UPDATED: Mentor Runners OK After Boston Marathon Explosions

Editor's Note: This article was updated Monday at 8:50 p.m.

A few Mentor residents have indicated they are doing fine following the explosions Monday afternoon at the Boston Marathon.

Mentor residents Michael O’Neill and Jeff Lancaster told The News-Herald they were unharmed after the explosions, the newspaper reported Monday evening.

Additionally, Willoughby resident Diane Bosley and Crystal Shinosky of Concord Township also confirmed their well-being on Monday. The women are members of the Northeast Running Club of Mentor.

The Boston Athletic Association website lists two Mentor residents registered in the race, but neither is one of the people listed above.

Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon had people carrying bloody spectators into the medical tent set up for runners, according to the Associated Press.

"There are a lot of people down," the AP quoted one man saying. The explosions happened about three hours after the winners crossed the finish line. 

Three people were killed and more than 130 others were injured, the AP reported

NBC News reported fire engines, police and emergency medical personnel were headed to the scene. An affiliate reporter told NBC News she heard two loud explosions, and that "everybody kind of ducked and hit the ground," and Jackie Bruno, reporter for New England Cable News said she saw people with significant injuries, including one person with a leg blown off.

"Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror," Bruno said. 

Patch continues to follow the story. 

Area running coach and founder of the Second Sole Striders running club Kate Pophal talked to Patch about the runners she knows in the race.

"It's just awful. I'm just sick over it," she said.

She said that, though she has not spoken with any of them, she is comforted by the fact that most of their finish times, listed on the Boston Athletic Association's website, is well before the time that news agencies are reporting the bombs went off — just after the four-hour mark in the race.

There are a couple local runners she is concerned about, she said, since she knows they had set goals to finish right around four hours.

Pophal ran the Boston Marathon herself twice, including in 1996, when armed National Guard members lined the course. "It was so eerie to see these people with machine guns," she said.

But, she aded, these dangers are on theforefront of runners' minds.

"Race runners are well aware and (organizers are) always asking poeple to be vigilant. And I am positive that Boston was on top of it," she said.

The Red Cross has a website where runners can check in as safe and sound. Their loved ones can then search by name and phone number or address to see if they have checked in.

There's also a phone number to find your loved ones, 617-635-4500. If you have information that leads to suspects, call 1-800-494-TIPS.