| Overall, more than $450,000 awarded to top finishers, including $16,000 PRRO Championship bonus money; season culminated with Mohammed El Youssfi and Everlyn Kemboi winning respective PRRO Circuit crowns at the 2026 Quad-City Times Bix 7 |
| BETHESDA, MD – (September 9, 2026) – The 2025-26 PRRO Circuit, consisting of America’s Classic Road Races, shone brightly and produced a banner year of exciting, record-setting world class racing at the six PRRO Circuit events: Quad-City Times Bix 7 (opened and closed Circuit series), Gate River Run 15K, Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K, Steamboat Classic 4 Mile and Boilermaker 15K. “The 2025-26 PRRO Circuit, with 107 point-scoring athletes from 16 countries, was one of our best, most competitive ones yet,” said Don Kardong, PRRO Circuit President. “The Circuit season was wonderfully capped by the 29th PRRO Championship hosted by one of America’s Classic Road Races, the Quad-City Times Bix 7, on July 25, with exciting wins by Mohammed El Youssfi and Everlyn Kemboi. The pair also split the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus for their titles.” Highlights of the 2025-26 PRRO Circuit: Male race winners = 5 3 = Mohammad El Youssfi (MAR), 2026 Gate River Run 15K, Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile and Quad-City Times Bix 7 (PRRO Championship) 1 = Alex Maier (USA), 2025 Quad-City Times Bix 7 1 = Reid Buchanan (USA), 2026 Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K 1 = Ahmed Muhumed (USA), 2026 Steamboat Classic 4 Mile 1 = Alex Matata (KEN), 2026 Boilermaker 15K Female race winners = 6 2 = Kassie Parker (USA), 2026 Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K and Steamboat Classic 4 Mile 1 = Vibian Chepkirui (KEN), 2025 Quad-City Times Bix 7 1 = Chloe Herbiet (BEL), 2026 Gate River Run 15K 1 = Asayech Ayichew (ETH), 2026 Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 1 = Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH), 2026 Boilermaker 15K 1 = Everlyn Kemboi (KEN), 2026 Quad-City Times Bix 7 (PRRO Championship) Total prize money awarded in the 2025-26 PRRO Circuit: $443,350 (includes $150,600 U.S.-only prize and bonus money) $16,000 (PRRO Championship bonus money) $459,350 OVERALL TOTAL Most individual prize and bonus money won: $38,500, Mohammad El Youssfi (MAR), men (includes $5000 PRRO Super Bonus split as PRRO Champion) $24,100, Everlyn Kemboi (KEN), women (includes $5000 PRRO Super Bonus split as PRRO Champion) Click HERE for the prize money won on the PRRO Circuit per athlete. Number of countries represented: 16 TOTAL 54 MEN from 12 countries Canada (2), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (3), Ghana (1), Great Britain (1), Ireland (1), Japan (1), Kenya (10), Morocco (1), South Africa (1), Thailand (1) and USA (30) 53 WOMEN from 8 countries Belgium (1), Ethiopia (6), Great Britain (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (10), Uganda (2), Uruguay (1) and USA (31) One event record: 2026 Boilermaker 15K, women’s, 47:29 by Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH) Overall number of finishers for the seven Circuit races: 101,555 (14,508 average per race) With their 2026 PRRO Championship titles at Bix 7, Mohammed El Youssfi and Everlyn Kemboi were the first two athletes eligible to compete for the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2028 PRRO Championship hosted by the Gate River Run 15K. The PRRO Super Bonus resets to $10,000 the year after it has been won and grows by $5000 each year it goes unclaimed. In pursuit of the Super Bonus, the pair will join the 2027-28 Circuit event winners as well as the top 5 per gender in the PRRO Circuit points system (2-10 finishers score points at each current Circuit race; except, 2-5 finishers score at a U.S.