Media Table of contents Media information & fast facts ......................................................................................................... 3 Important media information ....................................................................................................................................................4 Race week Media Center..............................................................................................................................................................4 Race week schedule of events ..................................................................................................................................................7 Quick Facts ...........................................................................................................................................................................................8 Top storylines ......................................................................................................................................................................................10 Prize purse .............................................................................................................................................................................................13 Time bonuses ......................................................................................................................................................................................14 Participant demographics ............................................................................................................................................................15 Participants by country/territory ..............................................................................................................................................16 Participants by state .......................................................................................................................................................................23 Marathon pace chart .......................................................................................................................................................................25 Elite athletes ........................................................................................................................................... 27 Elite athlete roster............................................................................................................................................................................28 Men’s biographies .............................................................................................................................................................................30 Women’s biographies ......................................................................................................................................................................67 Men’s wheelchair biographies ...................................................................................................................................................102 Women’s wheelchair biographies ............................................................................................................................................125 Bank of America Chicago Marathon ................................................................................................. 137 Course map ...........................................................................................................................................................................................138 Grant Park map ...................................................................................................................................................................................139 Street-by-street time & location.............................................................................................................................................140 Viewing areas by CTA trains .......................................................................................................................................................142 Points of interest ..............................................................................................................................................................................143 Course aid & safety .........................................................................................................................................................................144 Course activations ............................................................................................................................................................................145 Abbott Health & Fitness Expo ...................................................................................................................................................146 Charity Program .................................................................................................................................................................................147 Sustainability .......................................................................................................................................................................................149 Chicago champions ..........................................................................................................................................................................150 Champions by country....................................................................................................................................................................152 Masters champions .........................................................................................................................................................................154 Wheelchair champions ...................................................................................................................................................................156 Wheelchair champions by country ..........................................................................................................................................158 Champions with multiple victories .........................................................................................................................................159 Runner-up finish followed by victory .....................................................................................................................................160 Top 10 finishers .................................................................................................................................................................................161 Top 5 wheelchair finishers ...........................................................................................................................................................183 Historic event statistics ................................................................................................................................................................193 Historic weather conditions ........................................................................................................................................................194 Year-by-year event summary .....................................................................................................................................................196 Course records ........................................................................................................................................ 213 Course records ....................................................................................................................................................................................214 Course record split times ...........................................................................................................................................................215 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1 Sunday, October 8, 2017 Media Course record progressions ........................................................................................................................................................216 Media information & fast facts Margins of victory ...........................................................................................................................................................................218 Important media information ....................................................................................................................................................4 Fastest finishers by place ...........................................................................................................................................................220 Race week Media Center..............................................................................................................................................................4 Closest finishes ..................................................................................................................................................................................221 Race week schedule of events ..................................................................................................................................................7 Fastest cumulative races ............................................................................................................................................................222