Air Force captain William "Billy" Boland, '05 Creighton graduate and brother of Arts & Sciences junior Megan Boland, was the individual winner of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon satellite race at the NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke via The Chicago Tribune
William “Billy” Boland, a 2005 Creighton graduate took the Chicago Marathon by storm this morning without being anywhere near the race course along Lake Michigan. Instead, he raced through streets lined with concrete barriers, concertina wire and armored military vehicles at the NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan where he is currently stationed as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. Boland’s sister Megan is currently a junior at Creighton. Read more about this Creighton Connection from The Chicago Tribune’s story, “A Chicago Marathon in Afghanistan”, and check back for updates on this story later in the week.