Ashburn Marathon Runners Are In Boston

Six of nine runners from Ashburn finished the Boston Marathon Monday before explosions stopped the race.

The 117th Boston Marathon began with 26 seconds of silence to honor Sandy Hook victims and about three hours after the first runners finished up, there two explosions near the finish line. Several television reports indicated that two additional devices were located and disarmed.

Sadly, the Patriot-Ledger is reporting two booms were heard from inside the Fairmount Copley Hotel near the finish line on Boylston Street. There are also reports of multiple serious injuries, but no word yet on how many people were injured, or whether those injured were spectators or runners. 

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Lelisa Desisa Benti was the men's winner of the Boston Marathon Monday morning with Rita Jeptoo winning the women's division, according to The Washington Post.

Benti of Ethiopia won the 117th Boston Marathon race with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds. This was his second marathon after winning a marathon earlier this year in Dubai. Jeptoo of Kenya won with 2 hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds. She also won the Boston Marathon in 2006.

You can track Ashburn runners by bib number, listed below, at the Boston Athletic Association website. (Some runners were stopped from completing the race because of the explosion.)

Bock, Christine (USA) 16482

Bowers, Jeffery (USA) 10516*

Delong, Clyde (USA) 8571*

Kimes, Peter (USA) 16390

Mcfarlane, Kathleen (USA) 17023

Ossipenko, Olesja (USA) 9513*

Pattie, David (USA) 6090*

Pettibone, Daniel (USA) 3862*

Schmidt, Trevor (USA) 1014*

* These runners finished the race. To see their times, visit baa.org.

[UPDATE: Kathleen Mcfarlane did not run because of injury.]

If you know these runners are OK, please let the community know here.

[If you're looking for family members in Boston or you have family members who might be looking for you, go to this Red Cross site: http://www.redcross.org/find-help]