Seventeen Livingston County runners are registered to run the 130th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20.
Running in the world’s oldest annual marathon requires meeting a qualifying time within each age group. There are also spots allotted for runners raising money for charity and other exceptions.
The qualifying standards were lowered by five minutes for the 2026 Boston Marathon because more qualifiers registering than there are spots available. For 2026, there were 24,362 accepted qualifiers and 8,887 who weren’t accepted. Runners needed to run 4 minutes and 34 seconds faster than their age group’s standard to get in.
About 13% of all marathon finishers run a Boston-qualifying time.
Former Pinckney running standout Gavin White ran the fastest qualifying time among the county qualifiers, completing the 2025 Sri Chimnoy Marathon in New York with a time of 2 hours, 44 minutes and 43 seconds. White recently completed his college running career at Columbia University.
This year’s Boston Marathon has nearly 34,000 entrants. Racing will begin at 9:06 a.m. with the men’s wheelchair race. Nonprofessional runners will begin in waves, starting at 10 a.m.
Here are the Livingston County Boston entrants with their ages and qualifying times:
Gavin White, Howell, 23; 2:44:43, 2025 Sri Chimnoy Marathon
Lauren Buckner, Brighton, 26; 2025 Bayshore Marathon, 3:12:24
Brian Goodman, Brighton, 50; 2025 Glass City Marathon, 3:13:41
Hailey Richards, Pinckney, 31; 2025 Chicago Marathon, 3:14:05
Pamela McDonald, Howell, 46; 2025 Chicago Marathon, 3:14:38
Lawryn Fellwock, Howell, 28; 2025 Jack and Jill’s Downhill Marathon, 3:16:12
Gabrielle Bolitho, Brighton, 20; 2025 Bayshore Marathon, 3:17:24
Mackenzie Allan, Howell, 22; 2025 Bayshore Marathon, 3:19:36
Scott McLean, Pinckney, 56; 2025 Boston Marathon, 3:21:27
Kenneth Ferguson, Howell, 55; 2025 Grand Rapids Marathon, 3:24:49
Karen Perry, Hartland Twp., 45; 2025 Bayshore Marathon, 3:27:42
Ken McLaughlin, Whitmore Lake, 61; 2025 Boston Marathon, 3:27:52
Elaine Hodder, Pinckney, 55; 2025 Boston Marathon, 3:41:40
Julie Bedford, Brighton, 60; 2025 Glass City Marathon, 3:44:29
Melissa Sundermann, Pinckney, 56; 2024 Holland Haven Marathon, 3:46:31
Kevin Delaney, Pinckney, 47; 2025 Charlevoix Marathon, 3:52:04
Katherine Pawlik, Howell, 37; charity runner
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Reporting by Bill Khan, Livingston Daily / Livingston Daily
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