Mokena Runners Finish 2023 Chicago Marathon

CHICAGO — 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 Mokena 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 a 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.

In addition, an Evanston runner, competing in her first marathon, became the 1 millionth finisherin Chicago Marathon history.

The top five male and female Mokena runners who completed the marathon were:

MALE

1. Gary Andruch, 3 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds.

2. Chad Capista, 3: 16.02 seconds

3. Ryan Forberg, 3:33.59

4. Michael Kenny, 4:20.45

5. Emilio Espinosa, 4:21.39

FEMALE

1. Marissa Latko, 3 hours, 17 minutes, 54 seconds

2. Kara Ciccarelli, 3:26.15

3. Kristin Andruch, 3:37.34

4. Marnie Ferguson: 3:57.30

5. Nicole Hughes-Durkin, 4:01.48

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