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9 Winnetka, Glencoe, Northfield Runners Complete 2023 Boston Marathon
Several New Trier Township residents finished the latest edition of the prestigious race, held Monday in Massachusetts.

NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP, IL — Despite rainy and less than ideal conditions, nine runners from Winnetka, Glencoe and Northfield completed the 127th edition of the Boston Marathon Monday in Massachusetts. Held annually on Patriots' Day, this year's race featured more than 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries. See below regarding how local runners fared in the race.
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, became the first man to win back-to-back races since 2008 with a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds. Hellen Obiri, also of Kenya, was the top female runner at 2:21:38. In addition, Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, broke the course record in the male wheelchair division with a time of 1:17:06. Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, was No. 1 in the female wheelchair division at 1:41:45.
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Monday's race marked the 10th anniversary since the Boston Marathon bombing, in which three people were killed and hundreds were injured during the race.
According to race officials, 30,239 participants entered the race, including 17,272 men, 12,940 women and the first-ever designation of non-binary entrants with 27. All 50 states were represented, as well as 106 countries.
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Here is a list of local runners who completed in the race, along with their finishing times and overall positions:
- Jake Greenberg, 28, Glencoe — 2:56:34 — 3,074th
- Adrian Johnson, 37, Glencoe — 2:58:06 — 3,523rd
- Dan Funk, 52, Winnetka — 3:08:34 — 6,065th
- Paul Weaver, 60, Winnetka — 3:28:24 — 11,747th
- Ian Pinner, 50, Winnetka — 4:06:22 — 20,182nd
- Timothy Gross, 66, Northfield — 4:09:36 — 20,599th
- Ellis Bradley, 54, Winnetka — 4:12:07 — 20,877th
- Luis Cortez, 47, Glencoe — 4:53:17 — 24,378th
- Rosalyn Cooper, 38, Northfield —6:26:09 — 26,588th
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