Illinois Marathon officials decided to re-evaluate security measures in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.  

Marathon officials will meet Wednesday with representatives from the Champaign Police Department, the Urbana Police Department, University Police, the Champaign County Police, Illinois State Police and Mahomet Police to discuss safety for the local races that are scheduled to take place April 25-27.

“We’re going to continue to monitor what’s going on in Boston and apply what we know from there to our marathon and make determinations to ensure public safety as much as we can,” said Scott Friedlein, Illinois Marathon emergency services coordinator.

Friedlein added that officers from all six agencies will be used mostly for traffic-related services. Other officers will be assigned to Memorial Stadium for security purposes. The Illinois Marathon route starts near Assembly Hall, runs through campus into Urbana, back through campus and ends on the 50-yard line of Memorial Stadium.

Jan Seeley, Illinois Marathon co-director, said there are no known threats in Champaign-Urbana, so there is no reason to cancel the marathon.   

As of this morning, registration for the marathon was just shy of 20,000 participants, according to Friedlein. About 440 participants registered on Monday, the final day of registration and the same day as the Boston Marathon explosions.

Seely said there are about 500 more people registered this year than last year.

“It’s interesting, it actually seems to be bonding people to where we’ll see more (of a turnout),” Friedlein said.

As of April 4, 400 volunteers were still needed to run a safe race. Mary Anderson, volunteer coordinator for the event, said 100 volunteers are still needed.

The Christie Clinic will host a fundraising event during the marathon, according to a press release. All profits raised will go to Boston relief efforts.

Editor’s note: A previous version of the article misspelled Scott Friedlein as Scott Freidlein. The Daily Illini regrets this error.