Meet Acton's 19 Runners In The 2019 Boston Marathon

ACTON, MA — The 2019 Boston Marathon will see 19 runners from Acton take part in the Bay State's greatest sporting event of the year.

Runners as young as 22 and as old as 71 (hello, Ray Phillips) will be running on Monday, April 15. The Acton field consists of 11 men and eight men.

Three of the 19 runners return after finishing last year's race. Their times are below next to their names.

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Men

• Daniel Joyce, 58
• David Kelly, 55
• Ray Phillips, 71 (5:37:50)
• Funan Shi, 55
• Kent Walker, 39
• Michael Narcisi, 35
• David Christmas, 46 (5:35:03)
• Frank Heavey, 52
• Kieran Murphy, 53
• Joshua Erb, 39
• Leo Bertolami, 35 (6:16:31)

Women

• Kelsey O'Brien, 26
• Kristine Laping, 54
• Marni Zelnick, 40
• Madeline Walsh, 22
• Seema Bhalchandra, 49
• Sarah Herman, 29
• Kara Sullivan, 45
• Pietra Sweeney, 22

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