Runners From Oak Forest Complete 2025 Chicago Marathon

OAK FOREST — Several Oak Forest 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.

From Oak Forest, 19 runners finished. Here are the top local participants and their finishing times:

Top Oak Forest Women

• Kaitlyn Piazza, 4 hours, 3 minutes, 57 seconds, 30–34 age group
• Tami Solner, 4:27:14, 50–54 age group
• Sara Izguerra, 4:40:25, 25–29 age group
• Ava Bewley, 4:42:39, 25–29 age group
• Kelsey Dagenais, 5:08:03, 35–39 age group
• Beth McCue, 5:14:42, 45–49 age group
• Maggie Hacker, 6:05:49, 25–29 age group
• Allison Kucharski, 6:17:57, 35–39 age group
• Taylor Price, 6:26:44, 20–24 age group

Top 10 Oak Forest Men

• Zac Maher, 2:39:50, 20–24 age group
• Jonathan Labampa, 3:45:56, 25–29 age group
• Sammy Alcala, 3:48:14, 25-29 age group
• David Sieffert, 3:53:28, 40–44 age goup
• Gary Ward, 3:57:00, 40–44 age group
• Ray Piksrys, 4:04:27, 65–69 age group
• Adam Ramos, 4:09:21, 35–39 age group
• Ethan Balinao, 4:19:50, 20–24 age group
• Tim Ohlerking, 4:48:01, 40–44 age group
• Jon Kucharski, 5:29:19, 35–39 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.