Registration opens for the 2016 Boston Marathon

BOSTON (AP) Registration for the 2016 Boston Marathon opened Monday.

The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the 26.2-mile event, is using the same rolling-entry procedure for next April's 120th running as it has employed for the past three years, allowing the fastest gender and age-group qualifiers to register first.

Athletes whose qualifying times are 20 minutes or faster than their standard get first dibs for April 18, 2016. If there's still room, those who ran 10 minutes or faster than their standards can register Wednesday, and those who ran five minutes faster can do so Friday.

Organizers say registration will close on Saturday night but will re-open Sept. 21-23 if the field size of 30,000 entrants hasn't been reached.

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Online: http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-information/athlete-registration.aspx