Aurora Runners Complete 2022 Chicago Marathon

CHICAGO, IL — The Chicago Marathon has become a fall tradition for many runners from across Chicagoland, the United States and even around the world. This year's 44th edition was no different as more than 40,000 runners took to the 26.2-mile street course Sunday in sunny, but breezy, conditions.

Benson Kipruto, of Kenya, won the men's division with a time of 2 hours, 4 minutes and 24 seconds, while Ruth Chepngetich, of Kenya, was the top female finisher at 2:14.18. Chepngetich was also the first female to cross the finish line in 2021.

In the newly formed non-binary division, Blank Bruno, of the United States, was first in 2:47.12, according to the unofficial results. Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, was No. 1 in the male wheelchair division with a time of 1:25.20. Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, won the female wheelchair division in 1:45.48.

Of local runners from Aurora, participant Patrick Letz finished the fastest, in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 49 seconds.

The top 25 runners from Aurora that completed the marathon were:

1. Patrick Letz (25-29): 2:26:49

2. Patrick Wolak (20-24): 2:39:07

3. Yonathan Parra (30-34): 2:54:43

4. Jack Klein (20-24): 2:57:30

5. Esteban Miranda (30-34): 3:11:45

6. John Pollock (40-44): 3:18:56

7. John Saf (55-59): 3:25:11

8. Kristen Nagle (45-49): 3:26:26

9. Truman Hwang (35-39): 3:28:36

10. Samantha Jagmin (30-34): 03:28:45

11. Alejandro Unzueta (25-29): 3:29:31

12. Jonathon O'Neill (30-34): 3:43:55

13. Raj Bommareddy (35-39): 3:44:39

14. Ethan Clarkson (25-29): 3:58:23

15. Joshua Robinson (25-29): 3:58:41

16. Alexander Bojanic (40-44): 3:59:14

17. George Chen (45-49): 4:05:44

18. Tony Romero (30-34): 4:07:04

19. Tim Mulder (40-44): 4:07:40

20. Kelly Shugh (25-29): 4:08:36

21. Eshaan Bhatnagar (25-29): 4:14:54

22. Adam Thomas (40-44): 4:18:54

23. Jackie Moore (40-44): 4:18:54

24. Katrina McLean (25-29): 4:19:10

25. David Cagigal (35-39): 4:20:44

For a complete list of local runners that completed the race, visit here. All results were unofficial as of Monday morning.