-only Circuit race). The 50th Gate River Run 15K opens the 2027-28 PRRO Circuit on Saturday, March 6, 2027 in Jacksonville, FL. The full slate of 2027 PRRO Circuit races can be found HERE. The PRRO Circuit showcases world class competition at six of America’s Classic Road Races™, the Gate River Run 15K in Jacksonville, FL, the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in Washington, DC, the Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K in Spokane, WA, the Steamboat Classic 4 Mile in Peoria, IL, the Boilermaker 15K in Utica, NY and the Quad-City Times Bix 7 in Davenport, IA. The 2025-26 PRRO Circuit offered more than $440,000 in guaranteed prize money overall with $148,100 for U.S. athletes. The PRRO Circuit, a nationwide series of premier non-marathon road racing events, is organized and promoted by the Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO), an alliance of race directors. FINAL STATISTICS FOR THE PRRO CIRCUIT 2025-26 EVENTS Quad-City Times Bix 7, July 26, 2025, Davenport, IA $50,000 in prize money WINNERS: Alex Maier, USA, 32:02 ($12,500) and Vibian Chepkirui, Kenya, 36:41 ($12,500) Participants: 7,912 Gate River Run 15K, March 7, 2026, Jacksonville, FL $72,000 in prize money ($23,000 U.S. prize money) plus $5000 Equalizer gender race and World, U.S. & course record bonus money WINNERS: Mohammed El Youssfi, Morocco, 43:26 ($15,000) and Chloe Herbiet, Belgium, 47:58 ($10,000) Participants: 15,243 Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, April 12, 2026, Washington, DC $80,600 in prize money ($48,600 U.S. prize money) plus performance bonuses WINNERS: Mohammed El Youssfi, Morocco, 46:17 ($6000) and Asayech Ayichew, Ethiopia, 50:37 ($7000) Participants: 20,531 50th Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K, May 3, 2026, Spokane, WA $81,000 in prize money ($20,000 U.S. prize money) WINNERS: Reid Buchanan, USA, 34:30 ($12,000) and Kasandra Parker, USA, 39:21 ($12,000) Participants: 38,339 Steamboat Classic 4 Mile, June 6, 2026, Peoria, IL $43,200 in U.S. prize money plus 2 Mile Prime and U.S. record bonus money WINNERS: Ahmed Muhumed, USA, 17:57 ($6000) and Kasandra Parker, USA, 20:16 ($8000) Participants: 1,582 Boilermaker 15K, July 12, 2026, Utica, NY $65,100 in prize money ($14,500 U.S. prize money) WINNERS: Alex Matata, KEN, 42:24 ($7000) and Tsigie Gebreselama, ETH, 47:29, event record ($7000) Participants: 9,128 THE 29th PRRO CHAMPIONSHIP Quad-City Times Bix 7, July 25, 2026, Davenport, IA $50,000 in race prize money plus $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus (split) and $6000 PRRO Event Champions Bonus money PRRO CHAMPIONS: Mohammed El Youssfi, Morocco, 32:08 ($17,500) and Everlyn Kemboi, Kenya, 35:30 ($17,500) Participants: 8,820 This PRRO season also featured the launch of the PRRO-lific Finisher Program which rewards every day runners with a PRRO-lific Finisher medal after completing all six of the PRRO Circuit Events over their lifetime. Learn more details HERE. To-date, PRRO Circuit events have produced 18 world and 24 U.S. road records, awarded more than $9.2 million in prize money and seen more than 2.9 million runners cross their finish lines. In addition, since 1996, the PRRO Championship race has paid out more than $2.3 million, including $234,500 in PRRO Championship bonus money. PRRO Championship and Circuit Year The PRRO Circuit, launched in 1995, starts and finishes the Circuit Year at the same event that will also host the season-ending PRRO Championship race. The reigning titlists of the PRRO Championship, the event winners on the current Circuit and the top 5 in the PRRO points system are eligible to compete for the PRRO Super Bonus at the PRRO Championship. Visit PRRO.org for more information, including race schedule, its history, past champions and the recently announced PRRO-lific Finisher Program, as well as how to join the PRRO Circuit. ### CONTACT: Ryan Lamppa, PRRO Circuit Media Contact, ryan@eventpro.us |