Chicago Marathon 2015 Results: Men's and Women's Top Finishers

Dickson Chumba of Kenya led the field at the 2015 Chicago Marathon today, turning in a blistering pace of two hours, nine minutes and 25 seconds to edge second-place finisher and fellow Kenyan Sammy Kitwara by 25 seconds. Sammy Ndungu made it a clean sweep for Kenya by placing third with a time of 2:10:06. 

The top six male finishers all ran the course at a sub-five-minute-mile pace. This photo tweeted by Chicago Athlete captured the intensity at the front of the pack:

The outstanding times turned in today should be no surprise, as the Chicago Marathon is one of the six major marathons in the world, alongside the Boston, Tokyo, London, Berlin and New York. Chumba had previously won in Chicago, and in Tokyo, as well, where he holds the course record at 2:05:42.

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The women's field was paced by Florence Kiplagat of Kenya at 2:23:33. Yebrgual Melese of Ethiopia finished 10 seconds behind her to place second, and fellow Ethiopian Birhane Dibaba took third at 2:24:24.

American Deena Kastor placed seventh, but set a new U.S. Masters record for the marathon. According to Runner's World, the 42-year-old's time of 2:27:47 took almost a full minute off the old mark. Kastor's record-setting performance came 10 years to the day after she won the Chicago Marathon in 2005. 

The top 10 finishers for men and women were as follows (results via the race website):

1. Dickson Chumba (KEN)	2:09:25
2. Sammy Kitwara (KEN)	2:09:50
3. Sammy Ndungu (KEN)	2:10:06
4. Girmay Birhanu Gebru (ETH)	2:10:07
5. Luke Puskedra (USA)	2:10:24
6. Wesley Korir (KEN)	2:10:39
7. Elkanah Kibet (USA)	2:11:31
8. Lucas Rotich (KEN)	2:13:39
9. Abera Kuma (ETH)	2:13:44
10. Fernando Cabada (USA)	2:15:36

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1. Florence Kiplagat (KEN)	2:23:33
2. Yebrgual Melese (ETH)	2:23:43
3. Birhane Dibaba (ETH)	2:24:24
4. Kayoko Fukushi (JPN)	2:24:25
5. Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:24:40
6. Meskerem Assefa (ETH)	2:25:11
7. Deena Kasto (USA)	2:27:47
8. Diane Nukuri (BDI)	2:29:13
9. Jessica Draskau Petersson (DEN)	2:30:07
10. Sara Hall (USA)	2:31:14