Top Chicago Marathon Finishers From Clarendon Hills

CLARENDON HILLS, IL — Dozens of Clarendon Hills residents ran in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 26.2-mile course, which runs through 29 Chicago neighborhoods and finishes in Grant Park, features runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries.

Gerardo Valenciatrujillo, 40, was the first Clarendon Hills resident and man to cross the finish line at 03:19:30, according to unofficial results. Melissa Fanaro, 36, finished first among Clarendon Hills women, with a time of 03:44:34.

Clarendon Hills' other top finishers included:

• Matthew Francis, 35, 03:25:06
• John Sullivan, 54, 03:25:10
• Jimmy Blodgett, 24, 03:37:33
• David Snow, 39, 03:52:04
• Jeffrey Zidell, 51, 03:57:46

First place for the marathon went to Galen Rupp, 31, from Portland, Oregon with a time of 02:09:20. Rupp beat out Kenyan Abel Kirui, 35, who finished with a time of 02:09:48. Tirunesh Dibaba, 32, from Ethiopia was the top female finisher clocking in at 02:18:31. Results are still unofficial.

You can see how other runners did in Sunday’s race by searching on the Chicago Marathon website.

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