Quick recap of the 113th Boston Marathon

The 113th Boston Marathon is in the record books, with 22,898 participants finishing the race – the second-highest total ever, after the 100th anniversary edition in 1996. Won be Deriba Merga of Ethiopia and Salina Kosgei of Kenya, the day featured stories that span the globe, thrill the sports fan and warm the heart. A quick look at some of the highlights and milestones:

•Last time he came to Boston, in 2006, Merga slowed to a walk in the Newton hills, and eventually dropped out of the race. In this 2009 Boston Marathon, he surged to the lead in those same hills, and went on to a solid victory in a time of 2:08:42.

•Salina Kosgei, defending champion Dire Tune and American Kara Goucher battled down Boylston Street to the closest finish in Boston Marathon history, with Kosgei edging Tune at the tape by just one second. Tune collapsed at the line and was transported to a local hospital, but rebounded quickly enough to appear at the 5 p.m. awards ceremony.

•The third-place finishes of Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher put an American man and woman in the top three in the same year, the first time since 1985.

•Ernst van Dyk of South Africa won the push-rim wheelchair division for the eighth time, tying the legendary Jean Driscoll for most wins by any athlete in the history of the race. He vowed to return in a quest to break the record. Winning the women’s division for the third-consecutive year was Japan’s Wakako Tsuchida.

•Four-time Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers, now 61, ran on Patriots’ Day for the first time in a decade – this time finishing in 4:06:49, running with friends.

•Patrick Harten, an air traffic controller for the US Airways flight that ditched successfully into the Hudson River last January, wore bib #1549 in honor of that flight number, and ran a personal best of 2:49:19.

•The number of female finishers, 9,311, was the most in Boston history.