Finishers walk to their belongings and family members after crossing the line of the Boston Marathon.
Ethiopia dominated the 120th edition of the Boston Marathon on Monday. Lemi Berhanu Hayle led a 1-2-3 sweep in the men's race with a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 45 seconds. On the women's side, Alsede Baysa beat fellow compatriot Tirfi Tsegaye by 45 seconds with her 2:29:19 winning effort.
Under sunny and windy conditions, how did Rhode Island fare on Patriots Day?
Former Bishop Hendricken standout Bronson Venable accomplished his goal of a sub 2:40 effort, finishing as the top runner from the Ocean State with a net time of 2:39.19. Venable, who ran consistently from start to finish, was 1:19:42 at the halfway mark. He was 111th overall among the nearly 28,000 participants.
In all, eight runners cracked the three-hour barrier.
Placing 350th overall was Justin Bentley of Ashaway. The 38-year-old Bentley was timed in 2:48:29. Jason Reilly, a onetime Cumberland star, was third from the Ocean State and 508th overall, finishing with a time of 2:50:46.
Not too far behind was Johnston's David Principe, who clocked a time of 2:53:28, good for 693rd overall. Scott Kulm, a 2013 East Greenwich grad, was 750th at 2:54:04.
R.I. native Hilary Dionne, who competed just two months ago at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, was the fourth American finisher. The former Cumberland all-stater placed 23rd among women with a time of 2:50:56.
'I wanted to come out and sort of enjoy it and run a conservative race and see how I felt at the end," she said. "Going out even conservatively, with the heat, I was dead tired in the middle miles. I was able to pick it up at the end."
East Greenwich's Garrett Scanlon, a sophomore at Northeastern University, finished at 3:10:19. That was slightly off his PR of 2:53:50.
"My real goal was just to finish and have a blast," Scanlon said. "In that perspective, mission accomplished. It was really tough. It was hot out there and was windy. There was also a lot of hills."
Scanlon credits the crowd with pushing him to the finish down Bolyston Street.
"I think I ran a little quick at the beginning, but it wasn't too crazy. My legs definitely felt it the last few miles," said the former high school standout. "It was surreal out there. Some part of the course, the people were like four or five deep. I definitely couldn't have done it without the crowd."
Place Overall Place Gender Place Division Name BIB HALF Finish Net Finish Gun 122 111 99 » Venable, Bronson (USA 28640 1:19:42 02:39:19 02:40:38 ' 367 350 300 » Bentley, Justin (USA) 1028 01:23:57 02:47:45 02:48:29 530 508 421 » Reilly, Jason (USA) 990 01:17:32 02:50:46 02:50:52 726 693 40 » Principe, David (USA) 730 01:21:55 02:53:15 02:53:28 783 748 48 » Brightman, Steve (USA)1248 01:23:07 02:54:03 02:54:41 785 750 607 » Kulm, Scott (USA) 2152 01:26:31 02:54:04 02:55:14 949 905 728 » Kolet, Thijs (USA) 2830 01:24:51 02:56:03 02:56:40 1043 993 786 » Paquet, Daniel (USA) 1863 01:21:53 02:56:48 02:57:22 1809 1694 1256 » Jackman, Robert (USA) 299 01:23:35 03:02:55 03:03:08 1820 1705 225 » Wernevi, Erik (SWE) 3014 01:30:13 03:02:58 03:05:13 1916 125 103 » Jaswell, Megan (USA) 2006 01:28:45 03:03:42 03:04:53 2121 148 123 » Chappell, Kelsi (USA) 11568 01:28:45 03:05:15 03:07:01 2503 2308 1614 » Govednik, Jonathan (USA)3452 01:27:05 03:07:56 03:09:32 2582 2375 1649 » Ring, Adam (USA) 3703 01:33:31 03:08:25 03:10:57 2815 2576 1748 » Seekell, Jason (USA) 8059 01:30:08 03:09:51 03:09:55 2878 2622 1770 » Scanlon, Garrett (USA)2131 01:30:08 03:10:19 03:11:30 2891 259 220 » Levesque, Caroline (USA)8649 01:32:36 03:10:24 03:10:32 3158 2861 303 » Kanjilidhom, Ramesh (USA)5976 01:32:49 03:11:54 03:15:00 3179 2879 493 » Anter, Daniel (USA) 8516 01:32:11 03:11:59 03:12:23 3751 3345 186 » Pereira, Ronald (USA) 12292 01:34:16 03:14:51 03:17:30 3854 3423 415 » Mcdaniel, Steven (USA)5384 01:34:08 03:15:20 03:19:09 3902 3463 2149 » Hoppe, Timothy (USA) 26361 01:30:34 03:15:34 03:17:08 3903 3464 2150 » Yost, Christopher (USA)26201 01:34:56 03:15:34 03:16:54 3958 3502 2159 » Smith, David (USA) 2384 01:27:27 03:15:49 03:16:51 4385 3824 2302 » Gallagher, Robert (USA 503 01:31:39 03:17:53 03:21:28