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 ...

Twenty years ago, Joan Benoit-Samuelson was stranded in a snowstorm at Newark International Airport. “We were coming back from London and the storm got me stuck,” said Samuelson, America’s greatest ...

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 17: Joan Benoit Samuelson, 2-time winner of the Boston Marathon, speaks as part of Boston Marathon Fan Fest on April 17, 2022 in Copley Square Park in Boston, MA. (Photo by Erica ...

Sure, Joan Benoit Samuelson has run a lot of marathons. In fact, at 54, she's still running enough to go through a couple of pairs of shoes every month and a half. But what makes her famous — and what ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jul. 31—CAPE ELIZABETH — Joan Benoit Samuelson is excited to have two Maine teenagers who will compete at the front of the pack with the professional women in Saturday's TD Beach to Beacon 10K. Ruth ...

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