November 15, 2025
Charlotte — Breaking records was the theme for the day at the 21st running of the Novant Health Charlotte Marathon. A record-setting 11,500 athletes entered the marathon, half marathon, and Chick-fil-A 5k events. And for the second year in a row, all events reached capacity.
“This event has turned into a big deal,” said Tim Rhodes, managing partner and Race Director for the Novant Health Charlotte Marathon. “This is a celebration of everything these runners have worked for – whether they’re setting a PR, qualifying for Boston, or finishing for the very first time – they’re choosing to do it in Charlotte.”
Runners representing all 50 states and 19 countries made up the record-setting field. Knoxville’s Carter Coughlin was the overall winner of the marathon. Jessica Sarnicola of Matthews won the women’s title. And in another first, Elisabeth Laseter of Charlotte defended her title in the Chick-fil-A 5k event, besting her 2024 finish time by nearly 18 seconds.
Lancaster, SC runner Nathaneal Williams may have also set a new world record for fastest half marathon pushing a double stroller. According to the Guinness World Records site, the fastest men’s time currently stands at 1:14:20. Williams clocked a 1:12:57 today on the Charlotte half marathon course.
“The last few miles, I was hurting pretty good,” Williams said of his fast finish. “The next steps are to send the results to Guinness to confirm that as the new record.”
Results: 2025 Novant Health Charlotte Marathon Events
Men’s Marathon Winner: Carter Coughlin, 2:31:44 (Knoxville, TN)
Women’s Marathon Winner: Jessica Sarnicola, 3:01:48 (Matthews, NC)
Novant Health Charlotte Marathon Half Marathon
Men’s Winner: Alexis Collumb, 1:04:31 (Yvrech, FR)
Women’s Winner: Abigail Herring, 1:16:41(Parkersburg, WV)
Chick-fil-A 5k:
Men’s Winner: Silas Floyd Fair, 15:50 (Charlotte, NC)
Women’s Winner: Elizabeth Laseter, 16:38 (Charlotte, NC)
Complete results for all events can be found here:
https://results.raceroster.com/v3/events/3vgp2qeac5c9rhab
Registration for the November 14, 2026 Novant Health Charlotte Marathon is open now at https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Charlotte/CharlotteMarathon
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