Bermuda will boast what will almost certainly be the largest entry per capita of any country at next month's popular New York Marathon.

Island athletes have had a strong presence in the Big Apple event for almost 30 years but this year a party of 62 local road runners will tackle the 26.2 mile race which winds through five New York's boroughs, starting at the Verrazano Bridge and finishing in Central Park.

The marathon, on November 3, is expected to attract a total entry of more than 25,000 runners.

Among the most experienced of the Bermuda athletes competing are Brett Forgesson, who represented the Island as a marathoner at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1994, Manuel Lopes, Harry Patchett, Lynn Patchett and Colin Swan.

Several athletes will be attempting the distance for the first time.

The full Bermuda party, which has been coordinated on behalf of Mid Atlantic Athletic Club by Joanne Levon, is as follows:

Fiona Beck, Geoffrey Blee, Gerhard Boonstra, Dean Bosacki, Jon Brunson, Jeff Cameron, Fiona Carruthers, Barry Coupland, Lauren Critchley, Werner Debruin, Christine DeSilva, Stephen DeSsilva, Lynn Devine, Lisa Dowling, Ben Draper, Herbert Duarte, Simon Farmer, Terri Farnan, Brett Forgesson, Graham Fowle, Dirk Hasselkuss, Kirsten Heilesen, Wendy Heilesen, Peter Hughes, Richard Jenkyn, Daniel Jeyes, Jonah (Mark) Jones, Michele Keating, Abigail Kermode, Graham Knubley, Iain Lever, Manuel Lopes, Stuart MacKellar, Darren Maksymetz, Paul McCaffery, Sean McGilligan , Deanna McMullen, Robyn Millar, Caroline Mitchell, Martin Nearon, Murray Nicol, Jason Olynyk, Laurie Orchard, Dana Orefice, Layton Outerbridge, Christopher Page, Lynn Patchett, Harry Patchett, Tracey Pantry, Austin Raine, Craig Roberts, Victor Rubba, Tim Shave, Sarah Smith, Ricky Sousa, Tony Steele, Tracy Sutherland, Colin Swan, Garth Thomson, Simon Turner, Michael Watson, Greg Wojciechowski.