UPDATE: Just Under Half of Chelmsford Runners Confirmed To Be Safe

UPDATE 5:07 p.m. - Family members of Cathy Pearce indicate that they were at the Fairmont Copley hotel when the blast occurred and are safe.

UPDATE 1:24 p.m. - Wayne Gerhardt has e-mailed in and said that he and his family are okay. He was approximately half a mile away when the explosion occurred.

UPDATE 10:03 a.m. - We've been told members of the Greater Lowell Road Runners, including Chelmsford's Paul Hadley, Michael Murphy and James Sullivan, Luciana Calvin, and Amy Molloy, are okay.

Yesterday, we were able to confirm that three runners from Chelmsford are okay: Barry Scanlon, Deb Dorsey and Francine Inman.

And although she's from Dracut, former Chelmsford Patch editor Krista Perry was also safe and several miles from the blast when it occurred at approximately the 4:09:45 mark.

Here is a complete list of who finished and who did not finish the race from Chelmsford yesterday, as well as links on the Boston Marathon website indicating where approximately they were when the race was stopped.

Patch will attempt to confirm the safety of all the participants from Chelmsford. If you have information, please e-mail chelmsford@patch.com