Some 16,000 people entered the various events - the 5K, half and full marathons and relays - in the ING Hartford Marathon that took place on a brisk Saturday morning.
Abiyot Endale won the 26.2-mile race in a record time of 2:15.35.
Patch has compiled a list of the top male and female finishers in the marathon from each town Patch serves in north central Connecticut:
- Mansfield - Jim Miner, no female
- Storrs - Nicholas Ferron, Lynn Mardon
- Avon - Jeffrey McDermott, Maddy Yopchick
- Canton - Thomas Ksiazkiewicz, Kathleen Magna
- East Granby - Jonah Wellins, Kelly Reese
- East Windsor - David Cilley, Terri-Lynn Gidius
- Ellington - Kevin Vallez, Lynn Friedman
- Enfield - Morgan Anderstrom, Sara Garthwait
- Farmington - Kyle Sorensen, Wendy Ku
- Glastonbury - Michael Keenan, Jodi Ramanan
- Granby - Jeffrey Fleming, Jessica Kraiza
- Manchester - Stephen Belmore, Wendy Davis
- Simsbury - Douglas Casey, Thea Cox
- Somers - Mark Erwin, no female
- South Windsor - Mitch Bielenda, Beth Esstman
- Suffield - Timothy Grabowski, Gosia Baker
- Tolland - Matthew Maynes, Susan Janton
- Vernon - Jay Seney, Lyly Salisbury
- West Hartford - Pinhas Harel, Leslie St. Amant
- Windsor - John McDonnell, Judi Dague
- Windsor Locks - Kristopher Morin, Kathleen Snow
Check out the photo gallery of some of the action Saturday morning. If you took pictures during the race, please add them to the gallery.
