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7 Lake Forest Runners Among 2023 Boston Marathon Field

The seven local runners join tens of thousands of other competitors and four, including Natalie Yang, return after finishing in 2022.

Seven Lake Forest runners are among the tens of thousands of Boston Marathon participants slated to toe the starting line on Monday for the elite running event.
Seven Lake Forest runners are among the tens of thousands of Boston Marathon participants slated to toe the starting line on Monday for the elite running event. (Haley Cornell/Patch)

LAKE FOREST, IL — Seven Lake Forest runners are among the scores of road racing enthusiasts that will take part in the 2023 Boston Marathon on Monday.

You can see the list of area residents running below. Natalie Yang is among the four local runners who will compete in Monday’s 26.2 Patriot Day run and who participated in the 2022 Boston Marathon in October. Yang reached the finish line in Boston in 3:09.08 last year.

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Runners

  • Michael Burger, 47
  • Lori Fitzgerald, 47, (Finished the 2022 event in 3:19.44)
  • Paul Later, 62
  • Sean McEwen, 47
  • Katherine Najjar, 42 (Finished the 2022 event in 3:49.59)
  • Jeannette Peck, 37 (Finished the 2022 event in 3:30.40)
  • Natalie Yang, 26 (Finished the 2022 event in 3:09.08)

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