Monday, April 18, 2022

Tallahassee athletes in the 2022 Boston Marathon

The history of the annual Boston Marathon from 1897 to 2022 hasn't been without interruptions. The race keeps coming back, though. It came back after World War I. It came back after the 2013 bombing. It came back after a pandemic. The grand old marathon returned to Patriot's Day on 18 April 2022, and there were Tallahassee athletes on the starting line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts for the occasion None of them were challenging Evans Chebet for the win when the Kenyan ran 2:06:51, nor was any athlete from Florida's Capital City in the mix when Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir outkicked Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia for the women's title, 2:21:01 to 2:21:05. Nevertheless, they were there.


Tallahassee's first finisher in the 2022 Boston Marathon was Michael Niezgoda, who placed 2164th overall and 2045th in the men's standings with a 2:56:47. Tallahassee's first woman was Claire Berryman, who ran 3:23:02 to place 8492nd overall and 1629th in the women's division. Jon Maner was the first master runner from Tallahassee in the race, placing 6394th in 3:16:23. The Capital City's first woman master in the marathon was Samantha Fillmore, 17040th overall and 6218th in the women's standings with a 4:01:44.


The history of Tallahassee athletes in the Boston Marathon goes back to 1960, when Florida State University distance runner Kent Mills took time out from track season to run the 26.2-mile race. Mills placed 26th in the race, his second marathon, running 2:48:39. In addition to being the first Tallahassee-based athlete at Boston, Mills was probably also the first runner from Florida to finish the storied event.


No doubt more Tallahassee athletes will be tracing the path of Kent Mills in Boston on Patriots Day 2023. In the meantime, here are the Tallahassee finishers of the 2022 Boston Marathon.


Tallahassee finishers in the 2022 Boston Marathon, 18 April 2022
PlaceTimeAthleteSexAge GroupNet TimePace/Mile
21642:56:47Michael NiezgodaM18-392:55:076:41
63943:16:23Jon ManerM45-493:14:577:27
71803:21:04Jack McDermottM50-543:17:587:33
84923:23:02Claire BerrymanF18-393:22:517:45
89033:28:26Fanxiu ZhuM50-543:24:227:48
111213:35:48Alyssa TerryF18-393:32:318:07
118873:37:01Jenny EarlyF18-393:35:218:13
124143:37:41Jamila AllenF18-393:37:368:18
156023:56:10Deanna McVayF18-393:50:388:48
165503:56:55Jillian HeddaeusF18-393:55:158:59
170243:58:33David PlackM50-543:57:489:05
170404:01:44Samantha FillmoreF45-493:57:539:05
186254:10:55Judy AlexanderF60-644:08:389:29
205254:33:12Birgit Maier-KatkinF55-594:25:1610:07
224524:52:17Richard BergstromM45-494:49:4911:04
230165:06:49Christopher TurnerM40-445:00:1211:27


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