Winners
| Date | Time | Mens Winner | Country | Time | Women's Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 2:17:37 | Robert McOmber | United States | 2:55:51 | Erma Tranter | United States |
| 1979 | 2:15:42 | Gordon Minty | England | 2:44:29 | Karen Blackford | United States |
| 1980 | 2:13:07 | Greg Meyer | United States | 2:49:17 | Debbie Froehlich | United States |
| 1981 | 2:15:47 | Mike McGuire | United States | 2:48:40 | Maureen Griffiths | Canada |
| 1982 | 2:17:41 | David Hinz | United States | 2:45:05 | Karen Blackford (2) | United States |
| 1983 | 2:16:10 | David Olds | United States | 2:46:22 | Cindy Keeler | United States |
| 1984 | 2:23:40 | Loren Bandt | United States | 2:43:00 | Karen Blackford (3) | United States |
| 1985 | 2:23:58 | Tim Fox | United States | 2:51:49 | Elizabeth Watch | United States |
| 1986 | 2:17:24 | Ahmed Mohamed Ismail | Somalia | 2:47:56 | Pat Wassik-Hinson | United States |
| 1987 | 2:18:03 | Doug Kurtis | United States | 2:47:25 | Christine Iwahashi | United States |
| 1988 | 2:20:14 | Doug Kurtis (2) | United States | 2:41:49 | Ella Willis | United States |
| 1989 | 2:17:24 | Doug Kurtis (3) | United States | 2:38:22 | Ella Willis (2) | United States |
| 1990 | 2:19:36 | Doug Kurtis (4) | United States | 2:44:56 | Barbara Remmers | United States |
| 1991 | 2:18:36 | Doug Kurtis (5) | United States | 2:42:49 | Ella Willis (3) | United States |
| 1992 | 2:19:25 | Doug Kurtis (6) | United States | 2:45:21 | Karen Blackford (4) | United States |
| 1993 | 2:19:53 | Peter Maher | Canada | 2:43:07 | Amy Manson | United States |
| 1994 | 2:21:24 | Donald Johns | United States | 2:34:55 | May Allison | Canada |
| 1995 | 2:18:11 | Michael McGowan | Canada | 2:38:36 | Ann Boyd | United States |
| 1996 | 2:20:50 | Michael Dudley | United States | 2:43:36 | Cindy Keeler (2) | United States |
| 1997 | 2:15:50 | Brad Hudson | United States | 2:39:59 | Lyubov Klochko | Ukraine |
| 1998 | 2:18:51 | Zithulele Singe | South Africa | 2:45:06 | Tatyana Maslova | Russia |
| 1999 | 2:18:27 | Fred Kieser | United States | 2:43:58 | Irina Kramova | Russia |
| 2000 | 2:24:47 | Joseph Maina | Kenya | 2:54:30 | Lisa Veneziano | United States |
| 2001 | 2:17:49 | Jacom Kirwa | Kenya | 2:52:16 | Lupe Hegan | United States |
| 2002 | 2:19:14 | John Kariuki | Kenya | 2:43:22 | Angela Strange | Canada |
| 2003 | 2:19:27 | Hilary Lelei | Kenya | 2:46:59 | Elvira Kolpakova | Russia |
| 2004 | 2:19:15 | Joseph Ndirtu | Kenya | 2:34:16 | Elena Orlova | Russia |
| 2005 | 2:14:59 | Andrey Gordayev | Belarus | 2:40:46 | Wioletta Kryza | Poland |
| 2006 | 2:18:22 | Josephat Ongeri | Kenya | 2:41:26 | Elena Orlova (2) | Russia |
| 2007 | 2:15:15 | Christopher Toroitich | Kenya | 2:34:50 | Anzhelika Averkova | Ukraine |
| 2008 | 2:16:44 | David Ngeny Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:40:17 | Tatyana Belovol | Ukraine |
| 2009 | 2:20:24 | Nicholas Stanko | United States | 2:57:10 | Sarah Plaxton | United States |
| 2010 | 2:28:30 | Jordan Desilets | United States | 2:52:14 | Paula Keating | Canada |
| 2011 | 2:28:22 | Derek Nakluski | Canada | 2:44:09 | Wioletta Kryza (2) | Poland |
| 2012 | 2:25:26 | Viacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 2:46:33 | Lyubov Denisova | Russia |
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“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)