Clayton Young overcomes injury to clock second-fastest marathon by an American

Young placed seventh overall and as the top American finisher. His time of 2:05:23 fell just short of his goal to beat the American record of 2:04:43 set by his training partner and fellow former BYU runner Conner Mantz. "Gutting it out all the way to the finish line, taking it a mile at a time," Young told NBC Chicago after the race. Mantz set the American record last year at the Chicago Marathon.