Katie Florio was overwhelmed with emotion Sunday morning after crossing the finish line. The Center City resident became only the second local woman in more than three decades to win the Philadelphia Marathon.

Sunday marked Katie Florio's first marathon win in the seven she's run. A Center City resident and Ardmore native, Katie Florio has been running for a long time — since fourth grade, she said. And she's competed at some of the highest levels, including running in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the marathon twice.

Florio is the second woman from Philadelphia to win the race in recent years. On the men’s side, it was another winner from the Keystone State.

Just one year after giving birth to her first child, Philadelphia’s own Katie Florio took a hometown win at Sunday’s Philadelphia Marathon. The 31-year-old clocked a new personal-best time of 2:32:42 to edge out the women’s field by more than 40 seconds and claim the USD $10,000 winning prize.

A local mom won the women's elite race at the 2024 Philadelphia Marathon. Runner Katie Florio and her husband explain how the race unfolded.

Center City mom Katie Florio is this year’s Philadelphia Marathon women’s race winner, only the second woman from the Philadelphia area to have won