Andover's 2021 Boston Marathon Runners: Meet All 41 Athletes

Andover MA

24 September, 2021

11:50 AM

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ANDOVER, MA — Forty-one Andover runners will take part in a Boston Marathon like no other. The town has 41 representatives in the Oct. 11 race, which is being held more than 900 days after the last Boston Marathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can see the list of local men and women running below. Sixteen of the runners participated in the 2019 Boston Marathon — the last time the race was run. Their 2019 times are noted below. Are you on the list? Patch wants to know why you're running this year. Email [email protected]. and tell me your story! Men Conor Beswick, 18Thomas Brand, 38 (3:45:01)Shawn Carroll, 50Andrew Cummings, 29 (3:50:32)Vikram Daesety, 22 (2:51:33)David Diantonio, 52Thomas Dolan, 53 (3:22:04)Jonathan Falk, 49John Hamilton, 63 (3:38:37)Enyang Huang, 38 (3:05:25)Matthew Kiesz, 35Daniel Koh, 36 (3:26:16)Eric Landers, 38Joe Loureiro, 54 (3:17:16)Colby Marques, 34Dan Mees, 56 (4:33:29)Tony Ong, 49Dennis Reidy, 60 (4:54:10)Mykhaylo Trubskyy, 44Bo Zhang, 50 Women Lynne Blech, 60Lanshan Cao, 51 (4:16:53)Nicole Carzo, 23Amy Cronin, 41Louise Cummings, 62 (5:08:03)Norma Defusco-King, 62Sharon Johnson, 64 (4:00:44)Jessica Karis, 30Allison Kerzner, 33Cassandra Kobelski, 26 (5:17:18)Caroline Mcbride Wilcox, 30 (2:59:05)Annmarie Mcneill, 33Kristen Mcvey, 32Megan Murphy Flood, 44Hui Qian, 51Michele Scavongelli, 63Amy Sennett, 37 (3:27:10)Maura Szendey, 61Emily Van Antwerp, 25Katherine Walsh, 52Yueping Xu, 56 Patch is covering the Boston Marathon before, during and after the race. Sign up for our free newsletter to get the latest. The Boston Marathon is being run in October for the first time after being postponed and ultimately canceled in 2020 and delayed this year. Race officials said the marathon will return back to its traditional Patriots Day date beginning next year. Runners this year will not be required to wear a mask while racing, but they will need to wear them on buses to and from the race. Masks will also be required and provided in all medical tents along the 26.2-mile route Runners — and everyone else — will need to wear masks indoors as part of Boston's indoor mask mandate. That includes the Boston Marathon Expo at the Hynes Convention Center in the three days leading up to the race Volunteers who will have direct interaction or close proximity with the runners must wear masks. Some will be provided additional personal protective equipment. Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or [email protected].