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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARMINGTON — University of Maine graduates got an emotional sendoff during Saturday’s commencement from their senior class speaker and Joan Benoit Samuelson, a hero and role model for women everywhere ...

On May 28, for the first time in 217 Commencement Ceremonies, the College presented all of this year’s honorary degrees to women as part of its celebration of fifty years of women at the school.

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During the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston last April, the roadside crowds cheered loudest for her, the local girl who conquered the world. Some of her competitors hadn't been born the year ...