note: This includes both marathons and ultra-marathons.)
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Frederick F. Davis III	M	42	11/24/90	Sy Mah Seagate Ultra 50 Mile (Toledo, OH). His first marathon was the May 15, 1983 Cleveland Marathon.
Alford Claiborne	M	57	10/07/01	Maine Marathon (Portland, ME)
Angela Ivory (deceased)	F	38	08/20/06	Silver State Marathon (Reno, NV); Officially completed 303 marathons and ultra marathons from 2001 through 2011.
Tony Reed	M	54	02/28/09	Cowtown Marathon (Ft. Worth); First marathon was the 1982 Cowtown Marathon. Finished 50 marathons in one State (TX).
Jean Evansmore	F	71	01/03/11	Ocala Marathon (Ocala, FL); Completed her first marathon at 64 years young.
Haywood Crowder	M	69	06/23/12	Ballona Creek Marathon (Marina Del Rey, CA)
Evelyn Smith	F	52	07/24/12	Deseret News Salt Lake City (UT) Marathon; Completed on her son’s 27th birthday.
Michele Smith-Harden	F	49	12/15/12	Seashore Nature Trail 50K (VA Beach, VA); First marathon was VA Beach Marathon on 3/14/1997.
Brian Buffaloe	M	63	05/05/13	New Jersey Marathon (Long Branch, NJ)
James Betts	M	67	06/22/13	Mayor’s Marathon (Anchorage, AK)
Matthew B. Hamidullah	M	64	07/06/13	Independent 7 Marathon (San Antonio, TX); First marathon was on May 16, 2010 at the Cleveland (OH) Marathon.
Edward W Broadnax Jr.	M	48	09/20/14	Big Cottonwood Marathon (Salt Lake City, UT)
Andrew (Drew) Brooks, Sr.	M	39	10/18/15	Baltimore (MD) Marathon
Shalisa (Lisa) Davis	F	47	03/13/16	Newport News One City Marathon (Newport News, VA)
Beofra (Bee) Bulter	F		04/15/18	Boston Marathon
Michael Stone	M		04/15/18	Boston Marathon

100 ULTRA-MARATHON FINISHERS
Frederick F. Davis III	M	49	07/05/97	Fingerlakes Trail 50 Mile (Hector, NY)

100 HALF MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Thomas Turner	M	43	02/28/16	Rock n Roll - New Orleans, LA
DL Dean	M	46	06/18/16	Anchorage Mayor’s Half Marathon (Anchorage, AK)
C. Stephenson-Lake	F	42	09/18/16	Maui (HI) Half Marathon
Lilian Shepherd	F		10/20/18	Baltimore Running Festival (Baltimore, MD)


200 MARATHON FINISHERS (Note: This includes both marathons and ultra-marathons.)
Frederick F. Davis III	M	50	04/05/98	Scholfield RRCA 50 Mile State Championship (Honolulu, HI).This was his 50th 50-miler at age 50 in the 50th State, which he left in 1950.He also wore bib number 50. The 8-mile loop is in the confines of the ScholfieldBarracks. It ran past the base hospital where he was born.
Angela Ivory (deceased)	F	40	09/20/08	12-Hour Adventure Trail Run (Triangle, VA)
Matthew B. Hamidullah	M	65	03/28/15	Race for R.A.R.E. 50K (Lowell, NC)


200 ULTRA-MARATHON FINISHERS
Frederick F. Davis III	M	58	11/17/06	Ultracentric 48HR (Grapevine, TX)


300 MARATHON FINISHERS (Note: This includes both marathons and ultra-marathons.)
Frederick F. Davis III	M	57	04/10/05	Glass City Marathon (Toledo, OH)
Angela Ivory (Deceased)	F	43	09/03/11	Woods Ferry 24-Hour (Chester, SC)
Matthew B. Hamidullah	M	66	12/13/16	Tobacco Road Marathon (Cary, NC)
Evelyn Smith	F		08/26/17	Wausau Marathon (Wausau, WI)

300 ULTRA-MARATHON FINISHERS
Frederick F. Davis III	M	64	11/17/12	Bill’s Bad Ass 50K (Peninsula, OH)

DOUBLE AGENTS (Individuals who are both Marathon Maniacs & Half Fanatics)

