Buffalo Grove Runners Complete 2022 Chicago Marathon

CHICAGO — 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, also 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.

The top five male and female Buffalo Grove runners that completed the marathon were:

MALE

1. Jacob Imyak, 3 hours, 56 minutes, 23 seconds
2. Deqiao Chen, 3:29.51
3. Gustaw Kubiszewski, 3:32:09
4. Bala Murali, 3:59:57
5. Xuefeng Bai, 4:01:40

FEMALE

1. Leticia Press, 4 hours, 1 minute, 33 seconds
2. Qian Zhou, 4:19.53
3. Karen Chin, 4:39.25
4. Courtney Callen, 4:45.18
5. Rong Huang, 4:47.36

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