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Everett Hackett, an assistant track and cross country coach at Hall High School, was the first finisher from Connecticut Monday in the Boston Marathon in 2:24:20.
Men’s Marathon Project Preview: With a Fast Course & Perfect Conditions, Sunday Could Be a Historic Day for US Marathoning
December 17, 2020
In the annals of US distance running, a total of 21 men have broken 2:10 in the marathon, doing so a combined 56 times.
There are only six races in history in which more than one American has broken 2:10. The list:
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2012 Olympic Trials
Meb Keflezighi (2:09:08), Ryan Hall (2:09:30), Abdi Abdirahman (2:09:47), Dathan Ritzenhein (2:09:55)
1983 Boston
1982 Boston
2002 Chicago
2010 Boston
2019 Boston
Scott Fauble (2:09:09), Jared Ward (2:09:25)
That list could be due for a major revision on Sunday. While the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into the traditional marathon schedule the three US-based World Marathon Majors (Boston, Chicago, New York) were all cancelled it has also created opportunities that would not otherwise have existed. Like the Marathon Project.