Highland Park 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, of Kenya, was the top women's finisher at 2:14.18. Chepngetich was also the first woman 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 men's wheelchair division with a time of 1:25.20. Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, won the women's wheelchair division in 1:45.48.

Here are the five fastest men and women from Highland Park, along with their finishing time and respective finishes in the men's and women's divisions:

Women

1. Jordyn Leamer — 3:10:40 — 389th
2. Samantha Steed — 3:22:57 — 941st
3. Mallory Sonenthal — 3:52:10 — 3,558th
4. Alexandra Giedd — 4:01:34 — 4,741st
5. Lisa Newman — 4:08:57 — 5,509th

Men

1. Ben Youel — 3:04:50 — 2,339th
2. Timothy Steed — 3:19:45 — 4,096th
3. Bradley Mills — 3:21:40 — 4,336th
4. Brian Landau — 3:23:10 — 4,551st
5. Dominic Ciancio — 3:24:55 — 4,814th

One runner from Highwood also completed the race. Brian Patroff finished in four hours, 13 minutes and 32 seconds, coming in at 11,774th in the men's division.

For a complete list of local runners that completed the race is available online. All results were unofficial as of Monday morning.