Boston Marathon

Hailu Negussie of Ethiopia ended Kenyan men's dominance of the Boston marathon on Monday by becoming the second Ethiopian winner in the history of the world's oldest annually contested marathon.

Negussie finished the 109th edition of the Boston marathon in 2:11.45. The course record of 2:07:15 was set by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 1994.

Wilson Onsare, of Kenya, finished second on 2:12:21 and fellow Kenyan Benson Cherono came in third at 2:12:48.

Kenyan men had won 13 of the previous 14 Boston marathons and runners from Kenya claimed five of the top seven spots this year.

America's Alan Culpepper finished fourth, the highest US male finisher since 1987.

In the women's race, defending champion Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya, became the first four-time winner of the marathon, coming from behind to overtake Ethiopia's Elfenesh Alemu.

Ndereba, who won in 2000, 2001 and 2004, had a time of 2:25:13. Ndereba and Alemu also finished first and second in last year's race.

Alemu, who was more than one minute ahead of Ndereba at the halfway point, finished with a time of 2:27:03. Bruna Genovese, of Italy, was third at 2:29:51.