The Arkansas 20K will start and end at the River Center in Benton. All turns are marked with large signs with arrows. The race will be chip timed. The course will remain open until 11:00am. Temperatures can range from the mid-50s to mid- 80s. Humidity can sometimes be high. The 20K is an excellent test/training run for a fall marathon as well as a challenging race in its own right.
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 12.4274 Miles
Type — Running
07:00
$40.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 12.4274 Miles
Type — Running
08:00
$40.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Benton.
Learn more about the host city, Benton.
Benton is in the Central region of Arkansas.
Read more launchWatch highlights and course previews from previous years.
Official finishing times from previous editions of Arkansas 20k.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Tia Stone | — | |
| 🥈 | Karl Lenser | — | |
| 🥉 | Kevin Golden | — | |
| 4 | Kelli Harris | — | |
| 5 | Gregory Davis | — | |
| 6 | Dustin Hyman | — | |
| 7 | Jonathan Martin | — | |
| 8 | Amanda Farris | — | |
| 9 | Chelsey Owens | — | |
| 10 | Wanda King | — | |
| 11 | Karen Harbut | — | |
| 12 | Emil Woerner | — | |
| 13 | Kim Howard | — | |
| 14 | Leslie Darden | — | |
| 15 | Shawn Barlow | — | |
| 16 | Andrew Arguelles | — | |
| 17 | Lisa Webb | — | |
| 18 | Don Thompson | — | |
| 19 | Jonette Anderson | — | |
| 20 | Marlene Chapman | — | |
| 21 | Sandra Dixon | — | |
| 22 | Jim Tadel | — | |
| 23 | Charles Moulton | — | |
| 24 | James Twidwell | — | |
| 25 | Tara Summerford | — | |
| 26 | Megan Johnson | — | |
| 27 | Rachel Kluender | — | |
| 28 | Jim Burgos | — | |
| 29 | Philipp Narciso | — | |
| 30 | Antonio Lucena | — | |
| 31 | Mildred Hamilton | — | |
| 32 | Stephanie Roberts | — | |
| 33 | Joshua Myers | — | |
| 34 | Larry Schmidt | — | |
| 35 | Cindy Wade | — | |
| 36 | Carrie Thompson | — | |
| 37 | Tom Avery | — |
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