Boston Marathon 2017: How Did Clinton's Runner Do?

BOSTON, MA — The Boston Marathon did what it does best Monday, providing spectators with all the best aspects of sports. Human drama, elite competition, and an unbreakable spirit dominated from Hopkinton to Boylston Street.

Kenyan Geoffrey Kirui pulled away late from American Galen Rupp to win the men's elite race early Monday afternoon, finishing in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds. Kirui's countrywoman Edna Kiplagat won the women's elite race. Kiplagat finished in 2:21:53. Both victors were running in their first Boston Marathons.

The first winners to cross the Boylston Street finish did so in record-breaking fashion. In the women's wheelchair race, Switzerland's Manuela Schar was first across the line in 1 hour, 28 minutes and 16 seconds. That's a Boston record, besting Wakako Tsuchida's 2011 mark of 1:34:06.

Marcel Hug, also of Switzerland, again took the men's wheelchair race, his third consecutive Boston victory, in 1:18:4. He had more company down the stretch than Schar, battling off Ernst Van Dyk.

Christopher Zablocki of Essex took state honors as the first Connecticut finisher, placing 64th overall in a time of 2:31:04. Eight other runners from the Nutmeg State placed in the top 1,000:

• Michael Stadolnik, Plainfield, 585
• Yuzo Aramaki, Cos Cob, 640
• Michael Orifice, Fairfield, 659
• Walter Schmidt, Marlborough, 671
• Shizhong Yang, West Hartford, 776
• Morgan Kennedy, Portland, 921
• Ryan Ford, Middlefield, 932
• John Larosa, Danbury, 999

Clinton’s Heather M. Theriault finished with a time of 4:50:53.

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Reporting by Mike Carraggi (Patch Staff)

Photo credit: Alex Newman (Patch Staff)