Tampa Bay Runners Participate In 2019 Boston Marathon

TAMPA BAY, FL -- The 2019 Boston Marathon is officially underway and 82 Tampa Bay residents are running this year. The men's wheelchair race crossed the start line Monday followed shortly thereafter by the women and elite women.

Participating runners, ranging from 25 to 69 years old, hail from Tampa, St. Petersburg, Valrico, Brandon, New Port Richey, Lithia, Dade City, Clearwater and points in between. There are 10 runners from Lutz alone.

Elite runners from Tampa Bay include Daniel Mesfun Teklebrhan, 31 , of Tampa.

Click here to search for your favorite locals and follow them all the way to the finish line.

Des Linden in 2018 became the first American to win the marathon in more than three decades. Her winning time was 2 hours 39 minutes and 54 seconds, the slowest in 40 years.

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This year, American Sarah Hall lead the opening couple of miles for the elite women.

Thunderstorms had threatened the Boston area, but the rain mostly stopped, for now. It was 61 degrees, with calm wins and overcast skies.

More than 30,000 runners were expected to participate in the 123rd edition of the race. The route weaves from Hopkinton to Boston. The course begins on Main Street in the rural New England town and continues through Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton and Brookline before concluding in Boston, according to the marathon's website.

Linden was among the runners this year, along with Yuki Kawauchi, the men's defending champion.

This year's event falls on the sixth anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people were killed and maimed hundreds more. A moment of silence is planned at 2:49 p.m., the time of the first explosion.

Here are local runners listed by Bib numbers:

• 30 Elite Mesfun Teklebrhan, Daniel 31 M Tampa FL
• 217 1/1 Dorazil, Richard 40 M Tampa FL
• 406 1/1 Glaser, Michael 25 M Tampa FL
• 1477 1/2 Autrey, Jonathan 36 M Tampa FL
• 4575 1/5 Jones, Kenneth 40 M Tampa FL
• 4583 1/5 Fitzgerald, Edward 47 M Tampa FL
• 5483 1/6 Shea, John 53 M Tampa FL
• 5988 1/6 Howarth, Becky 30 F Tampa FL
• 7521 1/8 Lessie, Jeff 58 M Tampa FL
• 7563 1/8 Keating, Burton 43 M Tampa FL
• 7665 1/8 Syed, Alex 42 M Tampa FL
• 8335 2/1 Henry, John 44 M Tampa FL
• 9580 2/2 Rosenblum, Michael 54 M Tampa FL
• 10412 2/3 Osborne, Leandra 30 F Tampa FL
• 10457 2/3 Mcgraw, Keara 34 F Tampa FL
• 11283 2/4 Degrauwe, Casandra 33 F Tampa FL
• 11673 2/4 Socias, Stephanie 28 F Tampa FL
• 12241 2/5 Margetis, Kristin 43 F Tampa FL
• 12504 2/5 Dorazil, Jessica 34 F Tampa FL
• 15365 2/8 Epps, Aimee 26 F Tampa FL
• 16251 3/1 Decort, Allison 37 F Tampa FL
• 16371 3/1 Lockerby, Marissa 27 F Tampa FL
• 17221 3/2 Baum, Mary 32 F Tampa FL
• 17546 3/2 Bilotta, Heather 46 F Tampa FL
• 18396 3/3 Eggleston, Jennifer 39 F Tampa FL
• 18682 3/3 Watkins, Sally 35 F Tampa FL
• 18685 3/3 Carleton, Kristine 46 F Tampa FL
• 19107 3/4 Ragsdale, Molly 56 F Tampa FL
• 19500 3/4 Hirshorn, Lindsey 40 F Tampa FL
• 21057 3/6 Calus, Jolie 47 F Tampa FL
• 22445 3/7 Jansik, Laura 52 F Tampa FL
• 22764 3/7 Bode, Sheila 50 F Tampa FL
• 22857 3/7 Kralovanec, Jill 51 F Tampa FL
• 23057 3/8 Bryan, Beth 56 F Tampa FL
• 24430 4/1 D'Angelo, Julie 57 F Tampa FL
• 24730 4/1 Anderson, Elizabeth 63 F Tampa FL
• 25016 4/2 Voiles, Debbie 65 F Tampa FL
• 25543 4/2 Szulak, Kelsey 25 F Tampa FL
• 25708 4/2 Sullivan, Marianne 45 F Tampa
• 26772 4/3 Reedy, Thomas 34 M Tampa FL
• 29074 4/6 Caussade, Katy 46 F Tampa FL
• 30074 4/7 Lavoy, David 58 M Tampa FL
• 5915 1/6 Ames, John 33 M St. Petersburg FL
• 11340 2/4 Dienhart, Kerri 43 F St. Petersburg FL
• 13692 2/6 Dolores, Gilbert 54 M St. Petersburg FL
• 14251 2/7 Freedman, Aaron 55 M St. Petersburg FL
• 19780 3/4 Dunford, Jonathan 59 M St. Petersburg FL
• 20415 3/5 Flickinger, Mark 62 M St. Petersburg FL
• 29246 4/6 Ames, Katherine 32 F St. Petersburg FL
• 10072 2/3 Bennett, Robert 48 M Valrico FL
• 23353 3/8 Tulin, Laura 54 F Valrico FL
• 5815 1/6 Zimmer, Nathan 37 M Lithia FL
• 10331 2/3 Moore, Marcus 49 M Lithia FL
• 8431 2/1 Gezels, Wim 48 M Brandon FL
• 16427 3/1 Rodriguez, Nelson 58 M Brandon FL
• 8703 2/1 Eble, Katlyn 26 F Dade City FL
• 21700 3/6 Clanahan, Paulette 55 F Dade City FL
• 24227 4/1 Sanchez, Vera55 F Dade City FL
• 11450 2/4 Bene, Patrick 54 M New Port Richey FL
• 24898 4/1 Balling, Colleen 60 F Land O' Lakes FL
• 4548 1/5 Smart, Larry 49 M Dunedin FL
• 22942 3/7 Feldt, Lisa 50 F Dunedin FL
• 23034 3/8 Farias, Debby 52 F Largo FL
• 2506 1/3 Macdonald, Michael 33 M Clearwater FL
• 3219 1/4 Robida, John 38 M Clearwater FL
• 8531 2/1 Zivolich, Nicholas 40 M Clearwater FL
• 11753 2/4 Alpert Eftikides, Jennie 38 F Clearwater FL
• 24232 4/1 Rymsza, Michael 65 M Clearwater FL
• 27971 4/4 Scavetta, Joe 46 M Clearwater FL
• H5 HC Duran, Omar 40 M Clearwater FL
• 11243 2/4 Sieg, Walter59 M Palm Harbor FL
• 21645 3/6 Showers, Que 53 F Palm Harbor FL
• 24089 4/1 Allen, Joyce 57 F Palm Harbor FL
• 7241 1/8 Chancellor, Jay 47 M Lutz FL
• 9480 2/2 Abanses, Jolene 43 F Lutz FL
• 12619 2/5 Poteralski, Randy 53 M Lutz FL
• 16863 3/1 Gerth, Ellen 57 F Lutz FL
• 19348 3/4 Forrest, Nicole 47 F Lutz FL
• 21907 3/6 Jacobs, David 69 M Lutz FL
• 24552 4/1 Horn, Kattie 55 F Lutz FL
• 26872 4/3 Prahasky, Joyce 50 F Lutz FL
• 12697 2/5 Dumais, Chris 54 M Zephyrhills FL