Organisers of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon have announced that two-time Olympic medallist Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay will lead a deep field of US contenders at the IAAF Gold Label road race on 8 October.
Rupp made his marathon debut in 2016 by winning the US Olympic Marathon Trials. In 2012 Rupp became the first US man since 1964 to land on the 10,000m podium, taking the silver medal. He added to his Olympic medal haul in Rio last year when taking the bronze medal in the marathon.
Sam Chelanga, a two-time NCAA champion in the 5000m and 10,000m, will make his second attempt at the marathon distance. Chelanga started 2017 strongly, winning 10km races in San Juan and New York. In between those triumphs, he finished 11th at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Luke Puskedra made a breakthrough at the 2015 Chicago Marathon, smashing his PB by five minutes and stopping the clock in 2:10:24.
Jeffrey Eggleston, who has a PB of 2:10:52, has represented the US in the marathon at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Championships, finishing as high as 13th in 2013.
Aaron Braun, Diego Estrada and Andrew Bumbalough also bring strong personal bests to this year&rsquo;s US line-up, while Chris Derrick and Noah Droddy will be making their marathon debuts.
Hasay finished third at this year&rsquo;s Boston Marathon in 2:23:00, the fastest marathon debut ever by a US woman. Prior to that, the former track specialist clocked a PB of 1:07:55 at the Prague Half Marathon.
Becky Wade and Sarah Crouch will be aiming to take their PBs below 2:30, while Alia Gray, Danna Herrick and Dot McMahan add further depth to the US field.
&ldquo;Galen and Jordan are huge talents who have the ability to capture podium finishes,&rdquo; said executive race director Carey Pinkowski. &ldquo;The last time we had an American male and female place in the top three together was 1996. We have a deep field of Americans who can shake things up this year.&rdquo;
In addition, 1984 Olympic champion Joan Benoit Samuelson will toe the line in an attempt to become the first woman aged 60 or older to run a marathon within three hours.
&ldquo;Storytelling is important to me and it&rsquo;s how I motivate myself,&rdquo; Samuelson said. &ldquo;My race decisions often reflect my narrative. Once I turned 60, I knew that the Chicago Marathon would represent the next chapter in my career.&rdquo;
Organisers for the IAAF

Organisers of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon have announced that two-time Olympic medallist Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay will lead a deep field of US contenders at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 8 October.

