82 Palos-Area Runners Finish 2017 Chicago Marathon

CHICAGO, IL — A record number of runners took part in the 40th anniversary of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday and 82 were from the Palos area. More than 43,000 signed up and finished the 26.2-mile race through the streets of Chicago on Sunday. The race went through 29 neighborhoods and was met with fanfare from residents in Pilsen, Chinatown, Boystown and other popular sections of the city.
For the first time since 2002, an American won the marathon. Galen Rupp won the race with a time of 02:09:20. Tirunesh Dibaba, from Ethiopia, won the women's race with a 02:18:31 time.

Here's a look at how the top runners from Palos Park, Palos Hills and Palos Heights fared in the Chicago Marathon. The runners from are listed in alphabetical order.

Palos Park:

• Matt Dill, 39, 3:57:08
• Herdin Dinlasan, 42, 3:29:20
• Eimantas Dubauskas, 44, 3:54:36
• Mark Gagnon, 48, 3:48:09
• Amiee Haraf. 24, 3:39:59
• Vytautas Karalius, 30, 3:40:33

Palos Hills:

• Lauren Bogart, 28, 3:30:25
• Gina Crook, 33, 4:38:11
• Rita Jasenauskas, 43, 3:47:30
• Arturas Stankevicius, 33, 4:07:57
• Carlo Tangonan, 42, 4:19:00
• Maria Torres, 41, 3:55:04

Palos Heights:

• Matthew Cabel, 23, 2:58:31
• Joel Frasor, 49, 3:31:41
• Jan Myrda, 46, 2:41:39

See how your neighbors from Palos Park, Palos Hills and Palos Heights did in the 2017 Chicago Marathon.

Photo: Runners start the Chicago Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)