2019 Boston Marathon live updates

3rd & 7 37yd

.@manuelaschaer 🇨🇭 cruising her way through the women's push rim race at mile 16 with an elapsed time of 52:30:62 and a 2:40:19 split #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:02:00 PM
Mile 5 split for the Elite Women: 5:16, with Worknesh Degefa out front still.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:02:59 PM
Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 has a small lead over @m_soejima 🇯🇵 now in the men's push rim #Boston2019 race at the 30K mark. Elapsed time is 56:21.6

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:03:27 PM
Eshetu Biruktayit🇪🇹 still leading the pack in the elite women's race after mile 5, with a split time of 5:16 #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:03:28 PM
.@manuelaschaer 🇨🇭 continues to lead the way at mile 17 with a split time of 4:38:11

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:04:14 PM
If Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 is able to hold his lead, he will be the first american winner since 1993!

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:04:22 PM
Wave 1: all runners qualified with a 3:07 or better time (7,500 runners)

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:05:26 PM
Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 still leads the #Boston2019 men's push rim race at the 20 mile mark with a 3:44.3 split.

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:07:27 PM
Eshetu Biruktayit🇪🇹 continuing to lead the elite women's race at mile 6 with a split time of 5:13

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:08:14 PM
Mile 6 split for the Elite Women: 5:13, with Eshetu Biruktayit out front.

Mile 1 split for the Elite Men: 4:49, with a pack leading the way.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:08:44 PM
Eshetu Biruktayit🇪🇹 has surpassed the 10k mark in the elite women's race with an elapsed time fo 33:58

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:09:54 PM
The elite men have completed the first mile of #Boston2019 in a large pack in just 4:49.

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:10:00 PM
Getting loud here at Wellesley as the wheelchair and hand cycle racers go by. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4MyGq6XkAE2BVA.jpg

by Andy Rosen via twitter 4/15/2019 2:10:26 PM
Leaderboard for the Elite Women through 10K:

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:10:39 PM
.@manuelaschaer 🇨🇭 still out front, all alone at mile 18 with a split time of 4:58:85

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:10:40 PM
Runners waiting for their starts in respective corrals

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:11:22 PM
..@manuelaschaer 🇨🇭 still out front, all alone, in the women's push rim race at mile 19 with a split time of 3:30:36 #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:12:52 PM
As runners shed layers, they deposit them in these bags. All items will be donated to Boys and Girls Clubs https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4MyynuWsAAanGf.jpg

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:13:24 PM
The #Boston2019 men's elite race is still in a large pack. They have a split of 4:55 at mile 2.

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:13:58 PM
Worknesh Degefa🇪🇹 is now over 20 seconds in the lead in the elite women's race at mile 7 with a split time of 5:18 #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:14:41 PM
61 year old Michael Brink from California getting loose

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:14:56 PM
Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 is still in the lead of the men's push rim #Boston2019 race at the 35K mark, 1:07:26.8 has elapsed over that distance.

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:15:42 PM
Mile 8 split for the Elite Women: 5:15, with Worknesh Degefa still out front. She leads by more than 30 seconds.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:18:48 PM
Some static stretches do the trick for a few runners

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:18:50 PM
Worknesh Degefa🇪🇹 continuing to lead the women's elite race, with a 30 second lead, and a 5:15 split #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:19:03 PM
Our Grand Marshal and 2014 Boston Marathon Champion @runmeb leads the way to Boylston! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4M0SEqWsAMvIay.jpg

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:19:55 PM
Mile 3 split for the Elite Men: 4:54, with a few runners leading the pack, including Lelisa Desisa and Jeffrey Eggleston.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:20:06 PM
Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 is still out in front at mile 23 of the #Boston2019 men's push rim race with a 3:22 split.

If he wins he will be the youngest winner of the event ever and the fist american to win since 1993.

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:20:11 PM
It is absolutely beautiful now in Hopkinton ahead of wave 2

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:21:29 PM
Mile 4 split for the Elite Men: 4:50, with Jeffrey Eggleston out front.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:22:34 PM
.@jde66leston 🇺🇸 is currently in the lead of the men's elite #Boston2019 race. But there is a large pack right behind him!

They have a 4:50 split at mile 4.

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:23:11 PM
.@manuelaschaer 🇨🇭 has reached mile 21 with a split time of 5:57:18 in the women's push rim race #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:23:57 PM
Wellesley students from Munger hall have decided the weather is nice enough to hang their scream tunnel signs. They have about 650! They were worried that they’d wind up on the road and be a hazard for competitors. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4M1SezWwAA0Kmm.jpg

by Andy Rosen via twitter 4/15/2019 2:24:21 PM
Daniel Romanchuk is the youngest winner in the Men's Push-Rim race ever and the first American to win the event since 1993.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:25:03 PM
Worknesh Degefa🇪🇹 still out front in the lead in the women's elite race, surpassing the 15k mark at an elapsed time of 50:21 #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:25:13 PM
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson laced Wave 2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4M1mx5X4AAWKlA.jpg

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:25:43 PM
Leaderboard for the Elite Women through 15K:

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:25:44 PM
He did it! Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 is your #Boston2019 men's push rim champion 🏆

He is the youngest push rim athlete to win the race here in Boston and the first American to do it since 1993! Big day for Daniel 💪

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:26:11 PM
Security checkpoint #29 on the corner of Boylston and Arlington has a line forming. Security guard in charge says he’s batting 1.000 so far when it comes to catching people with bags and directing them to screening. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4M2PyhXkAAEGBn.jpg

by Jenna Ciccotelli via twitter 4/15/2019 2:28:34 PM
He did it! Daniel Romanchuk🇺🇸 is your #Boston2019 men's push rim champion 🏆

At just 20, he is the youngest push rim athlete to win the race here in Boston and the first American to do it since 1993! Big day for Daniel 💪

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:28:47 PM
.@manuelaschaer 🇨🇭at mile 22 in the women's push rim race, with no one else in sight and a split time of 2:59:08! #Boston2019

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:29:31 PM
Mile 10 split for the Elite Women: 5:21, with Worknesh Degefa out front, her lead still better than a minute.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/15/2019 2:29:36 PM
Paced *

by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:30:05 PM
by Greg Levinsky via twitter 4/15/2019 2:30:05 PM
Worknesh Degefa🇪🇹 with over a minute lead in the women's elite race, at mile 10 with a split time of 5:21!

by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/15/2019 2:30:23 PM