Runners From Mokena Complete 2025 Chicago Marathon

MOKENA, IL — Several Mokena runners successfully completed the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, joining more than 50,000 participants who crossed the finish line in Grant Park.

This year’s marathon was the 47th edition of the event. Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda and Ethiopian Hawi Feysa won the men's and women's races at the Chicago Marathon by comfortable margins on Sunday.

The 26.2-mile race started and ended in Grant Park, with runners traversing 29 of Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Hailing from Mokena, 33 runners finished. Here are the top local participants and their finishing times:

Top 10 Mokena Women

• Miranda Martinez Babiuk, 3 hours, 5 minutes, 41 seconds, 20–24 age group
• Kristin Kotara, 3:16:08, 45–49 age group
• Kristin Andruch, 3:38:50, 45–49 age group
• Carrie Forystek, 3:55:33, 45–49 age group
• Beatriz Lobo Monteiro De Miranda, 4:05:19, 35–39 age group
• Venessa Simon, 4:23:41, 35-39 age group
• Jaclyn Sullivan, 4:48:35, 45–49 age group
• Aileen Richardson, 4:51:44, 25–29 age group
• Mairead Meehan, 5:15:03, 20–24 age group
• Jessica LiVigni, 5:16:09, 20–24 age group

Top 10 Mokena Men

• Gary Andruch, 3:29:15, 45–49 age group
• Braden Meyer, 3:40,04, 19 and under
• Jack Finn, 3:54:38, 30–34 age group
• Nathan Lucchetti, 4:23:02, 25–29 age group
• Jack DeVries, 4:28:56, 25–29 age group
• Michael Kenny, 4:34:36, 60–64 age group
• James LoPiccolo, 4:35:51, 45–49 age group
• Randy Cook, 4:50:44, 45–49 age group
• Eric Wiemeyer, 4:55:12, 35–39 age group
• Thomas O'Leary, 5:04:00, 65–69 age group

View all the results online.

Kiplimo crossed the line in a personal-best time of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 23 seconds. He was 1 minute, 31 seconds clear of Kenyan Amos Kipruto, the 2022 London Marathon winner, whose countryman Alex Masai was third in 2:04.37. Conner Mantz was fourth in a U.S.-record time of 2:04:43.

Earlier this year, the 24-year-old Kiplimo set a men's half-marathon world record and became the first runner to go under 57 minutes, and also finished second on his marathon debut in London. Kiplimo is also an Olympic and world championship bronze medalist in the 10,000 meters.

The 26-year-old Feysa also put in a stellar performance to win in 2:14:56 in a 1-2 finish for Ethiopia. She was 2:22 clear of Megertu Alemu with Magdalena Shauri of Tanzania third in 2:18:03.

Reporting contributed by the Associated Press.