Jul. 28—Joan Benoit was already the world-record holder in the women's marathon. The 27-year-old Cape Elizabeth native and Bowdoin College graduate had won the Boston Marathon twice. But this was ...
(Reuters) - Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first woman to win an Olympic marathon gold medal, is going to race in next month's Boston Marathon at age 61, organizers said on Friday. The twice Boston ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Joan Benoit Samuelson is synonymous with running, but it wasn’t always her preferred sport. “My first aspirations were in the sport of skiing, and skiing was available to ...
What began as a remembrance run for veterans has evolved and grown. Overall, Troy is home to the 12th-oldest road race in the ...
It’s the first thing most people say when asked for a one-word description of Joan Samuelson. Competitor. For someone so petite, so soft-spoken and so outwardly unimposing, she has the heart of a lion ...
SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND, WITH JUST A FEW DAYS UNTIL THE BOSTON MARATHON, A FEW YOUNG RUNNERS GOT A CELEBRATORY SURPRISE FROM A BIT OF A MARATHON LEGEND. THAT’S JOAN BENOIT, SAMUELSON. SAMUELSON ...
Joan Samuelson remembers the day very well, much better than Bill Rodgers does. She was a 19-year-old college sophomore, a field hockey player and aspiring distance runner at Bowdoin College, and she ...
Olympians Joan Benoit Samuelson and Anita DeFrantz had their respective plaques unveiled at a ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the morning of June 20. Benoit and DeFrantz are the ...
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