The Academy Marathon was an annual Starfleet Academy event held on Danula II. This tradition was started in 2293 by Commandant Sharifi. (New Worlds, New Civilizations short story: "The Footfalls of Tradition")

As a freshman, Jean-Luc Picard passed four upperclassmen on the last hill of the marathon. J.P. Hanson watched this and, during the first Borg incursion, recalled that it was "the damnedest thing I ever saw,"; he used it as an example of his belief in Picard's willpower. As of early 2367, Picard's record as the only freshman to win the marathon still stood. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds")

Captain Nikolas Kyprios was found of recreating the Academy Marathon he participated in on Danula II as a holodeck program. (DS9 novel: Saratoga)

ParticipantsEdit

Jean-Luc Picard • Nikolas Kyprios • Estrella Miyakawa • Chiang • Drager • T'Soron • Gareth • Telegar • Dorgath • Stemon • Fergus McLeod • Reggic Sipanos • David Gold

External linkEdit

• Starfleet Academy marathon article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.