Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga won the men's Chevron Houston Marathon in an unofficial course record time of 2:07:51.
Women's champion and fellow Ethiopian Teyba Erkesso crossed the finish line in a 2:24:18, which is also an unofficial new course record.
Americans take half marathon
Olympic medalist Meb Keflezighi won the men's Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday with a time of 1:01:25 and a pace of 4:42.
Keflezighi took a lead before the first mile and never looked back. He finished a full 10 seconds in front of the second place runner Dathan Ritzenhein.
Keflezighi won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics and finished in third place in the Houston Half Marathon in 2007.
On the women's side, it was Magdalena Boulet who took the top spot in the half marathon. She finished in 1:11:47 with a pace of 5:29.
Keflezighi, born in Eritrea, and Boulet, born in Poland, are both naturalized Americans.
Sean Wade, the defending champion, took the men's masters race in 1:07:09, while the women's masters half marathon winner was Peggy Yetman in 1:18:43.
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