Dahl, an exchange student at Hawai'i Pacific University from Denmark, finished in 2 hours, 35 minutes and 25 seconds.

Other top Hawai'i finishers were Joseph Alueta, 38, of Maui, at 2:41:54, and Lyman Perry, 39, of Volcano, Hawai'i, at 2:54:01.

Rachel Ross was the first female finisher from Hawai'i. Her time was 3:04:56. She was 72nd among women.

The race was won by Robert Cheruiyot, who set a course record as he and women's winner Rita Jeptoo pulled off a Kenyan sweep.

Cheruiyot, the 2003 champion, finished in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 14 seconds, breaking a 1994 record by fellow Kenyan Cosmas Ndeti by a minute.

In the women's race, Jeptoo pulled away with about 2 miles left, the sixth Kenyan woman to claim the title in seven years. Jeptoo's time was 2:23:38 in her marathon debut in the United States.

Honolulu Marathon women's winner Olesya Nurgalieva of Russia finished ninth among women and 49th overall. Her time was 2:30:16. She won the Honolulu Marathon in 2:30:24.

Associated Press and www.bostonmarathon.org contributed to this report

Hawaii finishers:

Name, age, hometown, time

Casper Dahl, 25, Honolulu, 2:35:25

Joseph Alueta, 38, Wailuku, 2:41:54

Lyman Perry, 39, Volcano, Hawai'i, 2:54:01

David Eagar, 46, Mililani, 2:55:24

Eric Neilsen, 40, Kailua-Kona, 2:57:28

Harald Ebeling, 42, Honolulu, 2:57:54

James Edwards II, 31, Kane'ohe, 3:01:21

Rachel Ross, 29, Honolulu, 3:04:56

Timothy Noonan, 36, Waimanalo, 3:08:18

Eric Wortmann, 45, Kalaheo, 3:11:17

Russell Flemming, 48, Waialua, 3:11:40

Michael Hrynevych, 41, Kamuela, Big Island, 3:18:32

Amy Bennett, 28, Kailua, 3:19:53

Michael Walker, 45, Honolulu, 3:20:33

James Woodhull, 50, Honolulu, 3:21:19

Dave Low, 43, Honolulu, 3:21:59

Edgar Kimsey, 45, 'Aiea, 3:24:16

Michael Compton, 44, 3:24:17

Coswin Saito, 48, Honolulu, 3:24:45

Taimi Schweighardt, 35, Kailua, 3:27:50

Trevor Funk, 31, Honolulu, 3:28:16

Scot Kuwaye, 42, Honolulu, 3:28:21

Anson Quach, 45, Honolulu, 3:31:39

Patricia Mcandrew, 24, Honolulu, 3:32:09

Angela Sy, 38, Honolulu, 3:32:35

John Kojima, 52, Kailua, 3:35:45

Mike Kasamoto, 57, Honolulu, 3:38:49

Joseph Allen Jr., 45, Honolulu, 3:39:57

Uilani Pauole, 38, Honolulu, 3:40:42

Malia Jones, 29, Honolulu, 3:44:25

Kelly Noonan, 43, Waimanalo, 3:46:32

Marian Yasuda, 46, Honolulu, 3:47:14

Sarah Afshar, 27, 'Ewa Beach, 3:47:30

Kerstin Busse, 36, Kailua-Kona, 3:48:17

Jon Freeman, 51, Kailua-Kona, 3:49:46

Thomas Craven, 59, Honolulu, 3:52:11

Christine Powell, 40, Pearl City, 3:52:53

Christopher "Kit" Smith, 71, Honolulu, 3:56:00

Wah Berman, 59, Honolulu, 3:59:16

Carole Ann Higa, 44, Waipahu, 4:04:36

Belden Bautista, 37, Kahului (Maui), 4:04:42

Giovanna Aguilera, 49, Honolulu, 4:06:14

Jody Oyama, 49, 'Aiea, 4:24:08

Jeanne Talbot, 49, Honolulu, 4:29:34

Cowman A-Moo-Ha, 62, Kailua-Kona, 4:46:55