Johnnie Guy and Lindsey Bradley Win the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon in Course Records

Johnnie Guy won the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon on Saturday in 2:11:47, a course record, on a morning when 28 runners finished inside the qualifying standards for the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. That is more than twice the 13 who qualified in Indianapolis last year, according to the organizers. Lindsey Bradley won the women’s race in 2:29:47, lowering the record she set two years ago and beating Isabel Hebner by a single second.

Johnnie Guy Comes Back Five Minutes Faster

Guy, 32, from Leopold, Ind., finished seventh at this race a year ago in 2:16:43, according to World Athletics, while Joseph Whelan ran the old record of 2:12:29 up front. On Saturday he took 42 seconds off Whelan’s mark and won by almost a minute and a half. Cameron Dickson, 28, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., was second in 2:13:16, and Kobe Blanco, 24, of Spring Arbor, Mich., third in 2:14:12. Guy averaged 5:02 per mile, and he had shown signs of this kind of form in May, when he ran a half-marathon best of 1:03:05 on the streets of Indianapolis.

Fourteen men broke 2:16:00, the standard USATF lowered by two minutes for this Olympic cycle. Tom Brady, a 26-year-old from Highland Park, Ill., was the last of them, 14th in a chip time of 2:15:57 with just three seconds to spare. Zachary Ripley, 38, came in next and missed out by six seconds, and Simon Heys was only two seconds behind him.

Lindsey Bradley Holds Off Isabel Hebner

Bradley, 29, from Heath, Texas, first won in Indianapolis in 2024, when her 2:31:49 was a course record. She was back this year and ran more than two minutes faster. Hebner, 27, of Austin, crossed the line a second after her in 2:29:48, and the timing mats gave both women the same chip time of 2:29:43. Melissa Berry, 26, of Flagstaff, Ariz., was third in 2:31:40, and Erin Del Giudice of Charlotte, N.C., fourth in a chip time of 2:32:44.

The women’s standard stayed at 2:37:00 for 2028, and 14 women got under it. Ashton Swinford, 36, of Hudson, Ohio, took the last of those places in 2:36:51. Zoe Baker of Chicago was next, 12 seconds over in 2:37:12, and Stephanie Sherman of Indianapolis finished two seconds behind her.

On to St. Louis

Saturday’s qualifiers have earned a place at the Trials in St. Louis on March 25, 2028. USATF counts chip time rather than gun time for qualifying, which is why the times in the tables below can differ by a few seconds from the official finishing times. The window opened on Sept. 1, 2025, and closes 60 days before the Trials, according to USATF.

Spencer Friske and Caitlin McGinley both won the Baystate Marathon in October inside the standards, and neither time counts, because the race had no USATF sanction. Runners still looking for a mark have the California International Marathon in Sacramento on Dec. 6, where Courtney Dauwalter is going back for the 1:55 she was missing last year.

Course Records in the Half-Marathon and 5K

Owen Smith of Bozeman, Mont., won the half-marathon in 1:01:42, 43 seconds inside the course record from 2024, and he was one of seven men who finished faster than the old mark. Matt Richtman, also from Bozeman and the 2025 Los Angeles Marathon winner, was six seconds back in 1:01:48, with Noah Fisher third in 1:02:04. Mikayla Reed of Indianapolis won the women’s half in 1:08:51, 25 seconds short of the event record, ahead of Marisa Howard and Jessica Gockley-Day. In the 5K, Rebecca Schmitt of Edgewood, N.M., ran 15:56 to take seven seconds off the women’s record, and Lance Sobaski won the men’s race in 14:28.

The marathon had 8,436 finishers, a record field for the third year in a row, and next year’s race will be the 20th. “As we approach our 20th anniversary, these achievements reflect how far we’ve come and the exciting future ahead for this event,” said Jed Cornforth, president and CEO of Beyond Monumental.

Olympic Trials Qualifiers

Men (chip times)
1. Johnnie Guy (Leopold, Ind.) 2:11:45
2. Cameron Dickson (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) 2:13:14
3. Kobe Blanco (Spring Arbor, Mich.) 2:14:09
4. Braden Nicholson (Boulder, Colo.) 2:14:29
5. Tanner Chada (Hudsonville, Mich.) 2:14:33
6. Robert Pedersen (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 2:14:45
7. Hudson Hurst (Franklin, Tenn.) 2:14:55
8. Eric Vazquez-Olivas (Lawrence, Kan.) 2:14:58
9. Curtis Eckstein (Batesville, Ind.) 2:15:02
10. Zane Chalker (Hagerstown, Md.) 2:15:15
11. Ian McVey (Ada, Ohio) 2:15:16
12. Dylan Parker (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 2:15:26
13. Matt Rand (Portland, Maine) 2:15:34
14. Tom Brady (Highland Park, Ill.) 2:15:57

Women (chip times)
1. Lindsey Bradley (Heath, Texas) 2:29:43
2. Isabel Hebner (Austin, Texas) 2:29:43
3. Melissa Berry (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 2:31:37
4. Erin Del Giudice (Charlotte, N.C.) 2:32:44
5. Maeve Pierson (Washington, D.C.) 2:35:05
6. Bridget Belyeu (Newnan, Ga.) 2:35:12
7. Cheyenne Moore (Oshkosh, Wis.) 2:35:43
8. Caitlin Klopfer (Chicago) 2:35:56
9. Becca Richtman (West Lafayette, Ind.) 2:35:57
10. Sadie James (Sayre, Pa.) 2:36:06
11. Adelyn Fairley (Upland, Ind.) 2:36:07
12. Olivia Ballew (Boulder, Colo.) 2:36:13
13. Claire Krummenacher (Chicago) 2:36:17
14. Ashton Swinford (Hudson, Ohio) 2:36:51

Full results are on the race’s ChronoTrack page.