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He set a personal-best time of 2 hours, 7
minutes, 56 seconds over the course that began at Dodger Stadium
and went through downtown LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and
Brentwood before ending in the Century City neighborhood.
Athanas Kioko of Kenya was second in 2:10.55. Moses Kurgat of
Kenya took third in 2:13.13.
It was just Richtman's second marathon, following his debut last
fall at the Twin Cities Marathon with a time of 2:10.47 to
finish fourth.
“I didn't really have a super big plan coming into this. It's
always so tough, the marathon, just because so much can happen,”
Richtman said. “I just told myself to stay in that pack until
about the halfway mark and then if I felt good I could make a
move. Ended up going a little bit to the lead and no one really
came with me.”
Richtman, of Elburn, Illinois, was a member of the Montana State
cross-country team, earning All-America honors as a junior in
2022-23.
American Paul Pilkington won the 1994 edition in 2:12.13.
In the women’s race, Tejinesh Tulu of Ethiopia took the title in
2:30.16.
Antonina Kwambai of Kenya was second in 2:30.19. Savannah Berry
of Orem, Utah, was third in 2:30.31. Berry finished 12th at last
year's U.S. Olympic trials.
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