It was great marathon weather in Charlotte on Monday: cool, dry, a little bit cloudy.
On the other hand, up in Massachusetts ...... more than 150 runners from the Charlotte area battled terrible conditions — pouring rain, bitter cold and a headwind pretty much the entire way — at the 122nd edition of the Boston Marathon. It was some of the harshest weather runners had faced at the prestigious event in recent memory.
Leading the pack of locals in Boston on Monday was Dylan Lowry, 26, who finished in 2 hours, 32 minutes and 50 seconds; Lowry ran in college for the University of Albany and now calls Concord home. Charlotte's Amelia Shea was fastest on the women's side, clocking in at 3:03:49; the 27-year-old has a competitive swimming background and didn't start getting into running until after she graduated from the University of Florida.
Huntersville and Mooresville sent the youngest runners from the area to the race (Brooke Schroeder and Amelia Zwiener, both 21, finished in 3:24:46 and 3:37:46, respectively), while Hubert Lambert of Lincolnton was the area's oldest participant at 78 (he crossed the line in 6:55:58).
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Of course, the big national story of the day was the victory in the elite women's race by Desiree Linden, who finished in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 53 seconds to become the first American woman to win the marathon since Lisa Larden Weidenbach in 1985.
To give you some sense of how tough the conditions were on the roads from Hopkinton to downtown Boston, Linden's winning time was 17 minutes slower than she ran on the same course in 2011, when she finished as the runner-up by just two seconds.
Consider that as you peruse this list of 2018 Boston Marathon finishers who claim residence within an hour of Charlotte.
Dylan Lowry, 26, Concord: 2:32:50.
James Perez, 26, Charlotte: 2:37:28.
JP Delaney, 32, Charlotte: 2:49:18.
Jonathan McGinnis, 29, Rock Hill: 2:50:22.
Andrew Totman, 37, Stallings: 2:51:57.
Scott Robertson, 32, Charlotte: 2:55:48.
Caleb Boyd, 35, Charlotte: 2:56:24.
Ryan Hopkins, 27, Charlotte: 2:56:41.
Sebastian Nicewicz, 25, Charlotte: 2:57:35.
Ryan Phillips, 24, Charlotte: 2:58:10.
Jason Benoit, 34, Charlotte: 2:58:12.
Bryan Baumgartner, 27, Charlotte: 2:58:28.
Ethan Cohen, 27, Charlotte: 2:58:57.
Jon Clary, 47, Monroe: 2:59:33.
Chad Lenox, 36, Mount Holly: 3:03:47.
Amelia Shea, 27, Charlotte: 3:03:49.
David Jones, 42, Waxhaw: 3:05:03.
Neil Wigginton, 43, Huntersville: 3:05:17.
Travis Rothman, 42, Matthews: 3:05:23.
Nathan Stanford, 39, Kannapolis: 3:06:55.
Megan Hepp Hovis, 36, Charlotte: 3:08:19.
Robert Gannett, 39, Charlotte: 3:08:34.
Zach Sorgi, 35, Charlotte: 3:12:29.
Brittany Williams, 23, Charlotte: 3:13:25.
Scott Mastbrook, 45, Charlotte: 3:16:30.
Hannah Panicco, 28, Huntersville: 3:16:55.
Duane Martinelli, 45, Harrisburg: 3:17:12.
Alexandra Moran, 24, Charlotte: 3:17:22.
Edwin Schlichter, 35, Charlotte: 3:18:01.
Scott Robinson, 40, Huntersville: 3:19:27.
Matt Kerley, 41, Fort Mill: 3:19:45.
Shaun Thune, 40, Charlotte: 3:20:20.
Nicole Cohen, 27, Charlotte: 3:21:36.
Stuart Hildebrandt, 31, Rock Hill: 3:22:59.
Gregory Peters, 47, Lexington: 3:23:36.
Mike Lawson, 47, Claremont: 3:23:42.
Amanda Lapp, 28, Charlotte: 3:23:59.
Ashley Neff, 35, Davidson: 3:24:02.
Matthew Bush, 47, Fort Mill: 3:24:11.
Brooke Schroeder, 21, Huntersville: 3:24:46.
Perry Berman, 26, Charlotte: 3:24:58.
Rodolfo Sequeyro, 59, Charlotte: 3:25:02.
Helen Baddour, 29, Charlotte: 3:25:14.
Frederic Levy, 57, Gastonia: 3:26:49.
Gregory Woo, 46, Charlotte: 3:27:12.
Alan Barbera, 50, Charlotte: 3:27:15.
Jim Huffman, 52, Waxhaw: 3:27:39.
Vanessa Boveine, 25, Charlotte: 3:27:50.
Eric Horne, 48, Charlotte: 3:28:01.
Edward Morse, 54, Concord: 3:28:32.
Baki Oguz, 49, Charlotte: 3:28:50.
Jay Seago, 41, Charlotte: 3:29:00.
Bobby Aswell, 55, Cornelius: 3:29:01.
Whitley Hamlin, 41, Charlotte: 3:29:29.
Ashley Marques, 37, Charlotte: 3:29:49.
Bonnie Darrenkamp, 48, Huntersville: 3:29:50.
Flavia Coppolino, 36, Charlotte: 3:30:07.
Jason Martin, 38, Charlotte: 3:30:46.
Benny Vanhoose, 45, Salisbury: 3:32:39.
Doreen McCormick, 42, Stanley: 3:33:27.
Emily Monette, 28, Charlotte: 3:33:48.
Kerri Mast, 41, Charlotte: 3:34:34.
Chad Champion, 46, Charlotte: 3:34:35.
Joanna Eubanks, 43, Fort Mill: 3:34:51.
Mark McGeough, 48, Huntersville: 3:35:09.
Thomas Fisher, 57, Indian Land: 3:35:52.
Kayla Bratcher, 28, Monroe: 3:35:55.
Eric Hein, 58, Charlotte: 3:36:29.
Don Bailey, 52, Charlotte: 3:37:40.
Amelia Zwiener, 21, Mooresville: 3:37:46.
John Maiden, 43, Harrisburg: 3:37:46.
Paul Neumann, 51, Charlotte: 3:37:59.
Kristen Geary, 41, Fort Mill: 3:39:07.
Eric Strong, 35, Charlotte: 3:39:44.
Jeannette Pantani, 49, Charlotte: 3:40:20.
Julia Martin, 26, Charlotte: 3:42:16.
Dawn McCarthy, 51, Davidson: 3:42:35.
Jeremy Mordock, 41, Huntersville: 3:44:02.
Max Davidson, 62, Statesville: 3:44:36.
Sarah Passeri, 35, Charlotte: 3:44:52.
Zebulon Weaver, 48, Weddington: 3:44:52.
Colette Nichols, 44, Huntersville: 3:45:04.
Mark Geary, 42, Fort Mill: 3:45:26.
Meaghan McCauley, 25, Concord: 3:45:53.
Curtis Desena, 51, Cornelius: 3:45:57.
Raychelle Robinson, 42, Charlotte: 3:46:35.
Rachel Bringewatt, 22, Davidson: 3:47:04.
Beth Pierpont, 53, Charlotte: 3:47:43.
Chuck Spencer, 54, Charlotte: 3:48:27.
Thomas Lax, 53, Waxhaw: 3:48:36.
Jane Hardy, 44, Mint Hill: 3:49:06.
James Glover, 61, Gastonia: 3:49:10.
Robert McBee, 51, York: 3:49:15.
Koine Kinyua, 56, Charlotte: 3:49:21.
Allen Jacobs, 57, Charlotte: 3:49:22.
Stephen Riddell, 46, Charlotte: 3:50:37.
Alice Feeney, 45, Matthews: 3:50:46.
Bryan Allf, 60, Gastonia: 3:51:48.
Lanna Kwon, 41, Charlotte: 3:52:36.
Chen Wang, 46, Charlotte: 3:53:07.
Erin Osetek, 35, Statesville: 3:53:24.
Katie Rose, 35, Concord: 3:55:04.
Jessica Wagner, 37, Davidson: 3:55:08.
Taryn Pearson, 39, Huntersville: 3:55:08.
Heather Adams, 47, Monroe: 3:55:09.
Carol Ann Hood, 48, Charlotte: 3:55:40.
Michele Stack, 52, Marvin: 3:56:19.
Gwen Catalone, 48, Fort Mill: 3:57:21.
Stephanie Plummer, 35, Tega Cay: 3:58:05.
Amanda Hunt, 43, Cornelius: 3:58:17.
April Oliver, 38, Charlotte: 3:58:34.
Bryan Massingale, 42, Denver: 3:59:16.
Mark D'Amico, 47, Charlotte: 4:00:47.
Sarah McGeough, 45, Huntersville: 4:01:39.
Cathy Moore, 46, Statesville: 4:03:40.
Elizabeth Hindal, 58, Charlotte: 4:04:30.
Kelly Vanderhave, 50, Charlotte: 4:04:40.
Denise Imhoff, 51, Cornelius: 4:04:47.
David Moore, 60, Davidson: 4:05:23.
Rebecca Kobsik, 38, Charlotte: 4:06:08.
Christopher Flaherty, 52, Davidson: 4:06:10.
Knox Tate, 46, Hickory: 4:06:42.
Jason Harris, 44, Hickory: 4:06:43.
Eric Meredith, 45, Hickory: 4:06:44.
Joe Haines, 46, Hickory: 4:06:44.
Cindy Pomeroy, 52, Charlotte: 4:07:20.
Ashley Edwards, 26, Charlotte: 4:08:23.
Danielle Volman, 27, Charlotte: 4:08:27.
Tracey Deforest, 51, Mooresville: 4:08:32.
Susan Montgomery, 57, Charlotte: 4:09:20.
Margaret Finke, 56, Charlotte: 4:10:11.
Katherine Harbold, 43, Charlotte: 4:10:34.
Juliana Switzer, 37, Stanley: 4:10:46.
Corie Pauling, 47, Davidson: 4:10:49.
Alex Wang, 48, Charlotte: 4:12:24.
Tara Casey, 39, Charlotte: 4:13:30.
Nick Calarco, 45, Davidson: 4:13:46.
Minnie Hughes, 51, Charlotte: 4:17:32.
Stanly Stewart, 61, Catawba: 4:18:16.
Robin Pugh, 44, Cornelius: 4:20:37.
Anne Marie Lax, 52, Waxhaw: 4:21:22.
Joe Schlereth, 68, Pineville: 4:23:02.
Finlay Lewis, 46, Matthews: 4:26:58.
Michelle Moore, 46, Cornelius: 4:49:35.
Molly Cybowski, 60, Charlotte: 4:50:07
Courtney Fallon, 23, Charlotte: 4:50:56.
Debbie Smith, 53, Charlotte: 4:52:49.
Demaree Clark, 41, Fort Mill: 4:54:44.
Daniel Thompson, 55, Newton: 4:58:59.
Ansley Proctor, 30, Charlotte: 5:02:03.
Ross Cockerham, 37, Charlotte: 5:02:03.
Iliana Smalanskas, 23, Charlotte: 5:06:48.
Beth Bumgardner, 61, Rock Hill: 5:09:50.
Christina DePriest, 36, Mooresville: 5:11:03.
Michael Jones, 51, Weddington: 5:31:04.
James Lozier, 39, Charlotte: 5:32:41.
Bill Pappas, 48, Charlotte: 5:42:11.
Kim Sloat, 57, Charlotte: 5:54:57.
Silke Rible, 43, Waxhaw: 6:33:11.
Hubert Lambert, 78, Lincolnton: 6:55:58.
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