Runners stride down Boylston Street while approaching the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

BOSTON — Altoona natives Carly Port and Jeff Bartlett and Ebensburg’s Joel Takacs were among several regional runners to compete in Monday’s Boston Marathon.

Bartlett, who did not start running competitively until he was 48, ran his eighth Boston Marathon and has more than 45 marathons under his belt at the age of 61.

He ran Monday’s race in 3:52:59 and finished in 20,265th place.

Port, now 30 years old and living in Los Angeles, broke the three-hour barrier by finishing in 2:56:08 and ended up 4,523rd and 353rd among female runners.

Takacs, 39, finished even quicker in 2:53:3 to end up 3,755th overall and 3,515th among male runners.

Fellow Ebensburg runner Taylor Greggi, 29, finished the race in 3:10:44 and was 8804th overall and 1,681st among females.

Johnstown’s Blake Furman, 30, had the best regional finish with a time of 2:36:18 that helped him finish in 749th place and 717th among males.

The following are the other regional runners the Mirror was able to locate on the Boston Marathon’s result pages through their current city of residence listing.

Area-connected finishers

– Linzie Stahl Arnett, 35, Winter Garden, Fla. (graduated from Hollidaysburg in 2008), 3:46:23

– Megan Furrow, 41, Morrisdale, 3:41:03

– Alex Hogue, 28, Meyersdale, 2:42:01

– John Iceland, 55, State College, 3:34:16

– Jim Lawruk, 46, Camp Hill (parents, Joe and Sue born in Altoona), 3:09:43

– Alexis Ley, 42, Martinsburg, 3:30:37

– Jacob Loverich, 49, State College, 2:52:25

– Shane May, 51, Bedford, 2:56:33

– Amy Prokop, 56, Huntingdon, 4:11.55

– Allison Sauntry, 45, Edgewater, MD (Former Altoona Mirror employee), 3:26:36

– Vilma Valaitiene, 43, Johnstown, 3:02:3

– Rachel Wolfberg, 51, Newton, MA (father, Steven, born in Altoona), 4:24:11