The Hartford Marathon Foundation’s Eversource Hartford Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K were held on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.

By Ronni Newton. Photos by Craig Rosenberg

The Eversource Hartford Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K kicked off in Hartford’s Bushnell Park at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, with more than 9,000 runners pounding the pavement for as many as 26.2 miles and more than 1,500 volunteers providing support.

This year marked the 32nd running of the event, and the course – which was revamped in 2023 – has both the full marathon and the half marathon traversing for several miles through the roads of West Hartford before runners split off in downtown Hartford just past the 8-mile marker.

Alex Norstrom, 29, of Glastonbury was again the winner of the full marathon, breaking the tape in 2:19:04, and Rachel Schilkowsky, 33, of Providence, RI, was the female winner (and 16th overall) in 2:38:15. Matthew Walker, 32, of West Hartford was third in the marathon – finishing in 2:23:48.

Mario Vazquez, 46, of Farmington, won the half marathon, crossing the finish line in 1:06:13. Vazquez is the girls cross country coach at West Hartford’s Conard High School. He was followed closely by Grant O’Connor, 28, of West Hartford who finished in 1:06:32. Sean Parker and Tommy O’Gorman of West Hartford, both 26, were seventh and eighth in the marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:28:39 and 2:28:42 respectively.

Anna Oeser, 26, of Brookfield, CT was the female winner in 1:12:09, while Norstrom’s wife, Angelia, 26, was second female finisher in the half marathon in 1:14:39.

Killian McNamee, 23, of Tolland, CT, was the winner of the 5K in 14:56. Everett Hackett, 35 – who grew up in West Hartford and is currently a cross country coach at Hall High School – was fifth in the 5K in 15:43. Max Aronow, 28 – who also grew up in West Hartford and graduated from Hall – was sixth, also with a time of 15:43.

Angela Kaiser of New Haven was the first female in the 5K, completing the race in 17:32. Katharine Lorraine-Mace, 43, was the first female 5K finisher from West Hartford, finishing third in 20:04.

Complete results of all races can be found here on the Hartford Marathon Foundation’s website.

We-Ha.com photographer Craig Rosenberg was on the course in West Hartford .

To view more of Rosenberg’s photos from the event, click here.

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