PRRO Circuit Announces $20,000 Super Bonus Qualifiers for 2025 PRRO Championship

June 18, 2025

Twenty-three athletes earned start line berths to compete for the Super Bonus at the Boilermaker 15K on Sunday, July 13 in Utica, NY

BETHESDA, MD (June 18, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The PRRO Circuit, America’s Classic Road Races™, is pleased to announce the twenty-three runners who qualified to compete for the $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 28th PRRO Championship hosted by the Boilermaker 15K on July 13, 2025 in Utica, NY. There were three ways to qualify to compete for the Super Bonus: 1) the male and female reigning PRRO Champion (automatic), 2) win a 2024-25 PRRO Circuit event (automatic) or 3) finish in the top 5 per gender in the newly-implemented PRRO Championship points system instituted during the current Circuit series to expand the Super Bonus pool. NOTE: The top six per gender qualified this year because there was a tie for the fifth spot in each gender.

Super Bonus Automatic Qualifiers as Circuit event winners = 11

• Reigning PRRO Champion, Tebello Ramakongoana, Lesotho (Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K 2024)
• Reigning PRRO Champion, Sarah Naibei, Kenya (Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K 2024)
• John Korir, Kenya (Boilermaker 15K 2024)
• Grace Loibach Nawowuna, Kenya (Boilermaker 15K 2024)
• Wesley Kiptoo, Kenya (Quad City-Times Bix 7 2024 / Gate River Run 15K 2025)
• Rachael Chebet, Uganda (Quad City-Times Bix 7 2024)
• Calli Hauger-Thackery, Great Britain (Gate River Run 15K 2025)
• Charles Hicks, USA (Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 2025)
• Taylor Roe, USA (Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 2025)
• Patrick Kiprop, Kenya (Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K 2025)
• Veronica Loleo, Kenya (Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K 2025)

Super Bonus Qualifiers by Points System = 12

Scored points by finishing between 2nd – 10th from at least one 2024-25 PRRO Circuit race

MEN

• Biya Simbassa, USA, 20 points
• Hillary Bor, USA, 16 points
• Mike Kamau, Kenya, 10 points
• Mohamed El Aaraby, Morocco, 10 points
• Jemal Yimer, Ethiopia, 10 points
• Brian Barraza, USA, 10 points

WOMEN

• Adane Anmaw, Ethiopia, 20 points
• Aubrey Frentheway, USA, 15 points
• Kassie Parker, USA, 15 points
• Cynthia Limo, Kenya, 9 points
• Maggie Montoya, USA, 9 points
• Emma Grace Hurley, USA, 9 points

“We would love to see most, if not all, twenty-three qualifying PRRO Super Bonus athletes toe the line for a shot at $20,000 by winning the 28th PRRO Championship presented by the Boilermaker 15K on July 13, 2025 in Utica, New York,” said Don Kardong, PRRO Circuit President. “Interestingly, Aubrey Frentheway, Kassie Parker and Mike Kamau secured their Super Bonus spots at the final qualifying event before the PRRO Championship, the Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K on May 4.”

At the PRRO Championship, the Boilermaker 15K will award $65,100 in prize money, including $7000 for each race champion and $14,500 in U.S. prize money.

The PRRO Circuit showcases world class competition at five 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 Boilermaker 15K in Utica, NY and the Quad-City Times Bix 7 in Davenport, IA. The 2024-25 PRRO Circuit offers more than $400,000 in guaranteed prize money overall with $113,600 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 Circuit event champions below:

THE PRRO CIRCUIT 2024-25

Boilermaker 15K, July 14, 2024, Utica, NY

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

WINNERS: John Korir, Kenya, 42:11 and Grace Loibach Nawowuna, Kenya, 49:18

50th Quad-City Times Bix 7, July 27, 2024, Davenport, IA

$50,000 in prize money

WINNERS: Wesley Kiptoo, Kenya, 32:27 and Rachael Chebet, Uganda, 36:11

Gate River Run 15K, March 1, 2025, Jacksonville, FL

$57,000 in prize money ($16,000 U.S. prize money) plus $5000 Equalizer gender race and World, U.S. & course record bonus money

WINNERS: Wesley Kiptoo, Kenya, 42:10 (event record) and Calli Hauger-Thackery, Great Britain, 47:24

Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, April 6, 2025, Washington, DC

$80,600 in prize money ($48,600 U.S. prize money) plus performance bonuses

WINNERS: Charles Hicks, USA, 45:14 (event record) and Taylor Roe, USA, 49:53 (World Best & event record)

Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K, May 4, 2025, Spokane, WA

$81,000 in prize money ($20,000 U.S. prize money)

WINNERS: Patrick Kiprop, Kenya, 34:08 and Veronica Loleo, Kenya, 38:02 (event record)

THE 28th PRRO CHAMPIONSHIP

Boilermaker 15K, July 13, 2025, Utica, NY

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

• $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus to male or female champions who are either defending champions, have won any of the PRRO Circuit 2024-25 races or finished top 5 in the points system (split if both eligible male and female win)
• $2500 to male or female championship winners who have not won any races on the 2024-25 Circuit
• $1500 to eligible PRRO event champions, males and females, finishing in places 2-10

Reigning PRRO champions Tebello Ramakongoana and Sarah Naibei, who won the 2024 PRRO Championship at the Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K, were the first two athletes to earn a chance to compete for the $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2025 PRRO Championship. In pursuit of the Super Bonus, the pair join the nine qualified athletes who have won 2024-25 Circuit events and the top 5 per gender in the points system.

Only current PRRO Circuit event champions are eligible for the PRRO Event Champion’s Bonus ($1500 for eligible athletes who do not win the PRRO Championship but do finish in places 2-10 at the PRRO Championship).

If the male and/or female winners of this summer’s PRRO Championship at Boilermaker have not won any of the events on the current Circuit, they will be awarded $2500 each as the PRRO Championship winners in addition to the prize money at the PRRO Championship event.

To-date, PRRO Circuit events have produced 18 world and 22 U.S. road records, awarded more than $8.7 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 $188,500 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 Super Bonus 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.