Sunday's ING New York City Marathon boasted the largest field in the event's history -- 43,741 runners. Those men and women represented all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam, as well as 110 countries from around the world. For a breakdown of the field, see below.

The Field

All time high number of participants: 43,741 starters, 43,475 finishers. 

On Monday -- the day after the 40th running of the ING New York City Marathon -- the champions of each of Sunday's races met the press at Tavern on the Green. The transcript from the press conference is below:

RICHARD FINN:  Thank you.  We're going to ask each of our four champions to say a couple of words.  Maybe upon reflection, looking back at what happened yesterday.  So we'll start with Edith, Kurt, Derartu, and then Meb.  Edith?

EDITH HUNKELER:  I'm still very happy that I won yesterday.  Here it's the fifth win in five starts.  Now I can believe what happened yesterday.

On his first full day as ING New York City Marathon champion, Meb Keflezighi reflected on his victory as “a huge accomplishment” and said that he would look to a Portuguese marathon runner from a quarter century ago as his inspiration for future goals.

Keflezighi became the first U.S. winner of the men’s race since Alberto Salazar in 1982. He had previously finished 9th (2002), 2nd (2004), 3rd (2005) and 20th (2006). He also won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Now, though, he is 34 and he cannot have many years left at the top.

Not that he sees the end in sight. Keflezighi pointed to Moroccan Jaouad Gharib running 2:05.27 at 36 and finishing 3rd yesterday at 37 and, more especially, to Portugal’s Carlos Lopes winning the 1984 Olympic title at 37 and setting a world record 2:07:12 in 1985 at the age of 38.