--- title: Marathon Runner Hyvon Ngetich Collapses, Crawls Across the Finish Line description: In a show of determination, Hyvon Ngetich crawled over finish line to take third place canonical: https://time.com/3711001/hyvon-ngetich-austin-marathon/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-16T16:15:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:54.335Z og:title: Watch an Elite Marathon Runner Finish Race Despite Collapse og:description: Hyvon Ngetich was determined to crawl over the line no matter what og:url: https://time.com/3711001/hyvon-ngetich-austin-marathon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch an Elite Marathon Runner Finish Race Despite Collapse twitter:description: Hyvon Ngetich was determined to crawl over the line no matter what twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Elite Marathon Runner Was Determined to Finish Race No Matter What by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 16, 2015 4:15 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 16, 2015 4:15 PM UTC Hyvon Ngetich turned metaphor into reality when she literally [crawled](http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/austin-marathon-hyvon-ngetich-crawling-finish-24153.shtml) across the finish line at the Austin Marathon on Sunday. The Kenyan runner was in the lead among the elite women after 23 miles, according to local CBS affiliate KEYE-TV, when she collapsed between there and the finish line. Still, Ngetich persevered, crawling on her hands and knees to cross the finish line. She still finished in third place in spite of her setback. The race director, John Conley, was apparently so impressed with this triumph of will that he decided to increase her prize money to what she would have won if she came in second place. “You ran the bravest race and crawled the bravest crawl I have ever seen in my life,” he said. “You have earned much honor.” \[[_KEYE-TV_](http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/austin-marathon-hyvon-ngetich-crawling-finish-24153.shtml)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3711001/hyvon-ngetich-austin-marathon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3711001/hyvon-ngetich-austin-marathon/"},"headline":"This Elite Marathon Runner Was Determined to Finish Race No Matter What","datePublished":"2015-02-16T16:15:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:54.335Z","description":"In a show of determination, Hyvon Ngetich crawled over finish line to take third place","url":"https://time.com/3711001/hyvon-ngetich-austin-marathon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Austin","Marathon","Running"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3711001/hyvon-ngetich-austin-marathon/","name":"This Elite Marathon Runner Was Determined to Finish Race No Matter What"}}]}] ```