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Press Release - Boston Marathon - 4/12/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                Contact: Joshua Milne
                                         Sports Marketing PR Specialist
                                         John Hancock Financial Services
                                         Phone: 617-572-3816
                                         Cell: 617-824-0294


    JOHN HANCOCK ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF 2003 BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION 
                TO THE 109TH ELITE INTERNATIONAL FIELD

BOSTON, MA - April 12, 2005 - John Hancock, the principal sponsor of the
Boston Marathon, announced today the addition of 2003 Boston champion 
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya to their elite team of 32 athletes from 
12 countries. The race is scheduled for Monday, April 18, 2005. 

Cheruiyot will join defending champion Timothy Cherigat and last year's
runner up Robert Cheboror, who was the second fastest marathoner in the
world last year.  The race should prove highly competitive as eleven men in
the field hold personal bests under 2:10.

Additional adds to the men's field include Benjamin Kipchumba of Kenya, the
winner of the 2004 Nairobi Marathon; Benson Cherono of Kenya; and Moroccan
Olympian Khalid El Boumlili, the winner of the 2004 Marrakech Marathon.

Withdrawals from the field include Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland due to
illness, Olivera Jevtic due to a calf injury and Paul Koech due to training
difficulties. 

109th B.A.A. BOSTON MARATHON

JOHN HANCOCK'S 2005 ELITE FIELD

Men's Open Field


Robert Cheboror, Kenya                  		
Wilson Onsare, Kenya                    	 	
Benjamin Kosgei Kimutai, Kenya   				
Mohamed Ouaadi, France	             	 			
Hailu Negussie, Ethiopia

Pavel Loskutov, Estonia	             	 
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya 		
Stephen Kiogora, Kenya	            	 
Benjamin Kipchumba, Kenya         		
Timothy Cherigat, Kenya	            	 		
Alan Culpepper, United States	
Thomas Omwenga, Kenya	            	
Khalid El Boumlili, Morocco         	
Benson Cherono, Kenya                 	
Gidey Amaha, Ethiopia                     	
Terefe Yae, Ethiopia	             		
Andrew Letherby, Australia          		
Ryan Shay, United States	             	
John Itati, Kenya                            	
James Koskei, Kenya	             	

Women's Open Field							

Catherine Ndereba, Kenya			
Svetlana Zakharova, Russia		
Gete Wami, Ethiopia				
Elfenesh Alemu, Ethiopia					
Nuta Olaru, Romania					
Bruna Genovese, Italy                    	 		
Zhor El Kamch, Morocco			
Shitaye Gemechu, Ethiopia            		
Grazyna Syrek, Poland			
Lyubov Morgunova, Russia		
Eri Hayakawa, Japan						
Mina Ogawa, Japan			

Find the latest news and information about the Boston Marathon at
www.marathon.jhancock.com/marathon.


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