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Chicago Marathon Results: Which Tinley Park Resident Came Closest to Kenya's Moses Mosop?

Nearly 100 people from Tinley Park ran in last weekend's marathon. Check out all of your neighbors' results.

The 2011 Chicago Marathon ended with triumph and tragedy, and many residents were in the middle of all the action.

According to the Huffington Post, Kenya's Moses Mosop set a Chicago Marathon record, finishing the course in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 37 seconds and breaking Sammy Wanjiru's course mark by 4 seconds.

But just 500 feet from the finish line, North Carolina firefighter William Caviness collapsed and died later that day in the hospital. He was running to raise money to help burn victims.

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In Tinley Park, 138 residents registered for the race and 98 finished it and had results on the marathon website. Resident Sarah Grzybek, 31, finished with the best time of local participants at 3:04:58. That was good enough for 30th in the 30-34 age division and 940th overall.

Tom Mahoney and James Rhoades, both 62, were the oldest participants. Mahoney placed 443rd in the 60-64 division and 34,584th overall. Rhoades placed 306 in his division and 28,315th overall. They're times were 6:27:53 and 05:26:04, respectively.

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At 21 years old, John Jurevis was the youngest local participant. He finished 859th in the 20-24 year old division and 20,243rd overall.

To see the results for all Tinley Park residents, go to the Chicago Marathon website and search "Tinley Park, IL"

New Lenox Editor Michael Sewall Contributed to this report. 

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