BOSTON -- Rita Jeptoo of Kenya successfully defended the Boston Marathon title she said she could not enjoy a year ago after the fatal bombings.
Jeptoo finished Monday's race in a course-record 2 hours, 18 minutes, 57 seconds. She becomes the seventh three-time Boston Marathon champion.
Jeptoo broke away from a group of five runners at the 23-mile mark. Buzunesh Deba finished second with an unofficial time of 2:19:59.
American Shalane Flanagan finished fifth after leading for more than half the race.
Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., was the top Canadian in 14th.
Here's a list of all the wommen who have won the Boston Marathon:
2014 -- Rita Jeptoo, Kenya, 2:18:57
2013 -- Rita Jeptoo, Kenya, 2:26:25
2012 -- Sharon Cherop, Kenya, 2:31:50
2011 -- Caroline Kilel, Kenya, 2:22:36
2010 -- Teyba Erkesso, Ethiopia, 2:26:11
2009 -- Salina Kosgei, Kenya, 2:32:16
2008 -- Dire Tune, Ethiopia, 2:25:25
2007 -- Lidiya Grigoryeva, Russia, 2:29:18
2006 -- Rita Jeptoo, Kenya, 2:23:38
2005 -- Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:25:13
2004 -- Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:24:27
2003 -- Svetlana Zakharova, Russia, 2:25:20
2002 -- Margaret Okayo, Kenya, 2:20:43
2001 -- Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:23:53
2000 -- Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:26:11
1999 -- Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia, 2:23:25
1998 -- Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia, 2:23:21
1997 -- Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia, 2:26:24
1996 -- Uta Pippig, Germany, 2:27:12
1995 -- Uta Pippig, Germany, 2:25:11
1994 -- Uta Pippig, Germany, 2:21:45
1993 -- Olga Markova, Russia, 2:25:27
1992 -- Olga Markova, Russia, 2:23:43
1991 -- Wanda Panfil, Poland, 2:24:18
1990 -- Rosa Mota, Portugal, 2:25:24
1989 -- Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 2:24:33
1988 -- Rosa Mota, Portugal, 2:24:30
1987 -- Rosa Mota, Portugal, 2:25:21
1986 -- Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 2:24:55
1985 -- Lisa Weidenbach, United States, 2:34:06
1984 -- Lorraine Moller, New Zealand, 2:2928
1983 -- Joan Benoit, United States, 2:22:42
1982 -- Charlotte Teske, West Germany, 2:29:33
1981 -- Allison Roe, New Zealand, 2:26:46
1980 -- Jacqueline Gareau, Canada, 2:34:28
1979 -- Joan Benoit, United States, 2:35:15
1978 -- Gayle Barron, United States, 2:44:52
1977 -- Miki Gorman, Japan, 2:48:33
1976 -- Kim Merritt, United States, 2:47:10
1975 -- Liane Winter, West Germany, 2:42:24
1974 -- Miki Gorman, Japan, 2:47:11
1973 -- Jacqueline Hansen, United States, 3:05:59
1972 -- Nina Kuscik, United States, 3:08:58