Rupp and Hasay lead US entries for Chicago Marathon

Two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat and relative unknown Geoffrey Kirui were crowned champions today at the 121st running of the Boston Marathon, the first double win for Kenya in five years. Each won the IAAF Gold Label Road Race with a single devastating move at strategic points in the race which their competition could not answer. Kiplagat ran 2:21:52, and Kirui 2:09:37.
Kiplagat, who started with the other elite women 28 minutes before the mass start, was the first to lock up victory. The women&rsquo;s pack maintained a brisk pace of about 3:26 per kilometre early on, led largely by 2011 runner-up Desiree Linden. Linden, whose best races come from an even pace, wanted to thin the pack down early, and she did, with the size of the pack shrinking to eight by halfway and five as the course crossed into Newton after the 25-kilometre mark.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I wanted to be pushing the first 10k,&rdquo; Linden said. &ldquo;If it was a respectable pace I would have just tucked in, but there were so many fast women in that pack I couldn&rsquo;t let them take it easy. If we made it a half-marathon I wouldn&rsquo;t have as much of a chance.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Linden was right to be wary of Kiplagat, a past winner in New York (2010) and London (2014) as well as a two-time world champion (2011 in Daegu and 2013 in Moscow). In the course of pushing the pace, though, Linden ended the hopes of defending champion Atsede Baysa and former winner Caroline Rotich. Climbing up into Newton after crossing the Charles River in Lower Falls, it was Linden, Kiplagat, Rose Chelimo, Jordan Hasay, and Valentine Kipketer in the pack, with Gladys Cherono struggling to stay in contact.
Those five mostly held together for another five kilometres, but on the second of three hills in Newton, Kiplagat abruptly accelerated, dropping from a 5:33 mile pace on the first hill to a 4:50 cresting the second. Then Kiplagat followed up with a 5:23 mile on the last and best-known of the hills, the one called &ldquo;Heartbreak Hill."&nbsp;
&ldquo;I broke away at 30k, I was feeling good and I tried to work extra hard. We knew the profile of the course so I knew I had to increase my strength.&rdquo;
The race was functionally over at that point, but there was one last scare at the 35-kilometre fluid station, where Kiplagat expected to find her bottle on the second table when it was actually on the third. After mistakenly picking up another athlete&rsquo;s bottle, Kiplagat actually went back to replace it on the second table before getting her own.
She continued looking over her shoulder but Rose Chelimo, the one who&rsquo;d come closest to actually covering Kiplagat&rsquo;s move, was almost a minute behind at the finish. Chelimo&rsquo;s second-place time was 2:22:51. Hasay was third in 2:23:00, a successful debut marathon, and Linden was fourth in 2:25:06.
Kiplagat, 38, is the oldest woman to win in Boston since Michiko Gorman (42) in 1977. She brought two of her children to the awards stand to accept her traditional laurel wreath and trophy.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to be here with my family, my kids helped me when I was training for this race so I am glad I can share this victory with them.&rdquo;
Course record-holder Buzunesh Deba was seventh in 2:30:58, and Linden&rsquo;s teammate Dot McMahan was the masters winner, finishing 14th in 2:36:28.
<h3>Kirui: &lsquo;I knew that I would challenge&rsquo;</h3>
Geoffrey Kirui flew completely under the radar before the race, his best previous marathon being a third-place debut in Rotterdam last year and his PB a 2:06:27 for seventh in Amsterdam. But the 24-year-old asserted after the race, &ldquo;In my mind, I was sure that one day I would win this race.&rdquo;
The men&rsquo;s pack stayed together much longer than the women, with former world record holder Emmanuel Mutai doing much of the pace work as the field wandered towards Boston. Unlike Linden, Mutai seemed disinterested in setting a fast pace, with the average mile hovering around 4:55 well past halfway.
Things began getting interesting in much the same part of the race as the year before, around 25 kilometres as the course descends into Lower Falls to cross the Charles from Wellesley into Newton. Olympic bronze medallist Galen Rupp moved to the front of the pack and although the pace didn&rsquo;t improve, the size of the pack began to shrink. Mutai, defending champion Lemi Berhanu Hayle, and several others came off the pace.
The faces remaining, in addition to Kirui, Rupp, and Wilson Chebet, were not ones who would have been picked to be in the lead pack this late. American veteran Abdi Abdirahman, dominating the masters race; Colorado-based Augustus Maiyo, wearing the improbable bib number of 63; and Oregon-based Japanese Suguru Osako.
Eventually a duel developed between Rupp and Kirui, with the duo putting a dozen seconds on Osako coming up to 35 kilometres. After passing that marker, Kirui stomped on the accelerator, covering the 24th mile in 4:28, by far the fastest of the race. Rupp couldn&rsquo;t answer the bell at that point, and the remaining two miles for Kirui were an extended victory lap.
Rupp came in second at 2:09:58, with Osako third in 2:10:28.
&ldquo;I knew, coming here to Boston, I was going to face my colleagues who have run many times here,&rdquo; said Kirui. &ldquo;I was not aware that I was going to win, but I knew that I would challenge some of the champions who have been competing here.&rdquo;
Osako was also thrilled with his performance. &ldquo;I was very nervous and grateful for the Boston experience,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Once I relaxed, I started doing better.&rdquo;
Although the athletes enjoyed a tailwind in many parts of the course, winds were gusty and occasionally met the runners head on. More challenging, especially for the mass participants, was the heat, with temperatures around 20 C at the start and rising slightly during the race.
Some 27,228 runners in four waves crossed the starting line in Hopkinton to make the trip in to Boston this year.
Parker Morse for the IAAF

Two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat and relative unknown Geoffrey Kirui were crowned champions today at the 121st running of the Boston Marathon, the first double win for Kenya in five years. Each won this IAAF Gold Label Road Race with a single devastating move at strategic points in the race which their competition could not answer. Kiplagat ran 2:21:52, and Kirui 2:09:37.

