Here are the top women expected to run in the 2006 Boston Marathon.

Bib	Name	Age	Home	Qualifying time
F1	Reiko Tosa	29	Japan	2:22:46
F2	Jelena Prokopcuka	29	Latvia	2:22:56
F3	Derartu Tulu	34	Ethiopia	2:23:30
F5	Rita Jeptoo	25	Kenya	2:24:22
F6	Alevtina Biktimirova	23	Russia	2:25:12
F7	Zivile Balciunaite	27	Lithuania	2:25:15
F8	Olivera Jevtic	28	Serbia and Montenegro	2:25:23
F9	Bruna Genovese	29	Italy	2:25:35
F10	Kiyoko Shimahara	29	Japan	2:26:14
F11	Olesya Nurgalieva	29	Russia	2:29:35
F12	Kutre Dulecha	27	Ethiopia	2:30:06
F14	Tina Connelly	35	Port Coquitlam, BC	2:34:43
F20	Chika Horie	25	Japan	n.a.
F21	Eri Okubo	22	Japan	n.a.
F22	Emily R. Levan	33	Wiscasset, ME	n.a.
F23	Svetlana Demidenko	30	Russia	n.a.
F24	Caroline E. Annis	25	San Francisco, CA	n.a.
F25	Carly E. Graytock	27	Cambridge, MA	n.a.
F26	Shannon H. Hovey	35	Simsbury, CT	n.a.
F27	Christine Glockenmeier	38	Basking Ridge, NJ	n.a.
F28	Melisa Christian, D.D.S.	29	Dallas, TX	n.a.
F30	Jenny L. DeWeese	28	Asheville, NC	n.a.
F31	Michelle K. Lilienthal	24	Philadelphia, PA	n.a.
F32	Michelle M. Rorke	22	Bronxville, NY	n.a.
F33	Diane G. Matthews	24	Poughkeepsie, NY	n.a.
F34	Phebe S. Ko	23	Durham, NC	n.a.
F35	Veronika Ulrich	38	Germany	n.a.
F36	Mary C. Coordt	36	Elk Grove, CA	n.a.
F37	Laura McIntyre	36	Toronto, Ont.	n.a.
F38	Michelle B. Chille	39	Rochester, NY	n.a.
F40	Helena Crossan	38	Ireland	n.a.
F41	Caroline A. Kondoleon	32	Andover, MA	n.a.