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Shadrack Biwott was the top American at the 2018 Boston Marathon, braving the rainy and cold weather to finish third in 2:18:35. Before that, he finished as the second American at three consecutive marathons, taking 10th at the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon, fourth at the 2017 Boston Marathon, and fifth in New York City the year before.

In 2016, he clocked a seventh-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Between marathons that year, he recorded a fourth-place finish at the USATF Half-Marathon Championships in Columbus, Ohio, running 1:03:19, as well as an eighth-place 1:00:10 at the USATF 20K Championships in New Haven, Conn. While tuning up for the TCS New York City Marathon in 2016, Biwott won the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half-Marathon in 1:01:55. His brother, Duncan Kibet, had won that event 10 years earlier with a 1:00:22 performance, and would later win the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon in 2:04:27.

Born in Eldoret, Kenya, Biwott came to the U.S. as a teenager, living with his uncle, Simon Sawe—himself a 2:13 marathon runner—in Albuquerque, N.M. He attended the University of Oregon, where he earned NCAA All-American honors four times with the Ducks. Biwott became a U.S. citizen in 2012 and was the USATF Running Circuit series champion in 2013. In his five circuit races that year, he never missed the podium, taking second in the half-marathon, third in the 10K, second in the 20K, third in the marathon, and second in the 12K championships.

Biwott lives in California with his college-sweetheart-turned-wife, Katharine, who works as a lawyer. Together, the couple are raising two children, Xavier and Eve.