Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Wesley Kiptoo tied the course record in winning the Falmouth Road Race on Sunday, and fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri, the reigning Boston Marathon champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist, won the women's race in the second-fastest time in the event's 51-year history.
With temperatures in the low 70s and winds at her back, Obiri won in 35 minutes, 13 seconds to prevail by 19 seconds. Emily Sisson, of Providence, Rhode Island, was second in 35:32 — the fastest time ever by an American woman.
Kiptoo finished in 31:08, tying the course record set by Gilbert Okari in 2004. An NCAA champion at Iowa State, Kiptoo will make his marathon debut in Chicago in October.
Clayton Young of Utah was fifth in 32:02 and the top American.
Both wheelchair winners broke the course record.
Daniel Romanchuk broke the men's mark by 25 seconds, finishing in 21:23. Susannah Scaroni won by nearly five minutes in 24:38, breaking the course record set last year by 52 seconds.
Nearly 10,000 athletes took part in the race.
___
AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports
