Meet Needham's 46 Runners In The 2019 Boston Marathon

NEEDHAM, MA — The 2019 Boston Marathon will see 46 runners from Needham take part in the Bay State's greatest sporting event of the year.

Runners as young as 20 (hello, Meghan Blake) and as old as 64 (greetings, William Crown and Marlene O'Donnell) will be running on Monday, April 15. The Needham field consists of 17 women and 29 men.

Fifteen of the 46 runners return after finishing last year's race. Their times are below next to their names.

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Men

• Michael Heir, 54
• John Morris, 52
• John Shea, 54 (5:17:47)
• James McQuivey, 49
• Ty Velde, 46 (3:25:30)
• Kevin McKeon, 45
• Todd Alwart, 46
• Rich Partridge, 50 (3:23:15)
• Craig Healy, 37 (3:49:23)
• Jeffrey Carboni, 27 (4:44:29)
• Josh Constant, 39
• Jonathan Schechner, 39
• Rick MacDonald, 47
• Lawrence Tobin, 31
• William Crown, 64
• Graeme Steele, 60 (3:54:01)
• Patrick Sheehan, 47
• Thomas Ayres, 42
• Robin Colgrove, 59
• Richard Winkler, 50 (4:30:41)
• William Hall, 36 (4:41:24)
• Christopher Klucznik, 36 (2:40:46)
• Patrick Caron, 21 (2:47:13)
• Pete Christie, 48
• Leonardo Solís, 49
• Olutoyin Fayemi, 48
• John Barrett, 49 (3:20:31)
• Matt Courcier, 57
• James Kasinger, 47

Women

• Emily Margolis, 39 (4:14:26)
• Marlene O'Donnell, 64
• Meghan Blake, 20
• Ronit Velde, 44
• Nicole Seidman, 28
• Jean Marie Carabuena, 55 (5:10:39)
• Kathryn Mulroy, 27
• Sheila Cusack, 56
• Sydney Packard, 21
• Lauren Baum, 40
• Katie Lynch, 40 (3:43:11)
• Kyle Kerr, 34
• Jennifer Selland, 25 (4:43:09)
• Laura Doherty, 50
• Shannon Martin, 39
• Shannon Murray, 26
• Samantha Bookston, 37