McGrory of Champaign Sets Wheelchair Course Record in NYC

Amanda McGrory of the United States set a course record in the women's wheelchair race and Masazumi Soejima of Japan won the men's race at the New York City Marathon.

The 25-year-old McGrory of Champaign, Ill., finished the 26.2-mile course through the five boroughs of New York in 1 hour, 50 minutes, 24 seconds.

McGrory, a four-time Paralympic medalist, also won the Paris and London Marathons one week apart this year. She was followed by Shelly Woods of Britain (1:52:52) and Tatyana McFadden of the United States (1:52:52).

The previous women's course record was set by Edith Hunkeler of Switzerland in 1:52:38 in 2007.

In the men's wheelchair competition, the 41-year-old Soejima finished in 1:31:41, followed by Kurt Fearnley of Australia (1:33:56) and Kota Hokinoue of Japan (1:34:22).

In the main NYC Marathon competition, Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won with a course record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds (unofficial), crushing the previous mark of 2:07:43 set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia a decade earlier.

In the women's competition, Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia won in a stunning comeback. Dado trailed London Marathon champ Mary Keitany by nearly 21/2 minutes at the 15-mile mark but passed her with about a mile left for her first major marathon victory. The 27-year-old Dado won in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 23, minutes 15 seconds --- almost a minute better than her previous personal best.