Pirtle-Hall wins 2019 Disney Princess Half Marathon
Jackie Pirtle-Hall, who came in second during the 2018 Walt Disney World Marathon, crossed the finish line first in this year’s Disney Princess Half Marathon.
Pirtle-Hall of St. Charles, Mo. who has already qualified for the 2020 Olympic trials, finished the 13.1-mile race in 1:18:30, two minutes faster than last year’s winner and more than four minutes ahead of the rest of the field of 25,000 runners.
Bianca Toledo of Bergenfield, N.J., was second with a time of 1:22:53 followed by Elizabeth Conlon of Montgomery, Md., in 1:24:26.
“When you go through the Magic Kingdom with the castle, it really is just a whole visceral feeling where you just feel overwhelmed with emotion,’’ Pirtle-Hall said.
More than 56,000 runners participated in the 11th annual Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The four-day event included runDisney Kids Races, a 5K, 10K and Half Marathon.
Amid the atmosphere of pixie dust, princesses and princes, 2019 Miss America Nia Franklin participated in the weekend’s events running the 5K on Friday and welcomed runners in the in the finish line activities during the Half M
The is the third of four runDisney running events at Disney World during the 2018-2019 race season. The final race of this season is the Star Wars Rival Run, April 4-7, and registration is still available at www.rundisney.com.
