Matt Richtman won the 40th annual Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, becoming the first American man to take the title in 31 years.

It has been decades since an American won the Los Angeles Marathon, but an Elburn, Illinois native broke that record this past weekend. Matt Richtman's parents were cheering him on, and a former coach was rooting for him too.

Matt Richtman did what no American man has in the last 31 years, crossing the finish line first in the Los Angeles Marathon with a time of 2:07:56.