Tri-City Residents Who Ran the Boston Marathon

NEWARK, CA - Under sunny skies, 30,000 runners challenged the Boston Marathon course Monday, the 120th running of the event.

Among the runners were 15 from the Tri-Cities. They range in age from 25 - 59. One whose last name (seriously) is Boston. Sadly, no one from Newark was a registered participant. Here are the local runners:

FREMONT:

• Jose Ambriz, age 25
• Oliver L. Boston, age 39
• Brian Callejas, age 38
• Clifford S. Chang, age 30
• Rida Chow, age 33
• Jennifer Gutierrez, age 41
• Joyce J. Lee, age 35
• Lisa Lopez, age 43
• Julia A. Madsen, age 38
• Paul Ng, age 51
• Kelly F. Poe, age 47
• Sophia L. Shi, age 49
• Marshall Witt, age 50

UNION CITY

• Walt B. Ballard, age 59
• Kenneth Ockerberg, Kenneth, age 42

Photo courtesy of Sonia Su