Baddeck’s Germani top Cape Breton finisher

SYDNEY — The 128th annual Boston Marathon was held on Monday morning with several Cape Breton runners taking part in the prestigious event.

Tyler Germani of Baddeck was the first known runner from the island to cross the finish line with a time of two hours, 48 minutes and 56 seconds, followed closely by Ian Doyle of Ben Eoin at 2:49:23 and Justin Lalanne of Sydney with a 2:53:51 finish time.

Meanwhile, Corey Deveaux of Sydney River finished the race with a time of 2:55:35 and Chris Brayley of Sydney completed the event in 3:06:27.

Kim Scattolon of Glace Bay was the first known Cape Breton female to finish the race with a time of 3:31:08.

Westmount’s John MacKinnon completed the marathon in 3:34:31, Krista Ann Starzomski of Howie Centre had a time of 3:37:07, Donna Burns of Sydney posted a 4:17:39, Kara MacKinnon, originally of Sydney and now living in Halifax, had a time of 4:25:45.

Steve Grace of Glace Bay finished the event in 4:27:19, while Steven Van Nostrand of Sydney posted a time of 4:27:26 and Ann Doyle of Sydney crossed the finish line in with a time of 4:56:08.

Overall, Sisay Lemma of

Ethiopia finished first in the marathon with a 2:06:17 time, followed by Mohamed Esa of Ethiopia at 2:06:58 and twotime defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya at 2:07:22.

The first female runner to complete the marathon was Hellen Obiri of Kenya, who also earned that honour in 2023, with a time of 2:22:37. She was followed by fellow Kenya residents Sharon Lokedi at 2:22:45 and Edna Kiplagat at 2:23:21.

The 2025 edition of the Boston Marathon is scheduled for April 21. The qualifying window for the event began on Sept. 1, 2023. Registration dates will be announced in the coming weeks.