Andover’s Jayme Fischman, 40, ran the first leg, the 1,200 meters; Doug Williams, 42, of Marblehead, took the baton for the next 400 meters. Andrew Darien, a 41-year-old resident of Cambridge and a history professor at Salem State University, churned out the next 800 meters before handing off to Arlington’s Chris Simpson, 43, for the 1,600-meter portion of the race.