Several competitors with local ties competed in the 2026 New York City Marathon on what was a near ideal morning to run Sunday, Nov. 1, on the streets of the five boroughs.
Bristol native Brittany Terra traversed the 26.2 miles in a time of 4 hours, 40 minutes and 30 seconds. It was her first attempt at running a full marathon. Terra's pace was 10:42 seconds per mile.
Mt. Hope High School teacher, advisor and former coach Katie Kline clocked in shortly after Terra, running a 4:41.27 with a split of 10:45.
Among the Bristol residents to run, Leah Oliver, who was the training partner of Terra in the months-long lead up to the event, clocked a time of 6:17.53 with a split of 14:25.
More Bristol results included Bobby Gagnon running 5:07:21/11:44; Molly Gregory 5:16:1312:04; and Marissa Maciel 6:50:21/15:40.
Warren was represented by three competitors: Julia Fortin 4:43:06/10:48; Alyson Sunshine
5:25:35/12:26; and Robert Sanchas 8:18:28/19:01.
Over 60,000 runners competed in the 2026 NYC Marathon. Sweden's Andreas Almgren was the first male finisher and overall winner with a time of 2:06:01. Zouhair Talbi, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was the top American man in sixth overall with a time of 2:06:43.
Sheila Chepkirui, of Kenya, was the female winner, running 45th overall in 2:24:36. Jessica McClain, of Phoeniz, Ariz., was the first U.S women to finish, running second to Chepkirui and 46th overall in 2:24:42.
As for the rest of the East Bay area results Grace Hall of Barrington had the top finish among the regional runners with a time of 3:29:46 off a mile split of 8:01.
Matthew Lopes of Portsmouth was next in with a 4:00:11 followed by Bridget Ryan of Rumford 4:15:21, Taylor Casey of Barrington 4:48:01, Olivia Miranda of Tiverton 5:23:35, Sarah Downes of East Providence 5:38:07, Madeline Torres of Tiverton 5:59:16 and Mark Neale of Tiverton 6:44:07.
Westerly's Matthew Walker was the first Rhode Islander to cross the line, running 167th overall in 2:33:5. Maryna Yanovich of Cranston led the Rhode Island women with a time of 3:04:08.