Updates to 2015 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Field: Tsegay Kebede Out With Injury, Luke Puskedra Added

Press Release
September 28, 2015

Today the Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced changes to the elite field for the Oct. 11, 2015 race.

Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) will no longer be participating due to an injury.

Additions to the men’s field include Luke Puskedra (USA), Chicagoan Brandon Mull (USA), Mohammed Hrezi (USA) and Scott MacPherson (USA).

Birhane Dibaba (ETH) and Yebrgual Melese (ETH) have been added to the women’s field.

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A complete, updated elite field can be found at chicagomarathon.com/2015elites.

Men
Name Sammy Kitwara Dickson Chumba Endeshaw Negesse Tilahun Regassa Abera Kuma Wesley Korir Sammy Ndungu Lucas Rotich Satoshi Yoshii Fernando Cabada Hiroyuki Yamamoto Rob Watson Liam Adams Shogo Kanezane Luke Puskedra Malcolm Richards Scott MacPherson Nicholas Hilton Ethan Shaw Tony Migliozzi Ryan Cosens Christopher Pannone Jesse Davis Brandon Mull Dan Kremske Christian Thompson Elkanah Kibet Mitch Goose Brandon Lord Sean Keveren Mohamed Hrezi	Country KEN KEN ETH ETH ETH KEN KEN KEN JPN USA JPN CAN AUS JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA GBR CAN USA USA	Personal best 2:04:28 2:04:32 2:04:52 2:05:27 2:05:56 2:06:13 2:07:04 2:07:17 2:10:45 2:11:36 2:11:48 2:13:29 2:13:49 2:14:22 2:15:27 2:15:49 2:16:20 2:16:20 2:17:26 2:17:27 2:17:55 2:18:05 2:18:13 2:18:14 2:18:53 2:22:48 Debut Debut Debut Debut Debut
Women
Name Deena Kastor Florence Kiplagat Joan Samuelson Mulu Seboka Birhane Dibaba Yebrgual Melese Amane Gobena Kayoko Fukushi Diane Nukuri Blake Russell Susan Partridge Jessica Draskau Petersson Tera Moody Fionnuala Britton Lindsey Scherf Sarah Crouch Alvina Begay Taylor Ward Sara Hall Dawn Grunnagle Monika Juodeskaite Allison Mendez Carly Seymour	Country USA KEN USA ETH ETH ETH ETH JPN BDI USA GBR DNK USA IRL USA USA USA USA USA USA LTU USA USA	Personal best 2:19:36 2:19:44 2:21:21 2:21:56 2:22:30 2:23:23 2:23:30 2:24:21 2:27:50 2:29:10 2:30:46 2:30:53 2:30:53 2:31:46 2:32:19 2:32:44 2:37:14 2:38:32 2:48:02 2:56:38 Debut Debut Debut