American Meb Keflezighi Wins NYC Marathon (2:09:15)
Meb Keflezighi won the New York City (NYC) ING Marathon (26.2 miles) on Sunday in a time of 2:09:15. He is the first American to win the prestigious race since Alberto Salazar in 1982. Salazar won the NYC Marathon three times. (Meb is photographed above on the far right wearing USA running shirt.
Keflezighi beat out Robert Cheruiyot who is the Tiger Woods of marathon running.
Fellow American Ryan Hall finished in 4th place (Hall with blue top in photo above).
Top 10 Male Results
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | State | Country | Citizenship |
| 1 | 8 | Meb Keflezighi | 02:09:15 | CA | USA | USA |
| 2 | 6 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | 02:09:56 | Kenya | KEN | |
| 3 | 4 | Jaouad Gharib | 02:10:25 | Morocco | MAR | |
| 4 | 5 | Ryan Hall | 02:10:36 | CA | USA | USA |
| 5 | 11 | Abderrahime Bouramdane | 02:12:14 | Morocco | MAR | |
| 6 | 9 | Hendrick Ramaala | 02:12:30 | South Africa | RSA | |
| 7 | 15 | Jorge Torres | 02:13:00 | CO | USA | USA |
| 8 | 19 | Nick Arciniaga | 02:13:46 | MI | USA | USA |
| 9 | 10 | Abdi Abdirahman | 02:14:00 | AZ | USA | USA |
| 10 | 16 | Jason Lehmkuhle | 02:14:39 | MN | USA | USA |
Top 10 Female Results
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | State | Country | Citizenship |
| 1 | 117 | Derartu Tulu | 02:28:52 | Ethiopia | ETH | |
| 2 | 140 | Ludmila Petrova | 02:29:00 | Russia | RUS | |
| 3 | 115 | Christelle Daunay | 02:29:16 | France | FRA | |
| 4 | 111 | Paula Radcliffe | 02:29:27 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| 5 | 112 | Salina Kosgei | 02:31:53 | Kenya | KEN | |
| 6 | 118 | Magdalena Lewy Boulet | 02:32:17 | CA | USA | USA |
| 7 | 121 | Buzunesh Deba | 02:35:54 | NY | USA | ETH |
| 8 | 124 | Serkalem Biset Abrha | 02:37:20 | NM | USA | ETH |
| 9 | 114 | Yuri Kano | 02:39:05 | Japan | JPN | |
| 10 | 123 | Desiree Ficker | 02:39:30 | TX | USA | USA |
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