Downers Grove Runners Finish 2023 Chicago Marathon

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — In an edition filled with broken records, the 45th running of the Chicago Marathon on Saturday featured more than 47,000 runners, including a number of local Downers Grove competitors. Race officials said it was the most runners to ever finish the 26.2-mile race.

Kelvin Kiptum, of Kenya, was the top male and overall finisher, clocking the first sub-2:01 marathon in an officially sanctioned competition with a world record time of 2 hours and 35 seconds. Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, set a new course record on the women's side with at time of 2:13:44.

In addition, Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, broke his own record set in last year's wheelchair race with a time of 1:22:37. Catherine Debrunner, also of Switzerland, set a new course record for women in the wheelchair division with a time of 1:38:44.

The top five male, female and nonbinary Downers Grove runners that completed the marathon were:

MALE

1. Brian Syring, 2 hours, 56 minutes, 29 seconds
2. Peter Caron, 2:56:38
3. Volker Rose, 2:58:51
4. Timothy Ross, 3:04:33
5. Nicholas Allchin, 3:12:48

FEMALE

1. Anise Silva, 3 hours, 33 minutes, 09 seconds
2. Keila Krening, 3:42:32
3. Carolyn Olsen, 3:51:24
4. Karen Selking, 3:53:21
5. Julianne Lambiasi, 4:03:30

NONBINARY

1. Ory Frazier, 3:33:29

2. Jazmina Aguilar, 5:38:56

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

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