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Berkshire County Runners Take on Boston Marathon
iBerkshires.com Sports
BOSTON – Great Barrington’s Laura Stephen was the highest finishing Berkshire County resident at Monday’s Boston Marathon.
Stephen ran a time of 3 hours, 40 minutes, 25 seconds to place 33rd in the women’s division for runners aged 60 to 64.
At least a dozen Berkshire County residents were listed on the Boston Athletic Association’s finishers at the 129th running of the event.
Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the women’s race with a record-setting time of 2:17:22.
Her fellow Kenyan, John Korir, won the men’s race in 2:04:45.
The fastest Berkshire County finisher was Lenox Memorial graduate Ted Yee, now a student at nearby Northeastern University, who ran a time of 2:32.43 to place 253rd in the men’s 18-39 division and 307th in the field of 30,000 who made the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Boylston Street.
Yee finished about four minutes ahead of Dalton’s Alex White, who was 448th in the men’s 18-39 division with a time of 2:36.48.
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