50 Runners From Skokie Complete 2023 Chicago Marathon

SKOKIE, IL — In an edition filled with broken records, the 45th running of the Chicago Marathon on Saturday featured more than 47,000 runners, including 50 competitors from Skokie. 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.

This year, 31 men and 19 women from Skokie finished the marathon, according to unofficial results.

The fastest local finisher was Loyola Academy and Marquette University grad Paolo Tiongson, who finished seventh in his age group, 56th among men and 65th overall with a time of 2:23:45.

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.

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

FEMALE

1. Grace Murphy, 3:53:10 — 5,531st
2. Paulina Chmiel, 4:14:58 — 8,894th
3. Ji Hwang, 4:34:05 — 11,680th
4. Girlesa Naranjo, 4:37:56 — 12,223rd
5. Megan DeNoi, 4:50:01 — 13,989th
6. Andrea Navarro, 4:50:21 — 14,026th
7. Donna Ricketts, 4:52:20 — 14,262nd
8. Kathy Fujinaka, 5:00:34 — 15,332nd
9. Soonmee Lee, 5:07:55 — 16,071st
10. Sherri Rojas, 5:34:55 — 18,468th

MALE

1. Paolo Tiongson, 2:23:45 — 56th
2. Jeremy Rielley, 2:48:35 — 1,072nd
3. Victor Uruchima, 2:49:28 — 1,180th
4. Greg Chaganos, 2:53:18 — 1,620th
5. Ron Tiongson, 3:11:26 — 4,588th
6. Felix Estrada, 3:38:35 — 9,583rd
7. Will Hobart, 3:50:20 — 11,874th
8. Alejandro Gutierrez, 3:50:34 — 11,919th
9. Shair Malik, 3:50:43 — 11,953rd

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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