110 Runners From Evanston Complete 2023 Chicago Marathon

EVANSTON, IL — In an edition filled with broken records, the 45th running of the Chicago Marathon on Saturday featured more than 47,000 runners, including 110 Evanston residents. Race officials said it was the most runners to ever finish the 26.2-mile race.

One local runner made history this year, as Allison Naval, of Evanston, became the one millionth person to ever complete a Chicago Marathon, clocking a 4:23.13 finish in her first-ever marathon while supporting the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Kelvin Kiptum, of Kenya, was the top male runner and fastest 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.

“I knew I was coming for a course record, but a world record — I am so happy,” said Kiptum, a two-time Olympic champion and the most successful marathon runner of all time, according to the Associated Press.

“A world record was not on my mind today," he said, "but I knew one day I would be a world record-holder.”

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.

This year, 61 men, 48 women and a non-binary person from Evanston finished the marathon, according to unofficial results.

Below find the top 10 fastest finishers among Evanston residents who completed the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, followed by their finishing time and place among their respective genders:

FEMALE

1. Amelia Deady, 3:05:59 — 472nd
2. Annie Bogard, 3:27:46 — 2,089th
3. Katerina Forbis, 3:30:04 — 2,394th
4. Charlotte Varnes, 3:37:49 — 3,279th
5. Catherine Way, 3:41:06 — 3,728th
6. Jen Strickland, 3:44:36 — 4,193rd
7. Ila Gupta, 3:47:02 — 4,544th
8. Grace Downing, 3:52:46 — 5,452nd
9. Kristin Spratt, 3:52:56 — 5,489th
10. Angela Blaising, 3:56:50 — 6,224th

MALE

1. Reuben Keller, 2:53:19 — 1,624th
2. Sean Patton, 2:59:24 — 2,809th
3. Aaron Barnhart, 3:01:43 — 3,168th
4. Samuel Lang, 3:10:48 — 4,482nd
5. Jordan Horwitz, 3:17:22 — 5,582nd
6. Austin Frank, 3:19:38 — 6,012nd
7. Keith Holzmueller, 3:20:24 — 6,159th
8. Rui Carlos Da Cunha, 3:21:59 — 6,418th
9. Paul Lang, 3:27:52 — 7,636th
10. Avi Janssen, 3:27:53 — 7,637th

A complete list of local runners who completed the race is available online, with all results unofficial as of Monday morning.

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