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100 Arlington Heights Runners Complete 2024 Chicago Marathon

These Arlington Heights athletes were among the more than 50,000 runners that took part in a record-breaking Chicago marathon.

Runners head north on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park to start the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
Runners head north on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park to start the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune via AP)

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — A total of 100 runners from Arlington Heights successfully completed the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, joining more than 50,000 participants who crossed the finish line in Grant Park.

This year’s marathon, the 46th edition of the event, solidified Chicago’s reputation as a record-setting race. The race, which saw a world record broken in the women’s division, attracted runners from all 50 states and over 100 countries.

The top local finisher was Lisa Malkov, a Lake Bluff police officer, who finished at 3 hours, 46 minutes and 29 seconds — placing her in 4,834th place among women.

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The 26.2-mile race started and ended in Grant Park, with runners traversing 29 of Chicago’s neighborhoods. This year’s event set also a record with more than 50,000 finishers, the largest field in race history, and was supported by over 1.7 million spectators lining the streets.
Northbrook athletes — 20 women and 23 men — competed alongside elite runners from around the globe, including Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya, who smashed the women’s world record with a time of 2:09:56, and John Korir of Kenya, who ran the second-fastest men’s time in the event’s history at 2:02:44.

The 47th running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is scheduled for Oct. 12, 2025. The four application period opens on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

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Here are the top 10 finishers from Arlington Heights and their final marathon times, in order of their overall gender place, according to unofficial results:

Arlington Heights Women:

650 - Natalie Malley, 3 hours, 11 minutes, 11 seconds
963 - Jodie Lawrence, 3:15:51
1,361 - Loryn Kromrey, 3:20:21
3,020 - Lena Josifi, 3:34:19
5,721 - Charlie Salgado, 3:51:50
5,772 - Jennifer Gallen, 3:52:10
6,498 - Allison Roberts, 3:56:09
6,853 - Kumi Tsuno, 3:57:46
8,248 - Madeline Boldt, 4:06:27
9,891 - Susan Parlato, 4:17:12

Arlington Heights Men:

2,913 - JJ Shield, 2 hours, 59 minutes, 33 seconds
3,134 - Dane Elmer, 3:00:31
5,097 - Tyler Stordahl, 3:11:33
5,924 - Thomas McAndrew, 3:15:30
6,575 - Jonathan Roberts, 3:18:35
7,484 - Scott Schaeffer, 3:23:05
8,954 - Jan Prchlik, 3:29:27
9,641 - Jonathan Bloss, 3:32:45
10,094 - Matthew Foley, 3:35:12
10,971 - Matthew Bryan, 3:39:31

Check out a complete list of results from the race here.

The Associated Press and Patch staff contributed reporting.

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