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Marine Corps Marathon 2026: Maj. Kyle King wins for the fourth time as Kaylee Slade takes the women's race
Kyle King, an active-duty Marine, won his fourth Marine Corps Marathon and third in a row in 2:17:31. Kaylee Slade won the women's race in 2:44:34. Results are still unofficial.
Kyle King keeps winning the race his own service puts on. The Marine Corps major from Montclair, Virginia won Sunday's Marine Corps Marathon in 2:17:31. It was his fourth title and third in a row, after 2022, 2024 and 2025, NBC Washington reported.
Kaylee Slade of Arvada, Colorado won the women's race in 2:44:34. The official tracker has every finisher, and the organizer says the results are still unofficial.
Results
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| Place | Men | Time | Women | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle King (Montclair, Va.) | 2:17:31 | Kaylee Slade (Arvada, Colo.) | 2:44:34 |
| 2 | Daniel Soltys (Falmouth, U.K.) | 2:22:10 | Rebekka Kalenga (Stafford, Va.) | 2:46:36 |
| 3 | Joseph Reimann (Lauderdale, Miss.) | 2:23:28 | Julia Flower (Charlotte, N.C.) | 2:49:01 |
Preliminary times from the timing provider, as WJLA reported them.
King won by 4:39 and Slade by 2:02.
Handcycle and pushrim
Zachary Stinson of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania won the men's handcycle race in 1:15:10. NBC Washington reported that he is a Marine veteran whose first marathon was this race in 2012. Holly Koester, 66, of Walton Hills, Ohio won the women's handcycle division in 2:18:39, according to WJLA.
In the pushrim divisions, Abraham Hausman-Weiss of West Palm Beach, Florida won the men's race in 3:12:22, and Sharnie Digby of Castlemaine, Australia won the women's race in 4:06:33.
Race day
The 51st running started in corrals by projected finish time, new this year, WTOP reported. As in 2025, the finish line at the Marine Corps War Memorial was closed to spectators. The first MCM 8K ran the day before. NBC Washington described sunny fall skies after a chilly start.
Neither an organizer race-day release nor a finisher count had been posted by Monday.
The 2027 race is on October 31, according to the Marine Corps Marathon site, which says registration opens in 2027.
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