Haddonfield’s Marielle Hall, a 2016 Olympian at 10,000 meters, placed 9th in the Philadelphia Half Marathon Saturday morning.
Hall, 32, ran 1:14.51.83. She came through 5K in 16:47, 10K in 34:11, 15K in 52:14 and 20K in 1:10.40. Hall’s World Athletics page lists her with a 1:13.35 PR from Houston this past January, but she ran 1:10.19 at the Philly Half in 2022. Could be an net elevation loss disqualifies Philly from the half marathon rankings?
In any case, it was Hall’s first race since June 10, when she ran 33:13 and placed 17th in the Mastercard New York Mini10K.
Hall has track PRs of 4:32.77 in the mile, 15:02.27 for 5,000 meters and 31:05.71 in the 10,000 and road PRs of 15:08 and 32:51.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 