Korir repeated as champ with a perfectly timed kick. The other US win came in the jr girls race where NXN runner-up Kelsey Chmiel got the win as 2017 Foot Locker champ Claudia Lane was just 7th.

The weather forecast is 36 degrees F at the start , humidity of 60 percent, winds of 5 mph and a zero percent chance of rain. The top-seeded American in the women's marathon Sara Crouch is happy about the forecast, “A day like Sunday is why fast runners come to Houston. This is the kind of weather that is absolutely perfect.”

Deena Kastor's 67:34 American record and so too will be Huddle's perfect 11-0 head-to-head record against Hasay.