50 Runners From Wilmette, Kenilworth Complete 2023 Chicago Marathon

NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP, 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 Wilmette and Kenilworth. 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, 32 men and 16 women from Wilmette, as well as six men and six women from Kenilworth, finished the marathon, according to unofficial results.

Two local runners finished in the top 500 among their genders, with Adrienne Eynon of Kenilworth finishing 191st among women and 28th in her age division, and Daniel Lennington of Wilmette and Canada finishing 446th among men and 26th in his age division.

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 among Wilmette and Kenilworth residents who completed the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, followed by their finishing time and place among their respective genders:

FEMALE

1. Adrienne Eynon, 2:56:46 — 191st
2. Megan Leahy, 3:08:24 — 559th
3. Alexandra Lichtor, 3:33:30 — 2,762nd
4. Caroline Budde, 3:45:50 — 4,378th
5. Melanie Morrow, 3:46:03 — 4,402nd
6. Brianna Berceau, 4:07:06 — 7,790th
7. Genevieve Kerns, 4:07:54 — 7,899th
8. Melissa Bateman, 4:08:34 — 8,003rd
9. Isabel D'Angelo, 4:10:35 — 8,313rd
10. Lihua Qin, 4:11:18 — 8,414th

MALE

1. Daniel Lennington, 2:39:01 — 446th
2. Eric Cale, 2:52:47 — 1559th
3. David Rickard, 3:03:54— 3,400th
4. Jaber Niknam, 3:18:07 — 5,699th
5. Jonah Noel, 3:18:10 — 5,715th
6. Graham McMahon, 3:34:37 — 8,920th
7. Michael Solmos, 3:34:56 — 8,969th
8. Haifeng Zheng, 3:42:23 — 10,288th
9. Benjamin Lee, 3:46:39 — 11,107th
10. Thom Bateman, 3:50:22 — 11,884th

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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