Kaua'i Half Marathon F65-69: Bowyer Takes It in a Tight Battle at the Top

• Debra Bowyer won the F65-69 age group in 2:25:45 (11:07/mi), holding off Anne Marcus by just 60 seconds.
• Marcus ran the final segment faster — posting the 275th-fastest women's split on the Half→11.05 Mile stretch versus Bowyer's 277th — catching up slightly at the end, but Bowyer's early cushion proved decisive.
• Lisa Bryant rounded out the podium in 2:35:20 (11:51/mi), a full 9:35 back of Bowyer.
• 35 women finished in the F65-69 age group, with times ranging from Bowyer's 2:25:45 to the back of the field — a spread that reflects 13.1 miles of warm, humid racing on Kauai.

Debra Bowyer of Lihue — racing on home island — claimed the F65-69 title in 2:25:45, averaging 11:07 per mile through the 77°F, 69%-humidity morning air in Poipu. Her gender standing actually improved as the race wore on, moving from 306th among women at the first checkpoint to 286th by the final split, a sign she ran a controlled, progressive effort across the course.

Anne Marcus of Brookline, MA made it a genuine contest. She was running ahead of Bowyer in the women's field at the midpoint — sitting 279th compared to Bowyer's 291st — before fading to 297th on the closing stretch while Bowyer pressed on to 286th. That final segment tells the story: Marcus ran it faster (275th-fastest women's split vs. Bowyer's 277th), but the gap she had to close was too large. She crossed in 2:26:45, 60 seconds behind, in a race where every second of that early deficit mattered.

Lisa Bryant of Kailua Kona, HI took third in 2:35:20 (11:51/mi), running a consistent if quieter race — her gender position barely shifted across all three checkpoints (365th, 365th, 373rd), suggesting a steady-state effort rather than a tactical one. Behind her, Sally Jew-Lochman finished 4th in 2:40:30 and Joy Robinson 5th in 2:46:51, extending the spread through the back half of the top five. Martha Durio (6th, 2:49:43) through Debra Lindsey (20th, 3:25:43) filled out a deep and competitive age group that brought 35 finishers to the finish line in Poipu.