LOS ANGELES—Kenyans John Korir and Delvine Meringor won the 37th edition of the Los Angeles Marathon on March 20, with Meringor winning an added $10,000 bonus for beating Korir to the finish line. The women’s elite field started approximately 18 minutes before the men’s, based on the expected men’s and women’s winning times, which organizers correctly predicted would put the top female and male runners within seconds of each other heading into the final mile. Korir, 25, won with a time of 2:09:07.13, while the 29-year-old Meringor won with a time of 2:25:03.27. It was the second consecutive Los Angeles Marathon victory for Korir, who won last year’s race, which was held in November due to delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Korir nearly won the 2019 race, but was passed in the final 200 yards by countryman Elisha Barno and finished second. His older brother Wesley Korir also won …