Marine Corps Marathon 2016 Results: Men's and Women's Top Finishers

Samuel Kosgei from Junction City, Kansas, won the 41st annual Marine Corps Marathon Sunday morning, leading all runners with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 52 seconds to win the men's division. In the women's division, 45-year old Perry Shoemaker from Vienna, Virginia, led all female participants with a time of 2 hours, 51 minutes and 47 seconds. 

Kosgei, an Army specialist, won the marathon in 2014, according to NBC DC. 

Kosgei outpaced Desta Beriso Morkama, 31, from Arlington, Virginia, finished about 21 seconds behind Kosgei and Kenneth Foster, 30, from Monument, Colorado who finished third. Shoemaker was able to hold off Meghan Curran, 30, from Denver, Colorado who finished second and Nicole Irving, 25, from Arlington, Virginia who finished third in the women's race. 

The top-10 finishers for men and women are below:

Rank	Runner	Time
1	Samuel Kosgei (US)	2:23:52
2	Desta Beriso Morkama (US)	2:24:28
3	Oscar Caron Santos (MX)	2:25:02
4	Kenneth Foster (US)	2:28:01
5	Mark Jones (US)	2:29:56
6	Jerry Greenlaw (US)	2:33:13
7	David Kiplagat (US)	2:33:30
8	Blake Taneff (US)	2:33:51
9	Chad Ware (US)	2:33:56
10	Sean Barrett (US)	2:34:01

Finish	Runner	Time
1	Perry Shoemaker (US)	2:51:47
2	Meghan Curran (US)	2:53:18
3	Nicole Irving (US)	2:53:31
4	Sarah Bishop (US)	2:56:40
5	Katherine Irgens (US)	2:59:33
6	Liz Starks (US)	2:59:47
7	Elena Kidd (US)	3:01:19
8	Maura Linde (US)	3:01:29
9	Inga Burger (US)	3:02:55
10	Sara Wild (US)	3:03:47

This marathon is one of the nation's largest and most popular marathons and one of the largest marathons that doesn't offer a prize money for the finishers. However, the event provides an opportunity for members of the Marine Corps to come together and celebrate a special day for the armed services.

The Marine Corps Marathon isn't just for runners, however, as hand cyclists were able to participate, including Arkadiusz Skrzypinski, 41, from New York City, who finished in first place this year.

Celebration, athletic achievement and recognition of the work done by the men and women of the Marine Corps and armed services is what this event is all about. Kosgei and Shoemaker may have finished in first place in their respective divisions, but all participants were winners on Sunday.