Kiplagat and Kirui secure Kenyan double in Boston

The 2008 World Junior bronze medallist Jordan Hasay won her fifth national title on Saturday (26) at the 2010 USA Junior Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. &nbsp; The USA Junior Championships will serve as the selection meet for the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships, July 19-25, in Moncton, Canada. The top two finishers in each event will compete in Moncton, provided that they have met the qualifying standard. &nbsp; Hasay waits for last lap burn &nbsp; Oregon's Jordan Hasay ran a tactical race in the women's 1500m, sitting in first or second through much of the race. When the final bell rang, Hasay turned on the afterburners closing the final 400m in 61 seconds to win in 4.26.38. Georgetown's Rachel Schneider finished second in 4:27.26. &nbsp; Flying 400s &nbsp; Motor City TC's Kendall Baisden tore up the track in the women's 400m, racing to victory in 52.59. Arkansas' Regina George took second in 52.80 and Texas's Stacey-Ann Smith was third in 53.17. &nbsp; Houston's Errol Nolan, the fastest qualifier out of yesterday's prelims, handily won the men's 400m in 45.68 while 2009 World Youth silver medallist Josh Mance finished as the runner-up in 46.20. George Mason's David Verbrug took third in 46.38. &nbsp; Cuffe takes 5000m title &nbsp; Heading into the final lap of the women's 5000m, Aisling Cuffe had lapped the entire field save for one. It was a courageous race for Cuffe on day when the track temperature reached upwards of 100 degrees. You could see the heat taking its toll on the final lap, but Cuffe was able to hold her lead and cross the finish line in 16:52.25. Georgetown's Emily Jones was second in 17:27.91. &nbsp; 400m Hurdles &nbsp; Penn State's Evonne Britton decided that one podium finish wasn't enough. The runner-up in yesterday's 100m Hurdles, Britton came back out today and claimed the top spot on the podium, winning the women's 400m Hurdles in 57.99. Baylor's Christina Holland was the runner-up in 58.56 and Arizona State's Shakeia Pinnick was third in 58.75. &nbsp; Sheroid Evans of the Wings TC ran away from the field in the men's 400m Hurdles to finish first in 50.55. North Texas's Steven White took runner-up honours in 51.19, while Coppin State's Jibri Victorian was third in 51.30. &nbsp; Men's 1500m &nbsp; Princeton's Peter Callahan claimed victory in the men's 1500m, finishing over a second ahead of his nearest competitor in 3:46.42. Quiet Fire TC's Elias Gedyon was the runner-up in 3:47.65. &nbsp; Barron wins as Sorenson's finish 1-2 &nbsp; American Junior record holder Trevor Barron controlled the men's 10km Race Walk the entire way. With over a 300m lead at the end, Barron won in 42:58.62. Tyler Sorensen finished second in 43:53.39. &nbsp; Fourteen-year-old Nicolette Sorenson, Tyler's sister, dominated the women's 10km Race Walk, crossing the finish line in 56:25.49, while Abbey Dunn was the runner-up in 56:58.16. &nbsp; USATF for the IAAF

The 2008 World Junior bronze medallist Jordan Hasay won her fifth national title on Saturday (26) at the 2010 USA Junior Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Rupp and Hasay lead US entries for Chicago Marathon

Kiplagat and Kirui secure Kenyan double in Boston

Hasay takes fifth title at USA Junior Champs