Africa McDaniels

Aisha Youins

Angela Montague Kanish

Brenda Stallings

Bridgette Collins

Busola Adeniran

C. Stephenson-Lake

Chuck Taylor

Cyeria Jackson

Darlene Baltimore

Davon Culley

Dawn Marshall

Deanna Deisch

E. FAITH! Bennett

Elodie Billionniere

Intisar Hamidullah

Jetola Anderson-Blair

Jonathan Miller

Kelli Boyer

Kescia Muhammad

Kesha Millen

Kia Taylor

Kimara P. Randolph

Lashaun Chappell

Lincoln Stokes

Margo Gregory

Matthew Hamidullah

Melanie Eversley

Monique Warren

Nicholas Norfolk

Nikki Amaker

Nikolas Toocheck

Ouida Brown

Paula Owens

Reginald O. Smith

Richard Plummer

Shakirah Hameed

Shalisa (Lisa) Davis

Sharon Johnson

Shelia Johnson

Shelia Lancaster

Sonja McLean Williams

Stephanie Carr

Stephen Jackson

Su Turner

Tanya Anderson

Temisha Anderson

Terri Harmon

Thenesia (T) Culpepper Glaze

Tia Pettygrue

Tiffany Thomas

Toni Phillips

Traci Rodney

Tracy Abrom

Vrnda Bailey

Wanda Faye Goodson

Yvette Blackmon

HALF FANATICS

Adrienne Russell

Aeedah Hamidullah

Aisha Mason

Angela Bess

Angela Broadway

Angeline Nesmith

Angie Phifer

April Potter

Barbara L. Brantley

Beatrice Whitaker

Celere Leonard

Chenise Crump

DeSandra Washington

Donna Holas

Elizabeth Thomas

Elveter Johnson

Felecia McLean

Felicia Watson

Felicia Ziegler

Freida Dale

Hasana O'Neal

Jackie Harris

Jaison Williams

James Winston

Jennette Hardy

Jennifer Hankerson

Jerilyn Packer

JJ Jefferson

Johanna Outlaw

Joy Richardson

Karen Mageo

Kevin Mills

Kim Rowe

Lawanda Manigault

Linda Sadler

Lori Baynard

Lydia Shell

Madinah Hamidullah

Maurice Jenkins

Mekela Mongerie

Michelle Burton

Michelle Law

Misty Jones-Long

Monica Wallace

Natasha Craig

Nettye Johnson

Nikisha Jones

Nneka Greene

Olivetta Martin

Regina Hollaman

Renee Ross

Renee Smith

Robin Marion

Roni Richardson

Semaria Shaw

Sharmie Williams

Sharon Andrews

Sharon Mencer

Sharon Sullins

Shayla Toombs-Withers

Sonya Porter

Tamerill Faison

Tanya Barnett

Tawanna Dennis

Tedrick Kelly

Thomas Turner

Tiffany A. Cullens

Torri Thompson

Towanda Hill

Tyra Watkins

Valerie Reed

Vonn Robinson

Wilbert Moultrie

Yon Brown

Zola Mitchell

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Omotayo Okusanya	M	40	04/17/16	Boston Marathon
Sherrie Brown	F	46	04/17/17	Boston Marathon
Jeffrey Hines	M		04/17/17	Boston Marathon
Dionida Ryce	F		04/22/18	London Marathon
Lilian Shepherd	F		04/22/18	London Marathon
Heather King Elodie Billionniere	F F		04/22/18 04/15/19	London Marathon Boston Marathon
Brenda Nogzi Stallings	F		04/28/19	London Marathon

SEVEN CONTINENTS ULTRAMARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Sidy Diallo	M	59	02/19/15	White Continent Ultramarathon 50k (King George Island, Antarctica)
Maurice Lee III	M	62	01/29/16	Punta Arenas 50K (Chile)

500 MARATHON FINISHERS (Note: This includes both marathons and ultra-marathons.)
Haywood Crowder	M	72	12/20/15	Santa Marathon (Long Beach, CA)

600 MARATHON FINISHERS (Note: This includes both marathons and ultra-marathons.)
Haywood Crowder	M	74	07/03/17	Long Beach at Summer Seven Race Series Day Six (Long Beach, CA)

EIGHT CONTINENTS MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Celeste Bell	F	36	01/30/18	Antarctica's White Continent Marathon. Celeste set a Guinness world record (female) by completing public marathons on eigth continents in 8 days, 4 hours, 41 minutes, 46 seconds.

NORTH POLE MARATHON FINISHERS
NAME	SEX	AGE	DATE	LAST LOCATION
Tuedon (Tee) Morgan	F	42	04/09/15	She is the first Nigerian woman to complete a marathon on the North Pole.