Sharon Lokedi wins the Boston Marathon (© Getty Images)
Organisers of the Boston Marathon have revealed the women’s field for the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on 20 April.
Sharon Lokedi, who won in Boston last year with a course record of 2:17:22, will be back to defend her title. Six months after her Boston triumph, Lokedi went on to place second in New York in 2:20:07, an official PB (as Boston is ineligible for records and PBs).
Lokedi is joined by fellow Kenyans Vivian Cheruiyot and Irine Cheptai, as well as Ethiopians Workenesh Edesa and Bedatu Hirpa. In total, there are 11 women on the entry list who have bettered 2:20 for the marathon.
Cheptai placed fourth last year in 2:21:32, while world and Olympic gold medallist Cheruiyot finished fifth in London last year. Edesa won the 2024 Sydney Marathon, as well as the Osaka and Hamburg Marathons in 2025, while Hirpa was the Paris and Dubai Marathon winner last year.
Kenya’s Mary Ngugi-Cooper, who set a PB of 2:19:25 in Chicago last year, has placed in the top 10 five times in Boston.
There are also 13 US women in the field with PBs faster than 2:26. It features all three women who represented the US at the 2024 Olympics, including US record-holder Emily Sisson, as well as the US trio that competed at last year’s World Championships, led by fourth-place finisher Susanna Sullivan.
The full men’s field will be announced soon, but defending champion John Korir and USA’s Conner Mantz have already been confirmed.
Women’s field
Irine Cheptai (KEN) 2:17:51
Workenesh Edesa (ETH) 2:17:55
Magdalena Shauri (TAN) 2:18:03
Joan Melly (ROU) 2:18:04
Loice Chemnung (KEN) 2:18:24
Bedatu Hirpa (ETH) 2:18:27
Emily Sisson (USA) 2:18:29
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:18:31
Keira D’Amato (USA) 2:19:12
Mary Ngugi-Cooper (KEN) 2:19:26
Sharon Lokedi (KEN) 2:20:07
Sara Hall (USA) 2:20:32
Gadise Mulu (ETH) 2:20:59
Calli Hauger-Thackery (GBR) 2:21:24
Fikrte Wereta (ETH) 2:21:32
Susanna Sullivan (USA) 2:21:56
Fiona O’Keeffe (USA) 2:22:10
Mao Uesugi (JPN) 2:22:11
Erika Kemp (USA) 2:22:56
Isobel Batt-Doyle (AUS) 2:22:59
Lisa Weightman (AUS) 2:23:15
Natosha Rogers (USA) 2:23:28
Mercy Chelangat (KEN) 2:23:33
Annie Frisbie (USA) 2:24:12
Dakotah Popehn (USA) 2:24:20
Gabi Rooker (USA) 2:24:29
Leanne Pompeani (AUS) 2:24:47
Jess McClain (USA) 2:25:46
