The Boston Marathon And Marlbrorugh Runners
04/18/2017
By: Maxim Masleyev
The annual Boston Marathon on April 17th was run by thousands of people (An estimated 30,000). The race is held every year, with the 26.2 mile course starting in Hopkinton and ending in Boston. Here are the winners of this year's race, their times, and the country they're from …
- Men's Race: Geoffrey Kirui, 2 hours, 9 minutes, 36 seconds (Kenya)
- Women's Race: Edna Kiplagat, 2 hours, 21 minutes, 53 seconds (Kenya)
- Women's Wheelchair Race: Manuela Schar, 1 hour, 28 minutes, 17 seconds (Switzerland)
- Men's Wheelchair Race: Marcel Hug, 1 hour, 18 minutes, 4 seconds (Switzerland)
There were also 13 Marlborough runners who ran the 26.2 mile course. The fastest runner was Michael Hoffman. The second fastest runner was Cattarin Gary, who is 25 years older than Michael! The fastest women was Kelley Egan. She was the third fastest overall in Marlbrough.
Here is the list of Marlbrough runners and their times …
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Fastest
Man
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Michael Hoffman
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29 years old
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2:55:34
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Gary Cattarin
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54 years young
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3:23:01
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Fastest Women
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Kelley Egan
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25 years old
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3:25:27
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Melissa Evangelous
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27 years old
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4:15:41
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Oldest Competitor
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Graham Pettengill
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58 years young
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4:17:09
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Brooke Pettengill
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26 years old
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4:49:48
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Eric Zawada
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30 years old
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4:51:00
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Julie Binkewicz
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45 years old
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4:58:50
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Kimberly Cox
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42 years old
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4:58:51
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Regan Kenneth
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47 years old
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5:06:57
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Eric Bloomstein
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44 years old
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5:08:01
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Meghan Lipcon
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38 years old
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5:17:11
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Youngest
Competitor
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Brenden Matthews
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24 years old
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5:32:45
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