Joan Benoit Samuelson has a prominent place in running history. At the first Olympic marathon for women--in Los Angeles at the 1984 Olympics--she left the rest of the pack behind at mile 3 and won ...

As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...

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 ...

Forty years after Joan Benoit Samuelson’s historic victory at Boston in 1979, she returned to the course and completed the race in 3:04. She was hoping to come within 40 minutes of her 2:35:15 victory ...

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 ...

Emily Schario is a producer in the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library, where she produces radio and digital broadcasts about the Boston community and beyond. Before joining WGBH, Emily was the ...

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 ...

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