Locals joined the field for the running of the 130th Boston Marathon

Residents from Advocate readership area of Everett, Malden, Revere & Saugus were among 30,000 runners in iconic race

By Steve Freker

Whether running for a charitable cause, personal satisfaction or just the thrill of it all, over two dozen local residents were among the 30,000-plus who ran the 130th Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day Monday. All told, 28 runners finished the iconic race from The Advocate readership area, which includes the cities of Everett, Malden and Revere and the town of Saugus. Each community was represented in this year’s race and each showed up on the list of finishers.

On a sunny day with near-perfect, spectacular running weather, it showed in the finish: Kenya’s John Korir won his second straight Boston Marathon in the men’s division, finishing at 2:01:52 and setting a new course record. Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, the defending women’s winner, also repeated as champion with a time of 2:18:51. It was the first time in over 30 years that the male and female winners were repeat winners, going back to 1994 and 1995, when the same feat was achieved by Cosmas Ndeti and Uta Pippig.

Locally, the first local finisher from the Advocate readership area was Alexandria Russo, 25, of Malden, with a time of 3:02:01, at 6,957 overall. This was a time of three hours, two minutes, one second, for the uninitiated in terms of running times.

All told the first four local finishers were all from Malden: Sarabeth Girard, 31, came in at 3:24:31 (13,243rd); Maeve Ragusin, 34, 3:35:23 (16,327th); and Pascal Spink, 37, 3:36:24 (16,591st).

—The first finisher from Everett: Bryan Arenales, 29, 4:06:49 (22,234th).

—The first finisher from Saugus: Erin Donlan, 24, 4:16:04 (23,450th)

—The first finisher from Revere: Kaitlyn Burns, 41, 4:48:18 (26,366th).

Here are ALL the local 2026 Boston Marathon finishers, listed by city or town:

EVERETT: Bryan Arenales, 4:06:49; Ryan Fernandes, 4:34:19; Cynthia Fernandes, 4:35:06; Michelle Davidson, 5:33:24.

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MALDEN: Alexandria Russo, 3:02:01; Sarabeth Girard, 3:23:31; Maeve Ragusin, 3:35:23; Pascal Spink, 3:36:24; Vivian Nguyen, 4:14:23; Dillon Broza, 4:16:47; Alphonso Lopez, 4:21:37; Jordyn Meehan, 4:35:10; Kadi Rufo, 4:35:46; Anthony Mastrocola, 4:45:22; Jill Hadwen, 4:52:28; Anika Vincent, 5:25:49.

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SAUGUS: Erin Donlan, 4:16:04, Robert Favuzza, 4:35:36; Manolo Morales, 4:38:25; Astrid Toro, 5:14:20; Stephanie Romano, 5:15:19; Sadie Bossi, 5:41:51; Gina Spaziani, 5:51:21; Jillian Bowe, 5:56:25.

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REVERE: Kaitlyn Burns, 4:48:18; Bibiana Rodriguez, 5:07:00; Mario Garcia, 5:16:18; David E. Carroll, 5:21:19.