LA Marathon 2022 Results: Men’s and Women’s Top Finishers

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Delvine Meringor won the women’s division and John Korir emerged victorious in the men’s division at the 2022 Los Angeles
Marathon on Sunday, which featured a course from Dodger Stadium to
the Avenue of the Stars.

Here’s a look at the top finishers on
the men’s side:

1. John Korir — 2:09:07
2. Edwin Kimutai — 2:10:42
3. Berhanu Bekele Berga — 2:15:10
4. Tyler McCandless — 2:15:18
5. Elisha Barno — 2:16:38

And on the women’s side:

1. Delvine Meringor — 2:25:03
2. Antonina Kwambai — 2:30:12
3. Biruktayit Eshetu Degefa — 2:31:28
4. Martha Akeno — 2:34:02
5. Amanda Phillips — 2:35:06

Korir also won the 2021 men’s race, though
he improved his time by over three minutes on Sunday and needed that faster pace to hold off Kimutai.

The L.A. marathon was one of the final major
sporting events in March 2020 before much of the sporting world was
halted because of the coronavirus. Now, with COVID restrictions beginning to ease, an estimated 15,000 runners took to the streets Sunday.

Competitors experience a unique trip
around the Los Angeles area with the course winding through several
iconic areas, highlighted by runs on Sunset Boulevard and Rodeo Drive
during a journey that includes downtown L.A., Hollywood, Beverly
Hills and Santa Monica.

The McCourt Foundation handles the race
planning, and Laurie Gestal, its senior director of marketing, said
it’s not an easy task in a city with as many attractions as Los
Angeles, per William D’Urso of Spectrum News.

“Finding 26.2 [miles] that is full of
everything that everybody wants and what we as event organizers want
is really tough,” Gestal said. “It takes a lot of work to get
26.2 miles.”

Next up for long-distance runners is
the Boston Marathon on April 18, which is the first stop for this
year’s World Marathon Majors series.