Results: Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast; Keira D’Amato sets 1:06:39 US record

The 2023 Asics Half Marathon 2023 in Gold Coast. Keira D’Amato won the women’s race with 1:06:39 to set a new American record on July 1.

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Glen Andrews

Keira D'Amato at the World Athletics Championships 2022 women's marathon

Keira D’Amato clocked a time of 1:06:39 to set a USA half-marathon record at the 2023 Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast, Australia, on Saturday, 1 July. D’Amato’s time is also the fastest ever recorded by any woman in the half marathon in Australia and shattered Lisa Weightman’s 13-year-old Gold Coast half marathon record mark of 1:09:00.

D’Amato was paced through the race by Australian Olympian Ben St Lawrence and she praised him for doing “an amazing job.”

“I owe so much to Ben, he was so smooth, so consistent, he just did such an amazing job,” she said. “I just can’t believe this.

“I’m just so thankful to be here and as an American I can’t believe how many people said, “go Keira” on the course and every time I heard that I just felt so powerful,” she added.

Her performance in Gold Coast on Saturday saw her break the American record of 1:06:52, set by Emily Sisson in the 2023 Chevron Houston Marathon in Texas, in January.

The time also saw D’Amato, who finished 15th overall, but the top woman in the field, improved on her personal best from 1:07:55 in Hardeeville, South Carolina, in 2021.

In today’s race, she finished two and a half minutes ahead of Australia’s Leanne Pompeani (1:09:07) and Australian Tokyo 2020 Olympian Ellie Pashley, who was third in a time of 1:09:25.

The 38-year-old, who finished 8th in the marathon at the World Championships in Oregon, last summer. She will represent the USA at the World Championship in Budapest in August.

Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast, Australia:

Women’s Half Marathon Final:

  1. Keira D’Amato (United States) – 1:06:39 (AR)
  2. Leanne Pompeani (Australia) – 1:09:07
  3. Ellie Pashley (Australia) – 1:09:26
  4. Isobel Batt-Doyle (Australia) – 1:09:45
  5. Camille French (New Zealand) – 1:09:59
  6. Chiharu Suzuki (Japan) – 1:10:12
  7. Kaede Kawamura (Japan) – 1:10:22
  8. Misaki Hayashida (Japan) – 1:11:35
  9. Sarah Klein (Australia) – 1:11:38
  10. Gemma Maini (Australia) – 1:13:51
  11. Tennile Ellis (Australia) – 1:14:22
  12. Brigid Dennehy (New Zealand) – 1:15:00
  13. Karen Blaney (Australia) – 1:15:11
  14. Tarra Brain (Australia) – 1:15:34
  15. Sophie Hlipala (Australia) – 1:16:03
  16. Katherine Camp (New Zealand) – 1:16:05
  17. Emma Perron (New Zealand) – 1:16:21
  18. Yuki Nakamura (Japan) – 1:16:22
  19. Breanna Golub (Australia) – 1:18:23
  20. Eleanor Raper (Australia) – 1:18:41
  21. Sophie Malowiecki (Australia) – 1:19:11
  22. Karla Treweek (Australia) – 1:19:26
  23. Shania Murray (Australia) – 1:19:31
  24. Jemily Steinbergs (Australia) – 1:20:07
  25. Sara Tucker (Australia) – 1:20:41
  26. Emily King (Australia) – 1:20:46
  27. Megan Tumminello (Australia) – 1:21:04
  28. Jess Wright (United States) – 1:21:10
  29. Phoebe Pincus (Australia) – 1:21:12
  30. Alexandra Blake (Australia) – 1:21:26
  31. Kelly Hall (Australia) – 1:22:07
  32. Rochelle Thorpe (Australia) – 1:22:18
  33. Claire Rayner (Australia) – 1:22:19
  34. Vanessa Ying Zhuang Lee (Singapore) – 1:22:33
  35. Carlie Skerry (Australia) – 1:22:37
  36. Alex Harrison (Australia) – 1:22:41
  37. Abigail Marsh (Australia) – 1:22:43
  38. Krishna Stanton (Australia) – 1:22:51
  39. Petra Mossop (Australia) – 1:22:53
  40. Harriet Kingston (New Zealand) – 1:22:57
  41. Joanne Mills (Australia) – 1:22:58
  42. Amelia Spring (Australia) – 1:23:10
  43. Charlotte Floodsmith-Ryan (New Zealand) – 1:23:12
  44. Liz Grolimund (United Kingdom) – 1:23:17
  45. Montana Farrah-Seaton (Australia) – 1:23:25
  46. Jasmine Finney (United Kingdom) – 1:23:26
  47. Jessica Guo (Australia) – 1:23:28
  48. Jolie Cullen (Australia) – 1:23:36
  49. Emilie Cutler (Australia) – 1:23:39
  50. Suzi McMahon (Australia) – 1:23:40
  51. Kaitlin McIntosh (Australia) – 1:23:45
  52. Charlotte Wilson (Australia) – 1:24:00
  53. Alice Wilkinson (Australia) – 1:24:01
  54. Shiloh Watts (Australia) – 1:24:29
  55. Matilda Fraser (Australia) – 1:24:43
  56. Maya Borthwick (Australia) – 1:25:12
  57. Ting Xuan Toh (Singapore) – 1:25:12
  58. Chloe Bell (Australia) – 1:25:21
  59. Hannah Lupton (Australia) – 1:25:25
  60. Gemma Dawkins (United Kingdom) – 1:25:26
  61. Meagan Brown (Australia) – 1:25:41
  62. Chelsea Gunther (Australia) – 1:25:52
  63. Camille O’Donoghue (Australia) – 1:26:00
  64. Lucy Alder (Australia) – 1:26:02
  65. Ella Gordon (Australia) – 1:26:09
  66. Hannah Lampe (Australia) – 1:26:11
  67. Louise Daly (New Zealand) – 1:26:25
  68. Maryanne McSweeney (Australia) – 1:26:31
  69. Danielle Sansonetti (Australia) – 1:26:42
  70. Erchana Murray-Bartlett (Australia) – 1:26:45
  71. Sam Hodgson (Australia) – 1:26:53
  72. Ainsley Pahljina (Australia) – 1:26:54
  73. Carolena Kostas (Australia) – 1:26:54
  74. Jade Graham (Australia) – 1:26:59
  75. Joanna Dent (Australia) – 1:27:00

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Glen Andrews is one of World-Track main writers for long distance and marathon running. Andrews, who competed in cross country during his High School and college years finds passion covering these events. He’s also run a few marathons in his time, and still hopes to qualify for Boston.

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