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Lead Stories: Monday, December 1, 2008

Hoyts to sit out this year’s Boston Marathon

Posted March 29th, 2007 at 9:30 AM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Marathons

One of the Boston Marathon’s unique traditions will be on haitus this year: the father and son team of Dick and Rick Hoyt.

Dick, 66, and Rick, 44, have competed as a team at Boston 25 times at since 1981, running every edition of the race since then except for 2003. Father Dick pushes son Rick in a special wheelchair from Hopkinton to Boston because Rick is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and cannot run himself.

Rick, a graduate of Boston University, is unable to compete this year because he is suffering from cellulitis, a common infection of the skin and the soft tissue immediately beneath it. He is scheduled to have surgery to alleviate the condition, but his post-operative recovery will take up to three weeks, putting him out of this year’s race.
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Thrilling Wheelchair Races Set for the November 5th ING NYC Marathon

Posted October 21st, 2006 at 4:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Marathons

PRESS RELEASE: Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa scored a defining victory at the ING New York City Marathon 2005, winning in a course-record time of 1:31:11 in a closely contested race.

Van Dyk is back this year as part of a star-studded field featuring former champions Saul Mendoza of Mexico and Krige Schabort, also of South Africa.

Last year’s women’s wheelchair champion, Edith Hunkeler of Switzerland, will not return on November 5, having suffered a broken leg at the IPC Championships Marathon in September. Hunkeler’s absence opens the door for last year’s second-place finisher Christina Ripp, 26, of Westminster, Colorado, third-placer Shelly Woods, 20, of Great Britain, and other contenders for the crown.

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