Boston Marathon 2017: Briarcliff Manor Resident in the Top 20

The Boston Marathon did what it does best Monday, providing spectators with all the best aspects of sports. Human drama, elite competition, and an unbreakable spirit dominated from Hopkinton to Boylston Street.

Kenyan Geoffrey Kirui pulled away late from American Galen Rupp to win the men's elite race early Monday afternoon, finishing in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds. Kirui's countrywoman Edna Kiplagat won the women's elite race. Kiplagat finished in 2:21:53. Both victors were running in their first Boston Marathons.

The first winners to cross the Boylston Street finish did so in record-breaking fashion. In the women's wheelchair race, Switzerland's Manuela Schar was first across the line in 1 hour, 28 minutes and 16 seconds. That's a Boston record, besting Wakako Tsuchida's 2011 mark of 1:34:06.

Marcel Hug, also of Switzerland, again took the men's wheelchair race, his third consecutive Boston victory, in 1:18:4. He had more company down the stretch than Schar, battling off Ernst Van Dyk.

Rachid Kisri of Briarcliff Manor took state honors as the first New York finisher, placing 17th overall in a time of 2:18:32. Another 49 New Yorkers placed in the top 1,000.

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Reporting by Mike Carraggi (Patch Staff)
Photo credit: Alex Newman (Patch Staff)