American Emma Bates faces a strong international field in BAA Boston Marathon

The 128th running of the BAA Boston Marathon will feature the fastest women’s field in race history and the elite participants are incentivized to stage personal best performances. Many of the world’s top professional marathoners in all capacities gathered on Friday morning at BAA race headquarters inside the ballroom at the Fairmont Copley to collect their bibs and meet with the media. The women’s field – stacked with Olympians, Abbott World Marathon Majors winners and national champions – will assemble in Hopkinton Center on Monday morning for the arduous 26.2-mile...