LOS ANGELES (AP) — No American elite runner has won the Los Angeles Marathon since a sweep in 1994.
Local runners Deena Kastor and Nick Arciniaga hope to change that.
Kastor, from nearby Agoura Hills, has the fastest time among the elite runners for the 28th running on Sunday.
The best time posted by Arciniaga of Fountain Valley is about two minutes slower than the best by the defending champion but he said Friday that he hopes to “make that next jump.”
Kenyan men and Russian women have dominated this race. Since Americans Paul Pilkington and Olga Appell won their respective races 19 years ago, Kenyans have won 13 times, including 12 consecutive times between 1999 and 2010. Russian women have won seven times, although not since 2009.
