Wesley Kiptoo has tied the Falmouth Road Race course record in winning the race. Fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in the second-fastest time in the Sunday event’s 51-year history.
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.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.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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