2017 Updated B.A.A. Elite Entry List

Dropouts include US elite Clara Santucci (hamstring) – Latvian elite Master Jelena Prokopcuka (foot injury) and Kenyan Patrick Makau (knee injury). World record holder Dennis Kimetto of Kenya previously withdrew with an injury. Everyone else at this point (April 6) is good to go.

 

2017 Boston Marathon John Hancock Elite Men’s Field
Emmanuel
Mutai
Kenya
2:03:13 (Berlin, 2014)

Sammy
Kitwara
Kenya
2:04:28 (Chicago, 2014)

Lemi Berhanu
Hayle
Ethiopia
2:04:33 (Dubai, 2016)

Yemane
Tsegay
Ethiopia
2:04:48 (Rotterdam, 2012)

Dino
Sefir
Ethiopia
2:04:50 (Dubai, 2012)

Sisay
Lemma
Ethiopia
2:05:16 (Dubai, 2016)

Wilson
Chebet
Kenya
2:05:27 (Rotterdam, 2011)

Wesley
Korir
Kenya
2:06:13 (Chicago, 2012)

Geoffrey
Kirui
Kenya
2:06:27 (Amsterdam, 2016)

Yared
Asmerom
Eritrea
2:07:27 (Chunchon, 2011) NR

Meb
Keflezighi
USA
2:08:37 (Boston, 2014)

Abdi
Abdirahman
USA
2:08:56 (Chicago, 2006)

Cutbert
Nyasango
Zimbabwe
2:09:52 (Prague, 2014) NR

Galen
Rupp
USA
2:10:05 (Rio de Janeiro, 2016)

Luke
Puskedra
USA
2:10:24 (Chicago, 2015)

Eric
Gillis
Canada
2:11:21 (Toronto, 2014)

Jared
Ward
USA
2:11:30 (Rio de Janeiro, 2016)

Shadrack
Biwott
USA
2:12:01 (New York, 2016)

Sean
Quigley
USA
2:13:30 (Fukuoka, 2013)

Suguru
Osako
Japan
debut

Daniel
Salel
Kenya
debut

2017 Boston Marathon John Hancock Elite Women’s Field

Gladys
Cherono
Kenya
2:19:25 (Berlin, 2015)

Edna
Kiplagat
Kenya
2:19:50 (London, 2012)

Buzunesh
Deba
Ethiopia
2:19:59 (Boston, 2014) CR

Atsede
Baysa
Ethiopia
2:22:03 (Chicago, 2012)

Desiree
Linden
USA
2:22:38 (Boston, 2011)

Valentine
Kipketer
Kenya
2:23:02 (Amsterdam, 2013)

Caroline
Rotich
Kenya
2:23:22 (Chicago, 2012)

Joyce
Chepkirui
Kenya
2:24:11 (Amsterdam, 2015)

Rose
Chelimo
Bahrain
2:24:14 (Seoul, 2016)

Ruti
Aga
Ethiopia
2:24:41 (Berlin, 2016)

Brigid
Kosgei
Kenya
2:24:45 (Lisbon, 2016)

Diane
Nukuri
Burundi
2:27:50 (London, 2015) NR

Blake
Russell
USA
2:29:10 (Chicago, 2005)

Lindsay
Flanagan
USA
2:29:28 (Frankfurt, 2016)

Kellys
Arias
Colombia
2:29:36 (Hamburg, 2016) NR

Rachel
Hannah
Canada
2:32:09 (Houston, 2016)

Esther
Atkins
USA
2:33:15 (Boston, 2014)

Liz
Costello
USA
debut

Jordan
Hasay
USA
debut
NR= National Record
CR= Course Record
Field as of 4April17