New York Marathon Results 2015: Winners and Finishing Times

One of the premier marathons in the world takes place today, with 50,000 runners plus participating in the world-famous New York City Marathon. Not surprisingly, Kenyan runners dominated the field, with Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany winning the men's and women's titles respectively for the African nation. 

As this tweet from Runner's World notes, it was a back-to-back win for Keitany on this course:

On the men's side, Biwott ran close almost all day against a fast pack of runners, before pulling away in the final portion of the race and out-racing Geofferey Kamworor, 2:10:34 to 2:10:38. Lelisa Desisa was third at 2:12:10. 

The top-10 finishers for men and women are as follows (from the race webpage):

Runner:	Citizenship:	Time:
1. Stanley Biwott	Kenya	2:10:34
2. Geofferey Kamworor	Kenya	2:10:48
3. Lelisa Desisa	Ethiopia	2:12:10
4. Wilson Kipsang	Kenya	2:12:45
5. Yemane Tsegay	Ethiopia	2:13:24
6. Yuki Kawauchi	Japan	2:13:29
7. Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:13:32
8. Craig Leon	United States	2:15:16
9. Bihanu Dare Kemal	Ethiopia	2:15:40
10. Kevin Chelimo	Kenya	2:15:49

Runner:	Citizenship:	Time:
1. Mary Keitany	Kenya	2:24:25
2. Aselefech Mergia	Ethiopia	2:25:32
3. Tigist Tufa	Ethiopia	2:25:50
4. Sara Moreira	Portugal	2:25:53
5. Christelle Daunay	France	2:26:27
6. Priscah Jeptoo	Kenya	2:27:03
7. Laura Thweatt	United States	2:28:23
8. Jelena Prokopcuka	Latvia	2:28:46
9. Anna Incerti	Italy	2:33:13
10. Caroline Rotich	United States	2:33:19

It was a record-breaking day for Meb Keflezighi. At 40, he broke the 25-year-old New York Marathon Master's record and also set a new mark for American masters. According to Runningcompetitor.com, his time of 2:13:32 broke both John Campbell's 2:14:34 in NYC and Mbarak Hussein's overall American mark of 2:13:32.

Runner's World tweeted their recognition of Keflezighi's latest accomplishment:

Since turning 40, Keflezighi has been on a victory march through the Masters' record book, setting the new American marks for the 15K, 10 Mile, 20K and Half-Marathon races (per Running World).

The record-breaking time was good for a seventh-place finish overall and made Keflezighi the first American finisher. 

While women's champion Keitany truly thrives at the half-marathon distance, where she has held the world record previously, her 2:24:25 was more than a minute ahead of runner-up Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia.