Former Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price received t-shirt from Heidi Swartz for running the Cowtown 35 for years during the 48th running of the Cowtown Marathon at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Mar. 01, 2026. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n
Half Marathon winner Sergio Mena, a native of Spain and Arlington resident, talked about his performance in the Cowtown Marathon and explained what makes it a special race. He finished in 1 hour, 7 minutes and 2 seconds.<\/p>\n
Sergio Mena does not cross the finish line in the traditional way, he ripped the banner apart by hand, during the 48th running of the Cowtown Marathon at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Mar. 01, 2026. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Christmas, getting to spend time with family, enjoying family, friends, eating, drinking all those kind of things, I didn\u2019t know how I was going to feel, so I just got out there and just went for it,\u201d said Mena, \u201cFirst race of 2026, I was just very inconsistent with my pace, taking it easy the first half and then the second half, I was like, OK, just go for it. I\u2019m coming from winning the BMW the last half-marathon. So that motivated me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRunning through places like the Stockyards that makes this race special, because that is very historic place that we love. So just running on those places going through those streets is just amazing. I was running over there, and I was like, Man, I used to come here, just to enjoy the night and go to bars, dance, drink and now I\u2019m running through the same places,\u201d Mena said.<\/p>\n
Half-marathon winner Jennifer Pope, who won the woman\u2019s event for the second year in a row, echoed Mena\u2019s sentiments talking about the feeling of support from your community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love these ones because they feel like hometowns. I mean, when you\u2019re out there, you see all your friends on the side just cheering for you, I probably passed no short of like 15 friends yelling out there and so it just things like that just make [that] little bit of difference to keep you going when it\u2019s feeling tough, and when you leave your hometown or have to travel somewhere, you don\u2019t get that,\u201d said Pope, who finished in 1:19:42.<\/p>\n
Jeannifer Pope wins the half marathon for the second consecutive year during the 48th running of the Cowtown Marathon at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Mar. 01, 2026. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s race results are in and<\/a> while Sunday\u2019s official results are still coming in, unofficial times have been posted and the winners of each race are listed below.<\/p>\n Top finishers in each event<\/p>\n 5K: Male – Glen Shumaker (16:47:10), Femaile – Kaitlin Walker (18:17:00)<\/p>\n 10K: M-Zachary Smith (35:43:00), F-Jessica Smith (39:13:10)<\/p>\n Half-marathon: M-Sergio Mena (1:07:02), F-Jennifer Pope (1:19:42)<\/p>\n Marathon: M-Chris Mizener (2:13:38), F-Sadie Smith (2:59:35)<\/p>\n Ultra-marathon: M-Dustin Darakhshan (3:34:00), F-McKale Montgomery (3:33:00)<\/p>\n This story was originally published March 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM.<\/p>\n Sadie Smith wins the women\u2019s marathon with a time of 2:59:37 during the 48th running of the Cowtown Marathon at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Mar. 01, 2026. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n
Dustin Darakhshan wins the mens ultra marathon with a time of 3:34:00 during the 48th running of the Cowtown Marathon at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Mar. 01, 2026. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram
McKale Montgomery wins the ultra marathon with a time of 3:33:11 during the 48th running of the Cowtown Marathon at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Mar. 01, 2026. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n