Kenyans dominate in Boston Marathon

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon men’s title on Monday in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds.

Chebet edged out compatriots Lawrence Cherono, the 2019 Boston winner; and Benson Kipruto, champion of 2021. Runner-up Cherono was 30 seconds behind with Kipruto third in 2:07:27.

Women’s race 
 Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir, champion of the Tokyo Olympics and the New York Marathon last year, won on her Boston Marathon debut, beating Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh in the final leg.

It was the fifth consecutive win since 2019 for Jepchirchir, who won in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 1 second. Yeshaneh was four seconds behind in second place and fellow Kenyan Mary Ngugi third with 2:21:32.