Boston Marathon Results: How Did 4 Bethel Runners Do?

By MIKE CARRAGGI (Patch Staff) & Wendy Ann Mitchell

The 120th Boston Marathon took place on Monday, April 18 and four local runners took on the grueling 26.6-mile race on a warm and sunny day.

A pair of Ethiopians were crowned 2016 Boston Marathon champions, and tens of thousands more were winners 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.

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 Carolina Rotich of Kenya dropped out at around the 7K mark. The reason for her withdrawal was not immediately available.

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.

Part of the beauty of the Marathon is that not everyone needs to cross the finish line, or even run, to feel like they accomplished something.

Judy Mackey, up from Atlanta to support her son Ty Ragan, was swept up in the moment.

"Brings a lot of pride because you've got people from all over the world," Mackey said after Ty finished in 3 hours 12 minutes. "You know of Boston because of the Marathon."

Below are the local runners' times.

Bethel

• Jeannine Fagan, 46: Time 04:18:47, Place: 1,395 in age group
• Deborah A. Heelan, 56: Time 04:33:09, Place: 467 in age group
• Thomas Herbert, 51: Time 03:48:45, Place: 1,194 in age group
• Kim Hooper-Stanley, 53: Time 03:57:29, Place: 439 in age group

Click here to see the full list of results.

Photos of men's winner Lemi Berhanu Hayle by Alex Newman, Patch Staff.