7 Palatine Runners Finish the Boston Marathon

Seven runners from Palatine competed in and completed Monday's running of the Boston Marathon.

Heather Crowe earned the best time among village runners, finishing the race with a net time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 2 seconds, according to the marathon's unofficial results.

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The top three finishers were Ethiopians. Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the Men’s Marathon, besting defending champ Lelisa Desisa at 2:12:45, very modest for a Boston-winning time. Adhane Tsegay clocked in at 2:14:02.

For the first time since 1986, a Massachusetts native finished in the men's top 10. Zachary Hines, a South Hadley native who lives in Dallas, finished 10th with a time of 2:21:37.

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Here's a list of the net times of all the Palatine runners:

1. Heather Crowe: 3:09:02
2. Curt Rothlisberger: 3:33:54
3. Motoshi Sunami: 3:36:53
4. Timothy Rooney: 3:46:42
5. Miho Okada Nishino: 4:04:50
6. Younghwa Park: 4:10:43
7. Heather Price: 4:18:37