LOCAL RUNNERS
The Boston Athletic Association Web site allows you to search for entrants. If you just fill in the City and State, you can see all the runners from your community.CELEBRITIES
No Bib # listed - Huckabee, Mike D., 52 years old, male, Little Rock, AR (did not run)Bib #100 - Armstrong, Lance, 36 years old, male, Austin, TX (finished 2:50:58)
Bib #21558 - Swift, Jane, 43 years old, female, Williamstown, MA (finished 4:57:21)
Despite Us Weekly’s report that Katie Holmes is running the Boston Marathon, OK! reports she is not. She is not listed on the BAA list of entrants.
ELITE RUNNERS
BAA announcementsWomen’s open field
Name, Country, Personal Best (Marathon)
Margaret Okayo, Kenya, 2:20:43 (Boston 2002) CR
Jelena Prokopcuka, Latvia, 2:22:56 (Osaka 2005) NR
Askale Tafa Magarsa, Ethiopia, 2:23:23 (Dubai 2008)
Rita Jeptoo, Kenya, 2:23:38 (Boston 2006)
Robe Tola Guta, Ethiopia, 2:24:35 (Hamburg 2006) CR
Dire Tune, Ethiopia, 2:24:40 (Houston 2008) CR
Lidiya Grigoryeva, Russia, 2:25:10 (Los Angeles 2006) CR
Alevtina Biktimirova, Russia, 2:25:12 (Frankfurt 2005) CR
Bruna Genovese, Italy, 2:25:28 (Boston 2006)
Tetyana Kuzina-Hladyr, Ukraine, 2:25:44 (Rome 2006) NR
Magdaline Chemjor Kenya 2:28:16 (Amsterdam 2007)
Men’s open field
Name, Country, Personal Best (Marathon)
William Kiplagat, Kenya, 2:06:50 (Amsterdam 1999)
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya, 2:07:14 (Boston 2006) CR
Patrick Ivuti, Kenya, 2:07:46 (Chicago 2005)
Shadrack Kiplagat, Kenya, 2:07:53 (Amsterdam 2007)