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More Than 400 Naperville Runners Finish Chicago Marathon

About 650 people from Naperville ran in the Chicago Marathon Sunday. Naperville's best finisher was 42nd overall.

About 45,000 runners from every U.S. state and 115 countries participated in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday. 

Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede had the top finish in the marathon at 2:04:38, breaking the course record set last year by Kenya's Moses Mosop, according to the Chicago Tribune

There were 652 registered runners from Naperville; 467 runners finished the race. Naperville's top finisher, Nick Hird, took 42nd place overall with a time of 2:23:51. 

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The top 10 finishers from Naperville are listed below. 

Place Overall

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Place Gender Place Division Name Age Finish Time 42 37 23 Nick Hird  28 2:23:51 98 88 13 Brian Scott  34 2:34:32 204 192 29 Gregory Ruthig 36 2:43:17 290 272 37 Aaron Roe  24 2:47:25 319 300 41 Brandon Gittelman  22 2:48:44 492 458 132 Brian Dyer 27 2:53:51 564 40 13 Marisa Mele 26 2:55:33 680 629 80 Kevin Kwilinski  43 2:57:44 707 651 101 Michael Baldinger 36 2:58:07 1030 936 226 Edward Votava 29 3:03:14

For a complete list of Naperville finishers, click here.

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