PRRO Circuit 2025-26 Continues Action at Steamboat Classic 4 Mile

June 4, 2026

The American Classic Road Race™ on Saturday, June 6 in Peoria, IL – the fifth stop on the 2025-26 PRRO Circuit – will offer a $42,000 guaranteed U.S. Open prize purse plus bonus money; the overall male and female winners will also qualify to compete for the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2026 PRRO Championship presented by the Quad-City Times Bix 7 on July 25

  PEORIA, IL – (June 4, 2026) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The fifth stop on the 2025-26 PRRO Circuit will be hosted by the Steamboat Classic 4 Mile Presented by PNC, on Saturday morning, June 6 in Peoria, IL. The Midwest running tradition since 1974 offers $42,000 in guaranteed, ten deep U.S. Open prize money with $6000 awarded to each race champion plus up to $2000 in 2 Mile Prime bonus money and $2000 for an American 4 Mile Record (17:39, Gerard Donakowski, Steamboat 1986, and 19:49, Jessica Tabo, 2016).

At the 52nd edition, which also serves as the USATF Open and Masters 4 Mile Championship, the race winners will earn eligibility to compete for the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 29th PRRO Championship hosted by the Quad-City Times Bix 7 on July 25, 2026 in Davenport, IA. In addition, Steamboat finishers 2-5 will earn points for the PRRO Circuit points system, with the top 5 scorers per gender before Bix 7 also qualifying to compete for the PRRO Super Bonus at the championship race.

The top runners expected in Peoria are:

MEN: Drew Hunter, two-time USA 5K road champion (2021 & 2026); Graydon Morris, 2026 USA 10 Mile champion at Credit Union Cherry Blossom; Reid Buchanon, 2026 Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K winner & 2026 PRRO Super Bonus qualifier; Ahmed Muhumed, 2024 USA 5K & 8K road champion; Anthony Rotich, 2024 USA Cross Country Championship runner-up & three-time NCAA steeplechase champion (2013-15); Benard Keter, 2025 USA Cross Country champion & 2020 Olympian in the steeplechase; Jesse Hamlin, eighth 2026 USA 5K Championship; and Shuaib Aljabaly, sixth 2025 USA 4 Mile Championship at Steamboat

WOMEN: Courtney Frerichs, 2020 Tokyo Olympics 3000m steeplechase silver medalist, two-time Olympian & U.S. steeplechase record holder (8:57.77); Kassie Parker, 2026 Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K winner & 2026 PRRO Super Bonus qualifier; Allie Ostrander, fifth 2026 USA 5K Championship & three-time NCAA steeplechase champion (2017-19); Katie Camarena, fifth 2026 Boston 5K; Dani Polerecky, eighth 2026 LA Track Festival 5000m; Lauren Gregory, 2026 Mesa Half Marathon winner & 2024 USA 10K trail champion; and Lucy Ndungu, 2026 Brian Clay Invite 10,000m winner

The complete race entry list can be found HERE.

“With a top American field at one of America’s Classic Road Races, the Steamboat Classic 4 Mile should see some great racing and possibly an American record or two,” said Don Kardong, PRRO Circuit President. “The Steamboat winners will also earn automatic berths to compete for the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the upcoming PRRO Championship hosted by the Quad-City Times Bix 7.”

Steamboat features scenic courses for the 4 mile and accompanying 15K through Peoria’s historic neighborhoods and finishes by the Illinois River. Since 1974, the 4 mile road race has produced 42 national records and seven world records, including the standing world marks set in 1995 by Josphat Machuka of Kenya, 17 minutes, 24 seconds, and Delillah Asiago of Kenya, 19:28.

Last year’s race champions were Alex Maier and Taylor Roe, who clocked 18:03 and 19:40, respectively.

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 offers 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.

Schedule and PRRO Super Bonus event qualifiers below:

THE PRRO CIRCUIT 2025-26 SCHEDULE

Quad-City Times Bix 7, July 26, 2025, Davenport, IA

$50,000 in prize money

WINNERS: Alex Maier*, USA, 32:02 and Vibian Chepkirui*, Kenya, 36:41

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 and Chloe Herbiet*, Belgium, 47:58

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 and Asayech Ayichew*, Ethiopia, 50:37

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 and Kasandra Parker*, USA, 39:21

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

Boilermaker 15K, July 12, 2026, Utica, NY

$65,100 in prize money ($14,500 U.S. prize money)

THE 29th PRRO CHAMPIONSHIP

Quad-City Times Bix 7, July 25, 2026, Davenport, IA

$50,000 in prize money as well as:

• $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus to male or female Bix winners who are either defending PRRO Champions, have won any of the PRRO Circuit 2025-26 races or finished top 5 in the points system (Super Bonus split if both eligible male and female win)
• $2500 to male or female Championship winners who have not won any races on the 2025-26 Circuit
• $1500 to eligible PRRO event champions, males and females, finishing in places 2-10

*Qualified to compete for the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2026 PRRO Championship.

With their 2025 PRRO Championship titles at Boilermaker, John Korir and Veronica Loleo were the first two athletes eligible to compete for the $10,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2026 PRRO Championship hosted by the Quad-City Times Bix 7 in July. In pursuit of the Super Bonus, the pair will join the winners of the 2025-26 Circuit events 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).

To-date, PRRO Circuit events have produced 18 world and 24 U.S. road records, awarded more than $9.1 million in prize money and seen more than 2.8 million runners cross their finish lines. In addition, since 1996, the PRRO Championship race has paid out more than $2.2 million including $218,500 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 its history and past champions, as well as how to join the PRRO Circuit.