British interest in this year’s race on October 12 includes Philippa Bowden and Eden Rainbow-Cooper too
Calli Hauger-Thackery and Marc Scott will lead the British challenge at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 12.
For Hauger-Thackery it will be a quick turnaround as she is due to run for Britain in the marathon at the World Championships in Tokyo one month earlier. With her 2:21:24 from Berlin last year she sits No.2 on the UK all-time rankings behind Paula Radcliffe.
Marc Scott has raced lightly in 2025 but will hope to improve on his marathon best of 2:11:19 set in London last year.
Elsewhere, three of the four reigning Chicago Marathon champions are in the line-ups. They include John Korir of Kenya, whose 2024 victory in 2:02:44 was the second fastest time in race history.
In April, Korir showed his Chicago victory was no fluke with a convincing win at the Boston Marathon.
“I am confident that I will be able to defend my title at the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon this October,” said Korir. “My training is going well, and I am focused on achieving another personal best time.”
Korir will have company up front from six men who have broken 2:04. Kenya’s Timothy Kiplagat, second at last year’s Tokyo Marathon, is the second fastest man in the field with a personal best of 2:02:55. Fellow Kenyans Amos Kipruto (2:03:13), who was third in Chicago last year, and CyBrian Kotut (2:03:22), who took third in Boston, will look to replace Korir atop the podium, as will two-time Olympic marathon medalist Bashir Abdi (2:03:36) of Belgium.
Jacob Kiplimo (2:03:37) of Uganda, the world record holder in the half marathon, will come to Chicago for his second career marathon start after finishing runner-up in the London Marathon this spring. Two-time New York City Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya makes his Chicago debut after setting a personal best of 2:04:33 with a victory in the Rotterdam Marathon in April.
As previously announced, the American contingent will be led by Conner Mantz, who will attempt to break the American record of 2:05:38 set by Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. Mantz ran his personal best of 2:05:08 at the 2025 Boston Marathon, which is not record eligible.
He’ll be joined by Galen Rupp (2:06:17), the 2017 Chicago champion and third fastest American of all time, and local runner Matt Richtman (2:07:56) who won the 2025 Los Angeles…
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