Kipasang will face a strong field featuring three previous New York Marathon Winners including course record holder Geoffrey Mutai.
Mutai set worlds fastest marathon time of 2:03:02 in 2011 in Boston, but IAAF did not ratify the mark as the world record since the course has long downhills and straights.
There will be total of seven previous NYC Marathon winners from the men's and women's side: Gebre Gebremariam (2010) and Meb Keflezighi (2009) on the men's side, and Priscah Jeptoo (2013), Firehiwot Dado (2011), Edna Kiplagat (2010) and Jelena Prokopcuka (2005, 2006) for the women.
The Bronx resident Buzunesh Deba (Ethiopian) in the last two NYC Marathons finished in 2nd place and will return on September 2 to be the first New Yorker to win the NYC Marathon.
Professional Men |
Marathon Personal Best |
Geoffrey Mutai, KEN |
2:03:02* |
Wilson Kipsang, KEN |
2:03:23 |
Gebre Gebremariam, ETH |
2:04:53 |
Stanley Biwott, KEN |
2:04:55 |
Peter Cheruiyot Kirui, KEN |
2:06:31 |
Michael Kipyego, KEN |
2:06:48 |
Micah Kogo, KEN |
2:06:56 |
Stephen Kiprotich, UGA |
2:07:20 |
Abderrahime Bouramdane, MAR |
2:07:33 |
Yuki Kawauchi, JPN |
2:08:14 |
Luspaho April, RSA |
2:08:32 |
Urige Buta, NOR |
2:09:27 |
Masato Imai, JPN |
2:09:30 |
Alistair Cragg, IRL |
2:23:05 |
Professional Women |
Marathon Personal Best |
Mary Keitany, KEN |
2:18:37 |
Edna Kiplagat, KEN |
2:19:50 |
Buzunesh Deba, ETH |
2:19:59 |
Priscah Jeptoo, KEN |
2:20:14 |
Jelena Prokopcuka, LAT |
2:22:56 |
Firehiwot Dado, ETH |
2:23:15 |
Valeria Straneo, ITA |
2:23:44 |
Ana Dulce Félix, POR |
2:25:40 |
Rkia El Moukim, MAR |
Debut (1:10: 03 HM) |
Sara Moreira, POR |
Debut (1:10:08 HM) |