New York Metropolis marathon winners within the males’s and girls’s divisions will every earn six figures for outpacing their rivals within the 26.2-mile race on Sunday. 

First-place female and male runners within the “Open Division,” which includes skilled and invited athletes solely, will take house $100,000 in prize cash, based on New York Highway Runners, the nonprofit that organizes the annual marathon.

Second-place athletes in every division will earn $60,000. There are additionally payouts for women and men who end within the high 10 of their respective classes, based mostly on the order by which they cross the end line. The prize cash for high finishers:

• third place: $40,000
• 4th place: $25,000
• fifth place: $15,000
• sixth place: $10,000
• seventh place: $7,500
• eighth place: $5,000
• ninth place: $2,500
• tenth place: $2,000

Extra rewards of $50,000 are paid out to runners who break current course data. 

Individually, the highest American racers in each the boys’s and girls’s divisions can even obtain money awards within the following quantities:

• 1st place: $25,000
• 2nd place: $15,000
• third place: $10,000
• 4th place: $5,000
• fifth place: $3,000

So-called “Masters,” or skilled runners ages 40 and up who compete within the “Open Division” are additionally eligible for prize cash based mostly on their ending instances. 

First- and second-place runners earn $3,000; third-place runners get $1,000 every.

Skilled wheelchair athletes additionally take house money in the event that they end inside the high six of their division. First-place athletes within the wheelchair division get $35,000 every and are eligible for a $50,000 bonus in the event that they break the course report. 

Along with doling out money rewards, the New York Metropolis Marathon raises tens of millions yearly from tens of hundreds of runners who compete on behalf of charities in trade for entry within the race. 

Since 2006, the occasion has raised $520 million for charity, based on New York Highway Runners.