from The Boston Globe
Geralyn R. Lannon of Braintree was a winner of the Boston Marathon. So was Justin A. Renz of Milton and Barbara Wipf of Cohasset.
No, they didn’t take home any laurel wreaths. The official winners of the 113th race were Deriba Merga of Ethiopia on the men’s side and Salina Kosgei of Kenya for the women.
But these other runners did run the fastest time of anyone from their city or town, so they are unofficial hometown champs. (Read the full story here.)