YORK — York resident Mary-Anne Szeniawski will run in the 121st Boston Marathon on April 17th in support of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Emergency Response Marathon Team. Szeniawski will join an estimated 30,000 runners along the 26.2 mile course that spans from Hopkinton to Boston’s Boylston Street. The funds Szeniawski raises will provide critical support for emergency care, disaster relief and preparedness teaching and training at Mass General, efforts that benefit victims worldwide. 

Following the 2013 marathon bombings, Mass General received guaranteed entries from the Boston Athletic Association to create a special team of runners. For the third year Mass General’s Emergency Response Marathon Team, thanks to a partnership with John Hancock, will include 41 runners that range from family members of former patients, to Mass General employees and longtime hospital supporters. 

“We are grateful to our runners and the awareness they bring to emergency medicine at Mass General,” said David Brown, MD, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Funds raised by the Emergency Response Team ensure that hospital is ready for the next disaster, whether it’s man-made or natural. These funds support the vital training and resources needed to develop a carefully, integrated response that spans multiple departments throughout the hospital.”