Thomas Cantara met the challenge and then some on Monday.
The 33-year-old Cantara was the top local finisher in the 128th running of the Boston Marathon, coming in at 2:35:23, good for 235 out of 26,482 runners overall, and 219 out of 15,014 men.
Colin Cook of Brookline was next, coming in at 2:38:56, good for 386 overall.
The top local women’s finisher was Bridget Ybarra of Amherst, coming in at 3:11:43. That’s good enough for 608 overall for women.
Here is the complete list of local finishers and times, as listed on the Boston Athletic Association website, by local town.
Note: The time is “Net Time”, from when the runner crossed the start line (rather than at the gun start),and crossed the finish line.
NASHUA – Thomas Cantara, 2:35:23; Nate Burns, 3:14.52; Maggie Brice 3:16:06; Shane Gagnon, 3:30:41; Marcos De Sa, 3:43:17; Matthew Gregg, 3:58:26; Jill Whitney, 4:16:17; Troy Hoyt, 4:18:18; Katie Wong, 4:28:03; Pam Triest-Hallahan, 4:39:36; Liam Nye, 4:43:38; Marie Ghilardi, 5:18:47; Jacob Notinger, 5:43:18; Beth Whiple, 6:05:05; Johanna Lisle Newbold, 6:35:26.
HUDSON – Kimberly Doherty, 3:33:17; Suzanne Barker, 4:29:10; Liam McNeil, 4:19:26; Cory Minichino, 5:28:42; Dianne Smigliani, 6:12:04. DNF: Vivek Vangal Sivakumar, 3:00:20 (half) Amber Moreau, 2:25:20 (half); Steven Poirier, 3:05:46 (half).
MERRIMACK – Christopher Busby, 2:52:42; Issam Krieche, 3:09:04; Yousef Awwad, 3:15:27; Kristin Ross, 3:19:33; Adrian Wong, 3:22:02; Samantha Provencher, 3:23:50; Tom Stuart, 3:54:52; Heather McDonald, 4:51:01 Gina Joubert, 5:06:34; Chelsey Roy, 5:51:51; Nathan Fluet, 5:52:17; Jen Melker, 6:03:34; Melissa Palmer, 6:16:10; Nicole Burke, 6:17:53. DNF: Christina Anketell, 3:17:04 (half)
AMHERST – John Hodorowski, 3:08:37; Bridget Ybarra, 3:11:43; Erik Swanson, 3:14:22; Chelsea Cook, 3:32:56; Jeff Trudel, 4:16:10; Jacob Fingerson, 4:25:32; Lila Leonard, 4:37:29; Stacy Leonard, 4:51:49; Jim Cashins,5:14:47.
MILFORD – Joshua Gue, 4:14:15; Emily Sullivan, 4:23:35; Corinne Pociask, 4:54:31; Paul Rolanti, 5:21:23.
MONT VERNON – Yuki Chorney, 4:04:22.
HOLLIS – Adam Goldstein, 3:07:45; Rebecca Kadish, 4:51:35; Tyler Critz, 4:55:31; Marylu Klum, 5:51:34.
BROOKLINE – Colin Cook, 2:38:56; Jaye Duncan, 4:56:13; Zachary Ehrhardt, 5:10:18.
LITCHFIELD – Victoria Neault, 5:22:18; Christopher Patten 5:36:26; Kristen Patten, 5:36:27.
WILTON – Lindsey Bristol, 5:00:24
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