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9 Arlington Heights Runners Complete 2023 Boston Marathon

The Arlington Heights runners finished the latest edition of the prestigious race, held Monday in Massachusetts.

This year's race featured more than 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries.
This year's race featured more than 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Despite rainy and less than ideal conditions, nine Arlington Heights runners completed the 127th edition of the Boston Marathon Monday in Massachusetts. Held annually on Patriots' Day, this year's race featured more than 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries. See below regarding how local runners fared in the race.

Evans Chebet, of Kenya, became the first man to win back-to-back races since 2008 with a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds. Hellen Obiri, also of Kenya, was the top female runner at 2:21:38. In addition, Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, broke the course record in the male wheelchair division with a time of 1:17:06. Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, was No. 1 in the female wheelchair division at 1:41:45.

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Monday's race marked the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, in which three people were killed and hundreds were injured during the race.

According to race officials, 30,239 participants entered the race, including 17,272 men, 12,940 women and the first-ever designation of non-binary entrants with 27. All 50 states were represented, as well as 106 countries.

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Here is a list of local Arlington Heights runners who competed in the race, along with their times:

  • Ronald Burke, 63, 3 hours, 51 minutes, 37 seconds
  • Sarah Harden, 24, 3:00.23
  • Lena Josifi, 33, 3:14:51
  • Jeffrey Kemp, 60, 3:11:26
  • Connie Lasalvia-Gonzalez, 44, 3:47:22
  • David Long, 51, 3:33:52
  • Julie Talbot, 50, 4:05:17
  • David Vincent, 46, 3:16:49
  • Masao Yanagida, 55, 3:13:31

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