Photos by Victah@Photo Run

Photo Captions

1. The front line takes off at the start of the 2003 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon


2. Evans Rutto (25) of Kenya at the head of the lead pack


3. Rutto wins!


4. Meb Keflezighi (28) of Mammoth Lakes, CA, first American finisher in 2:10:03, and an "A" standard time for the Trials!

Photos Below

1. Svetlana Zhakharova (#104) passes Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania


2. Zakharova wins!


3. Deeja Youngquist (26) of Albuquerque, NM, first American female, finished tenth overall in 2:29:01, well under the "A" standard for females!


4. Top 3 women: Jelena Prokopcuk, Latvia, 3rd; Svetlana Zakharova, Russia; Constantina Tomescu-Dita, Romania, 2nd

See "live" coverage of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon by Larry Eder and the Running Network.