Kentucky Derby 2023 Mini Marathon Results: Antonio Marchi Wins Back-To-Back, Rachel Kennedy Finishes 1st in Women’s Division

Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon Results

The Kentucky Derby 2023 Mini Marathon took place on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The annual tradition allows the best marathon runners in Kentucky to compete in a race ahead of the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. Find the 2023 Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon results for the men’s and women’s divisions, along with the payouts and prizes for this year’s winners.

Antonio Marchi won the Kentucky Derby 2023 Mini Marathon with a time of 2:24:20:40 and set the pace by running 5:30/mi. He finished 1 minute and 1 second ahead of second-place Corbin Harris and 5:51 ahead of third-place finisher Michael Deren.

Marchi is the first back-to-back winner in the men’s mini-marathon since Bryan Morseman won the Kentucky Derby Marathon in 2015 and 2016 by running a 5:30/mi pace or better in each of those races.

In the women’s division, there was a new winner in 2023, as Rachel Kennedy ran a blistering 6:32/mi pace to finish the mini-marathon in 2:51:18, good for the 11th-best mark among all competitors.

Kentucky Derby 2023 Mini Marathon Men’s Results

Place

Name Time Pace

Diff

1 Antonio Marchi

Bib 753

02:24:20 5:30/mi
2 Corbin Harris

Bib 773

02:25:21 5:33/mi 00:01:01
3 Michael Deren

Bib 602

02:30:12 5:44/mi 00:05:51
4 Chris Striegel

Bib 756

02:36:54 5:59/mi 00:12:34
52 Carl Nelson

Bib 603

02:37:18 6:00/mi 00:12:58
6-1 Daniel Sillivant

Bib 638

02:38:34 6:03/mi 00:14:14
71 Benny Shirrell

Bib 31

02:39:47 6:06/mi 00:15:26
8-2 Ali Faraji-Tajrishi

Bib 627

02:40:45 6:08/mi 00:16:24
9 Michael Conte

Bib 635

02:46:36 6:21/mi 00:22:16
10 Andrew Danner

Bib 629

02:47:47 6:24/mi 00:23:27

Kentucky Derby 2023 Mini Marathon Women’s Results

Place

Name Time Pace

Diff

1 Rachel Kennedy

Bib 32

02:51:18 6:32/mi
2 Cassandra Martin

Bib 750

03:00:19 6:53/mi 00:09:01
3 Melanie Griffiths

Bib 626

03:02:55 6:59/mi 00:11:37
4 Amrita Iyengar

Bib 645

03:08:29 7:11/mi 00:17:11
5 Deborah Fletcher

Bib 2456

03:13:40 7:23/mi 00:22:21
6 Becca Pizzi

Bib 2477

03:14:50 7:26/mi 00:23:32
73 Leanna Guinn

Bib 604

03:19:09 7:36/mi 00:27:51
8-1 Cameron Peters

Bib 2464

03:19:17 7:36/mi 00:27:59
9 Gina Passanisi

Bib 2514

03:19:37 7:37/mi 00:28:19
10-1 Iris Lenauer

Bib 2643

03:21:14 7:41/mi 00:29:56

Kentucky Derby 2023 Mini-Marathon Prize Money & Winner’s Share

The top three male and female runners are eligible to earn a prize for their performance in the Kentucky Derby Mini-Marathon. The winners in both the men’s and women’s races took home a cool $2,000 in cash prizes. Meanwhile, second-place finishers will earn $1,000 and third-place finishers will take home $750 in 2023.

The top three finishers from the male and female divisions will also receive a Derby Festival miniMarathon Tall Mint Julep cup from Louisville Stoneware

Top 3 Finishers & Payouts

Men’s Results

  • Antonio Marchi — $2,000
  • Corbin Harris — $1,000
  • Michael Deren — $750

Women’s Results

  • Rachel Kennedy — $2,000
  • Cassandra Martin — $1,000
  • Melanie Griffiths — $750

Age Groups

  • 15 and Under
  • 16-19
  • 20-24
  • 25-29
  • 30-34
  • 35-39
  • 40-44
  • 45-49
  • 50-54
  • 55-59
  • 60-64
  • 65-69
  • 70-74
  • 80-84
  • 85+
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