Nearly 25,000 runners will start the 130th Boston Marathon, and once again, that large field has a healthy contingent from Volusia and Flagler Counties.
The group of 19 area runners, ranging in age from 29 to 64, will be part of the waves of runners tackling the 26.2-mile course Monday, which is Patriots Day in Massachusetts. Among the locals, for the 46th consecutive year, is New Smyrna Beach’s Jim Musante.
Musante’s streak of 45, reached last year, gave him the eighth longest current streak of consecutive Boston Marathons completed.
Also entered is DeLand’s Chris Batista, who topped all locals last year with a time of two hours, 40 minutes and five seconds.
Leah Umberger, also from DeLand, was last year’s fastest local woman (3:10:49) and is also entered this year.
Volusia-Flagler entries for Monday’s Boston Marathon
Christopher Batista, 44, DeLand
Kelly Cory, 48, Edgewater
Kristen Costa, 42, DeLand
Lynn Crossman, 48, Palm Coast
Kylie Dahlberg, 26, Flagler Beach
Julius Dayandante, 56, Ormond Beach
Laura Driver, 32, Ponce Inlet
Elisabeth English, 60, DeLand
Keria Galan, 48, DeLand
Donna Higbee, 54, Orange City
Susan Jasincki, 64, New Smyrna Beach
Shannon Jones, 40, Ormond Beach
Andria Klioze, 58, Ormond Beach
Kennet Lefkovic, 31, Palm Coast
Lori Leaherbee, 66, New Smyrna Beach
Jessie Magee, 50, Flagler Beach
Kirsten Mitchell, 57, Palm Coast
Jim Musante, 68, New Smyrna Beach
Leah Umberger, 29, DeLand
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Boston Marathon will again include a roster of Volusia-Flagler runners
Reporting by Ken Willis, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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