HS stars tweet praise for Meb, Boston

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

By now, everyone knows that America's long drought (31 years) in the men's race at the Boston Marathon is finally over. One year after a savage bombing scarred the race and the entire country, Patriot's Day never felt more red-white-and-blue than at the sight of Meb Keflezighi breaking the tape on Boylston Street. 

Meb not only held off his challengers in the last three miles of the race with guts and determination, he made history. 

Here is a look at what some of the DyeStat crowd had to say about it on Twitter:

Meb is the man. He quoted John Wooden in his post race interview.

— Cole Rockhold ® (@ColeRockCole) April 21, 2014

My good friend Meb in this picture was running Boston this morning, anyone hear how he did? @runmeb pic.twitter.com/27m3GqAb1F

— Regan Rome (@ReganRome) April 21, 2014

I HAVE MET THIS MAN #MEB

— Mackenzie Haight (@getatmac) April 21, 2014

Go Meb!

— Aaron Templeton (@T2TEMPLETON) April 21, 2014

Decided to break the rules @ school today by constantly being on my phone check the @bostonmarathon app to see how the leaders were running😄

— Alana Hadley (@AlanaHadley) April 21, 2014

Couldn't wait to get out of class today to check @bostonmarathon results! Amazing races!! #BostonStrong #strongereveryrun

— Mary Cain (@runmarycain) April 21, 2014

@runmeb made my day by winnin thee @bostonmarathon. America 🇺🇸

— John Dressel (@Runnin_Dressel) April 21, 2014

No big deal, Meb was just my team captain at Foot Locker Nationals. #teammeb #BostonMarathon #runnerspace

— Lucy Biles (@lucy_biles) April 21, 2014

Meb Keflezighi, you are the unsung hero of American distance running and an inspiration to all. #HeartAndGuts

— Kyle Levermore (@ky_levs) April 21, 2014

Where do I buy myself some Sketchers running shoes? #MebRuns

— Kyle Levermore (@ky_levs) April 21, 2014

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— Garrett O'Toole (@Garyot) April 21, 2014

Losing it in physics refreshing my timeline seeing Meb with such a big lead haha

— Jackson Bertoli (@Jbert_Xc) April 21, 2014