BOSTON — Tenille Schwan, 36, of Kingston finished in the top half of runners in the 119th Boston Marathon, April 20. Four hours later, she and her fiance, Ik Icard, were on a plane to Mexico to be married.

Schwan, winner of the 2014 Poulsbo Marathon, finished the 26.2-miler in Boston in 3:31:55. According to race statistics, 27,165 runners started the race, 26,610 finished.

Schwan finished 10,764th overall. Of the 12,022 female finishers, Schwan finished 2,726th. Of 10,976 finishers age 18-39, she finished 2,133rd.

The winner of the Boston Marathon was Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia, who finished in 2:09:17 to claim the $150,000 top prize. Caroline Rotich of Kenya was the top female finisher, with a time of 2:24:55.

The Boston Marathon takes place on Patriots’ Day, the third Monday of April, a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.

The first Boston Marathon was run in 1897, inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It is the world’s oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world’s best-known road racing events.