BOSTON, Mass. -- Williamstown's Stephanie Boyd placed 20th in her age group on Monday in the 126th running of the Boston Marathon.

 

Boyd covered the 26.2-mile course in 3 hours, 37 minutes, 40 seconds, maintaining a pace of 8:18 per mile to finished 20th in the women's 60-64 division.

 

The women's 60-64 age group had 450 finishers.

 

A pair of runners from Kenya won the event, which celebrated its return to the Patriots Day holiday for the first time since 2019.

 

Evans Chebet took the men's title in a time of 2:06:51. He was followed by countryman Lawrence Cherono (2:07:21) as Kenyan athletes took five of the top six places on the men's side.

 

The top American man, Scott Fauble, was seventh in 2:08:52.

 

The top American woman was Neil Rojas, who placed 10th in 2:25:57.

 

Six Kenyan women finished in the top 10, led by women's champion Peres Jespchirchir, who hit the tape in 2:21:01. Ethiopian's Ababel Yeshaneh finished second in 2:21:05.

 

More than 25,000 athletes left from Hopkinton for the 26.2-mile trek to Boylston Street.

 

The fastest finisher from Berkshire County was Nick Turner of Pittsfield, 24, who finished 889th in the men's 18-39 division with a time of 2:48:11, a 6:25 mile pace.

 

Among the other Berkshire County competitors with times reported on the Boston Athletic Association's website Monday evening were:

 

Nicole Armbrust, Williamstown, 3:46:10; Jennifer Bell, Dalton, 4:36:11; Allison Lassoe, Sheffield, 4:11:28; David Oelberg, Lenox, 3:29:25; Antonio Polson, Dalton, 3:27:27; Laura Stephen, Great Barrington, 3:40:44; Stephanie Vaughan, Great Barrington, 4:40:24; Karen Vidoli, Lee, 4:27:56; and David Wilson, Lanesborough, 4:39:31.