BOSTON — For the first time since 2019, the Boston Marathon ran at full capacity on its traditional Patriots Day date and Americans Scott Fauble and Nell Rojas made the best of near-perfect conditions. The 126th edition of the historic race also marked the 50th anniversary of the first official women’s race at Boston. Fauble finished seventh overall as the top American in the men’s race, running a personal best 2:08:52 to move to No. 9 on the all-time all-conditions U.S. list. Matching his seventh-place finish from three years ago, Fauble clipped 17 seconds off the 2:09:09 he ran in 2019. At last year’s race in October, Fauble was 16th in 2:13:47. Placing 10th overall in the women’s race, Rojas chopped more than a minute off the time she recorded at Boston last October, clocking 2:25:57. That time elevated her to No. 6 on the all-time U.S. women’s performer list at Boston. Elkanah Kibet also dipped under 2:10 for the American men, placing ninth in 2:09:07, and CJ Albertson was 13th in 2:10:23. Stephanie Rothstein-Bruce was the second American woman across the line, placing 12th in 2:28:02, with 2018 champion Des Linden one spot behind her in 2:28:47. Kenyans swept the titles as Evans Chebet won the men’s race by 30 seconds in 2:06:51 and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir outkicked Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh over the final 200m to take the women’s crown by four seconds in 2:21:01. Jepchirchir’s time was the fifth-fastest in women’s race history, while Chebet’s was the eighth-fastest in men’s race history. The Boston Marathon is one of the six Marathon Majors: London, Berlin, New York, Chicago and Tokyo make up the other five courses. Full results may be found here. Photo Credit: Charles Krupa, Associated Press