Korir, Merachi lead thousands of runners in Broad Street Run

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dominic Korir and Askale Merachi were the men’s and women’s winners of Sunday’s 38th Broad Street Run in Philadelphia.

Korir finished the 10-mile course with an unofficial time of 47 minutes and 38 seconds, in a photo finish with Philip Mburu, who crossed the finish line a second later.

Merachi finished the course with an unofficial time of 53:49, coming in 19 seconds ahead of Serena Burka.

Tens of thousands of runners took part in the annual event.