Schär Wins 4th Boston Marathon; Romanchuck Win’s Men’s Wheelchair Division

By editor April 18, 2022 #126th Boston Marathon, #Boston Marathon 2022, #Daniel Romanchuk, #Manuela Schär

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BOSTON – Switzerland’s Manuela Schär won her fourth Boston Marathon today, April 18.

With a time of 1:41:08 she easily won the women’s wheelchair division.

In 2017, Schär set a women’s wheelchair world record (1:28:17) when she won the first of her titles in Boston (2019, 2021).

She finished 5:12 ahead of second-place Susannah Scaroni.

Schär won the October 2021 Boston Marathon race by nearly 15 minutes.

Today was her 15th marathon title.

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For finishing first she earned a $62,500 prize.

Daniel Romanchuk, 23, led for 23 of the 26.2 miles to win the men’s wheelchair division today.

His Boston Marathon time was 1:26:58.

Second place finisher Aaron Pike completed the 26.2 milke course at 1:32:49.

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Susan Petroni is the former editor for SOURCE. She is the founder of the former news site, which as of May 1, 2023, is now a self-publishing community bulletin board. The website no longer has a journalist but a webmaster.