Local Runners Finish Boston Marathon

Thousands of people participate in the Boston Marathon, but unfortunately, not everyone can win the race.

But winning isn’t what really matters. It’s competing in the first place. And there are a few suburban residents who did just that.

Here are the net time results of local runners who competed.

Oswego

• Jakob Anderson - 3:15:32
• Lauren Choi - 3:22:58
• Aly Lansky - 3:56:35
• Thomas Rovtar - 4:06:35

Montgomery

• David Skonning - 4:12:01

Yorkville

• Kerry Stillmunkes - 4:04:14

Aurora

• Denise Hatcher - 3:57:30
  
• Catherine Obordo - 4:06:24
• Jessica Rangel - 3:15:54
  
• Jared Righter - 3:25:35
  

In other results news, a pair of Ethiopians were crowned 2016 Boston Marathon champions Monday afternoon on Boylston Street.

Lemi Berhanu Hayle bested defending champ Lelisa Desisa in the men’s race, finishing at 2:12:45, very modest for a Boston-winning time. Desisa, also from Ethiopia, ran a 2:13:32, while a third countryman, Adhane Tsegay, clocked a 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.

Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia won the women's division at 2:29:18. The elite women were guaranteed have a new champion when defending champion Caroline Rotich of Kenya dropped out at around the 7K mark, due to a reported ankle injury.

The first winner of Marathon Monday crossed the finish line with a little bit of company and a whole lot of drama.

Marcel Hug, in the men's wheelchair division, narrowly held off 10-time champion Ernst Van Dyk and Kurt Fearnley in a classic finish. Hug crossed the finish line in 1 hour, 24 minutes, 1 second, about a chair's length ahead of Van Dyk and Fearnley, who crossed in a photo finish.

Tatyana McFadden won Boston's women's wheelchair division for the fourth straight time. She finished in 1:42:16, afterward celebrating with the family of Martin Richard, the youngest fatality in the 2013 bombings.