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Jill
Gaitenby makes the turn from Hereford St. onto Boylston St., 3.5
blocks from the finish line.
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Esther
Kiplagat finished 10th in 2:38:43.
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Gitte
Karlshoj, age 43, of Denmark was the second masters finisher...
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11th among women in 2:40:52.
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Emily
LeVan's 12th-place 2:41:37 finish was one of the bigger surprises
of the race.
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LeVan's
previous PR was a 2:47:38, set when she won the 2002 Maine Marathon.
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LeVan
was one of the only top athletes to set a PR in the warm and windy
conditions.
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LeVan,
a 1995 Bowdoin graduate, only ran one season of track in college,
her main sport was field hockey.
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Alysun
Deckert of Seattle, WA finished 13th in 2:47:19.
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Maribel
Burgos finished 14th in 2:48:03 with a chip time of 2:47:59, just
under the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying standard.
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Cori
Mooney of Boise, Idaho finished 15th in 2:48:29 (2:48:19 chip).
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Linda
Somers-Smith, age 41, finished 16th in 2:49:41.
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Somers-Smith
finished third among masters women.
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Lisa
Valentine, age 42, finished 17th in 2:50:42.
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Sharon
Stubler finished 18th in 2:51:41.
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Stubler
hails from Minnetonka, Minnesota.
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Heather
May finished 19th with an offcial time of 2:53:33.
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May's
chip time was 2:53:05.
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Lee
De Pietro, age 45, finished 20th in 2:55:00.
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Shannon
Hovey of West Granby, CT finished 21st in 2:55:57.
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