The 129th Boston Marathon took place on Monday April 21st and featured about 31,000 runners. It was a nice sunny day with temperatures in the high 60’s/low 70’s. Local participants in the festivities included Hopkinton resident & Hopkinton High School Girls Track/Cross Country Head Coach, Jean Cann & Hopkinton resident & Police Officer, Pat O’Brien who were selected as two of the starters for the waves of runners. You can view a wonderful collection of photos from the start line courtesy of Denise Antaki at our Scene in Hopkinton. Stay tuned for more about this year’s Boston Marathon on HCAM News!
Men’s Race Winner – John Korir of Kenya with a time of 2:04:45
Women’s Race Winner – Sharon Lokedi of Kenya with a time of 2:17:22 (Lokedi finished just 19 seconds ahead of 2nd place & last years winner, Hellen Obiri of Kenya)
Men’s Wheelchair – Marcel Hug of Switzerland with a time of 1:21:34 (Hug known as “the Silver Bullet” captured his 8th career Boston Marathon win).
Women’s Wheelchair – Susannah Scaroni of USA with a time of 1:35:20 (Scaroni also won the Boston Marathon in 2023.)
Men’s handcycle – Alfredo de los Santos of Dominican Republic with a time of 1:07:35 (Captured his 2nd Boston Marathon title after winning his first in 2022.)
Women’s handcycle – JoAnn Outten-Kenton of USA with a time of 1:42:57 (Her first win at Boston Marathon)
Hopkinton residents Pat O’Brien & Jean Cann were invited to assist in starting a couple of the runner waves during the 2025 Boston Marathon
All images courtesy of © Denise Antaki