64 Runners From Lake Forest, Lake Bluff Complete Chicago Marathon

LAKE FOREST, IL — In an edition filled with broken records, the 45th running of the Chicago Marathon on Saturday featured more than 47,000 runners, including 64 competitors from Lake Forest and Lake Bluff. Race officials said it was the most runners to ever finish the 26.2-mile race.

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.

And a North Shore resident 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.

This year, 29 men and 22 women from Lake Forest, as well as two men and 11 women from Lake Bluff, finished the marathon, according to unofficial results.

Below find the top 10 female and male runners from Lake Forest and Lake Bluff who completed the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, followed by their finishing time and place among their respective genders:

FEMALE

1. Lucy Lytle, 3:13:44 — 845th
2. Lori Fitzgerald, 3:29:02 — 2,266th
3. Meg Gustafson, 3:29:26 — 2,320th
4. Katherine Najjar, 3:47:33 — 4,623rd
5. Loni Vasquez, 3:48:23 — 4,751st
6. Christa Sloan, 3:50:54 — 5,154th
7. Emily Lane, 3:52:28 — 5,395th
8. Emily Feeny, 3:58:11 — 6,492nd
9. Margaret Kelley, 4:05:31 — 7,556th
10. Laura Cushing, 4:08:53 — 8,049th

MALE

1. Matthew Mekaelian, 2:40:53 — 528th
2. Andrew Odlaug, 3:09:58 — 4,373rd
3. Mark Shannahan, 3:24:58 — 6,945th
4. Jimmy Cusan, 3:29:43 — 8,039th
5. Nicholas Stec, 3:31:40 — 8,394th
6. Paul Kubicek, 3:45:10 — 10,815th
7. Robert Sala, 3:48:14 — 11,433rd
8. Cade Coughlin, 3:49:28 — 11,701st
9. Tom Andreesen, 3:52:37 — 12,299th
10. Andrew Kubicek, 3:55:11 —12,829th

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

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