The 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon brought the heat—both physically and literally. The race saw two first-time Abbott World Marathon Major winners in Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo and Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa, who both ran huge personal bests to break the tape in Chicago’s Grant Park. Outside of the winners, those who tuned in got to see the second-fastest marathon time ever run by a Canadian and a national masters record in the women’s 55-59 age group.
Here’s a more in-depth look at the top Canadian finishers and performances:
Rory Linkletter finishes 9th overall in a shiny personal best time of 2:06:49 👏
His time puts him 2nd on the Canadian all-time list only behind the national record of 2:05:36.
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On the men’s side, Calgary’s Rory Linkletter led the way with his second consecutive top-10 finish at a marathon major, placing ninth overall in a personal best time of 2:06:49. Linkletter set out to challenge Cam Levins’s national record of 2:05:36, and he didn’t finish too far off—clocking the second-fastest marathon time ever by a Canadian man.
The top Canadian female was Calgary’s Polly Cunes, who ran to a two-minute personal best of 2:41:27. In a social media post, the mother of two said her time was faster than she ever dreamed possible. In addition to being the top Canadian woman, she also placed fourth in the women’s 40-44 age group.
There must be something in the Calgary water, as one of the best Canadian performances of the day came from another 403 runner. Masters marathoner Maria Zambrano set a new national record of 2:49:47 in the women’s 55-59 age group, smashing the previous mark by almost 10 minutes. She was the top finisher in her age group by five minutes.
Top 5 Canadian men
Rory Linkletter 2:06:49 (9th OA)
Maxime Leboeuf 2:18:57 (46th OA)
Mitchel Dreise 2:25:28 (98th OA)
Cory Nagler 2:27:59 (132nd OA)
Jean-Rene Caron 2:29:54 (194 OA)
Rory Linkletter pulls up to Chicago Marathon elite press conference in Canadian tuxedo
Top 5 Canadian women
Polly Cunes 2:41:27 (37th woman)
Shannen Murray 2:43:00 (45th W)
Teagan Robertson 2:43:11 (53rd W)
Kim Bennett 2:46:48 (77th W)
Camille Maltais-Bilodeau 2:47:03 (81st W)
Top Canadian age groupers *
Men
Joel Koffman 4:10:36 (1st in M75-79)Frederick Jouin 2:32:28 (2nd in M50-54)\Maxime Leboeuf 2:18:57 (5th in M75-79)Rory Linkletter 2:06:49 (6th in M25-29)Stephane Duquet 2:53:41 (11th in M55-59)Jian Zhang 3:02:27 (15th in M60-69)Tapantosh Chakrabarty 5:17:51 (15th in M75-79)
Women
Maria Zambrano 2:49:47 (1st in W55-59) – Canadian masters recordPolly Cunes 2:41:27 (4th in W40-44)Lise Desnoyers 4:21:25 (4th in W70-74)Heather Weber 4:44:14 (5th in W70-74)Jenny Bulk 2:56:54 (7th in W45-49)Meghan Foottit 2:48:55 (7th in W40-44)Anne Doyle 4:45:08 (8th in W70-74)Patricia Stapleton 5:58:52 (8th in W75-79)Sarah Thorner 3:08:30 (9th in W50-54)Carly Eby 2:58:39 (11th in W45-49)Celyne Courchesne 3:37:16 (11th in W60-64)Kathryn Atwood 3:37:49 (12h in W60-64)Laura Dombroski 3:38:59 (13th in W60-64)Angela Shoniker 3:11:22 (13th in W50-54)Shannen Murray 2:43:00 (14th in W30-34)
(*We recognize those who placed in the top 15 in their age group.)
You can head here to check out the full 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon results.
