A host of runners from Alabama and Tennessee finished the 2022 Boston Marathon, held mid-morning April 18 on its iconic route in Beantown.
Seventy runners from Alabama and more than 225 from Tennessee competed, according to the Boston Athletic Association website results. Alabama’s runners were from throughout the state, from Huntsville to the Gulf Coast. Tennessee’s runners appeared to come mostly from the Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis areas, as you might expect.
Andrew Chirico, 25, of Hendersonville, was the first Tennessee runner across the tape. He posted a 5:45 pace to finish in 2:30.21 and was 132nd overall.
Click here to see the Tennessee finishers, in a list with buttons to toggle for more results.
Jeremy Provence, 31, of Muscle Shoals was the first Alabama runner to cross the finish line. He finished in 2:31:11 with a 5:46 pace and was 157th overall.
Click here to see the Alabama finishers, in a list with buttons to toggle for more results.
More Boston Marathon Results
Want to find more specific results, perhaps a person or someone in a category? Here’s how to do it.
Click on this link — this one, y’all — and it takes you to the BAA results search page. There, you can list a name, state, category (runner, wheelchair, etc.) or age groups. Within the results you can see splits for the miles, division finishes and other information. After 126 years, the marathon organizers have the results nailed down.
On the BAA site you also can get information about the race, previous results and find other cool stuff.
The race was held on Patriots’ Day for the first time in 1,099 days. That’s a holiday in Boston stretching to the founding of our country. More than 25,314 registered athletes started in Hopkinton on the storied route to Boston. Participants came from 120 countries and all 50 U.S. states.
Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya battled Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia down the stretch to claim the women’s open race. Kenya’s Evans Chebet avenged a 2018 DNF to win the men’s open race.
The wheelchair divisions were won by American Daniel Romanchuk in 1:26:58 and Manuela Schär of Switzerland in 1:41:08. It was the second victory Boston Marathon win for Romanchuk and fourth for Schär.
History Made 50 Years Ago
The marathon also celebrated more than a half-century of the first official women’s division. Before 1967, women were prohibited due to ignorant, discriminatory, racist and outdated ideas. Katherine Switzer smashed that barrier and had to put up with a bunch of crap to do it. But trendsetters and first-timers often have to do that. Read more here about Switzer’s remarkable feat in her own words.
Here’s an excerpt, about the moments after race official Jock Semple tried to attack Switzer’s bib and kick her off the course. Switzer’s athletic boyfriend, who was running, too, tackled the enraged Semple. Switzer and her fellow running pals continued on. But not after a “what if?” moment. From her site:
“I did not want to mess up this prestigious race. But the thought was only a flicker. I knew if I quit, nobody would ever believe that women had the capability to run 26-plus miles. If I quit, everybody would say it was a publicity stunt. If I quit, it would set women’s sports back, way back, instead of forward. If I quit, I’d never run Boston. If I quit, Jock Semple and all those like him would win. My fear and humiliation turned to anger.”
It’s quite a story. The Boston Marathon seems to never fail to have a gripping moment.
(MAIN PHOTO: Josh Cornett of Huntsville, Ala., crosses the finish line in the 2022 Boston Marathon. Photo/BAA)
