article_snippet.sent: Lelisa Desisa, 25, of Ethiopia won with an unofficial time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 17 seconds and beat his previous winning time by more than a minute on a day when security was on high alert for potential threats to competition's 119th race.
article_snippet.sent: Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa, who won the Boston Marathon in 2013 before a terrorist attack, was the first-place finisher this year with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 17 seconds .
article_snippet.sent: Desisa countryman Yemane Adhane Tsegay was second with 2:09:48 in mid-40s weather, and Wilson Chebet of Kenya took third in 2:10:22.
article_snippet.sent: Dathan Ritzenhein was seventh overall in the men's race and the first American in at an unofficial 2:11:20, followed by last year's winner, Meb Keflezighi, in 2:12:42.
article_snippet.sent: The fastest man in the Boston Marathon field, Kenya's Patrick Makau,  dropped out after the 5-kilometer checkpoint.
article_snippet.sent: The Kenyan's personal best of 2 hours, 3 minutes
article_snippet.sent: Dibaba's countrywoman, Buzunesh Deba, was third in the women's race, and American Desiree Linden finished fourth after leading for much of Monday's race.
article_snippet.sent: Dathan Ritzenhein, (left) of Rockford, Michigan, was the first American to finish. 
highlights_snippet.sent: Lelisa Desisa came in first place with 2 hours, 9 minutes, 17 seconds .
  