INDIANAPOLIS – Thousands of participants from 20 countries, six continents, and 50 states crossed the finish line today at the 2025 IU Health 500 Mini-Marathon and Delta Dental 500 Festival 5K.
Brandon Olden from Richmond, Kentucky, won the IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon men’s race in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 40 seconds. Mercy Chelangat of Flagstaff, Arizona, won the women’s race with a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, and 32 seconds, setting the new IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon course record for the women’s division.
Matt Moler from Midwest City, Oklahoma, won the Delta Dental 500 Festival 5K men’s race with a time of 15 minutes and 25 seconds. Lilly Higgins from Arcadia, Indiana, won the Delta Dental 500 Festival 5K women’s race with a time of 18 minutes and 27 seconds.
In the Athletes with Disabilities division, Holly Koester from Walton Hills, Ohio, took home first place with a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes, and 16 seconds. Kevin Weingartner from Indianapolis, Indiana, took home second place with a time of 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Olin Hacker from Flagstaff, Arizona, won the USATF Men’s 5 KM Championship with a time of 13 minutes and 32 seconds. Josette Andrews from Boulder, Colorado, won the USATF Women’s 5 KM Championship with a time of 15 minutes and 6 seconds.
2025 marked the 49th running of the IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon and 26th running of the Delta Dental 500 Festival 5K. The Circle City Sound Barbershop Chorus performed “Back Home Again in Indiana” before the start of the Delta Dental 500 Festival 5 K. Piper Watkins, a 2025 500 Festival Princess, performed the national anthem before the IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon started. For full race results, visit indymini.com/results.
Recently named the #1 Best Half Marathon for the third year in a row and #2 Best 5K in USA TODAY’S 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards and one of “America’s Most Iconic Races” by Runners World, the IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon is one of the nation’s largest half marathons.
The Mini-Marathon has become an iconic tradition, led by Hoosiers and embraced by the global running community. Known as The Greatest Spectacle in Running®, the IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon has become a pinnacle event for family and friends to participate in year after year.
The Mini-Marathon starts and finishes in downtown Indianapolis and includes a lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500. As participants reach the famed Yard of Bricks, many will stop to kneel and kiss the bricks, an Indianapolis 500 winner’s tradition. The flat and fast course is uniquely enhanced with 15-course aid stations, over 40 entertainment acts, and thousands of community volunteers, all cheering participants to the finish line.
Indiana University Health, Delta Dental, Meijer, and OneAmerica Financial support the 2025 Mini-Marathon, which was broadcast to the Indianapolis market on WTHR, Channel 13.
Register Early for the 2026 Mini-Marathon and Save
To register for the 50th running of the IU Health 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, which will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, visit IndyMini.com/register. Now through May 12, pricing is $65 – the lowest rate offered.
