Boston Marathon 2022: Grafton Finish Times

GRAFTON, MA — The Boston Marathon returned on its traditional Patriots Day date this week, with more than 25,000 athletes completing the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Boylston Street.

Among those runners were three Grafton residents who ran the 126th Boston Marathon. Evans Chebet of Kenya took first place among the men with a finishing time of 2:06:51, and Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won in the women's group with a time of 02:21:01.

Here are the Grafton residents' Boston Marathon finishing times:

• Matthew Shields, 42 — 3:17:06
• Chris Marino, 52 — 4:02:15
• Octavio Melo, 44 — 4:25:03