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John J. McDermott (October 16, 1874 – before 1906) was an Irish-American athlete. Nicknamed "J.J." or "little Mac", he won the first marathon run in the United States in 1896, as well as the inaugural Boston Marathon, then known as the B.A.A. Road Race, in 1897.
After stepping away from competitive running for a time, in 1973, track coach Bill Squires first formed the Greater Boston Track Club at Boston College to train small group of local elite runners, with Rodgers becoming one of them. [3] In April 1973, Rodgers entered his first Boston Marathon, dropping out at mile 20. After the race, Rodgers ...
The 2013 Boston Marathon was the 117th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which took place on April 15, 2013.Organized by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), it hosted the second of the World Marathon Majors to be held in 2013 with over 23,000 runners participating.
Born in West Medford, Massachusetts, as one of ten children, Kelley ran track and cross-country at Arlington High School in Massachusetts. He did not finish his first Boston Marathon in 1928, but eventually competed in a record 61 Boston Marathons. Regarded as a legend of the marathon, Kelley won the 1935 and 1945 runnings of the Boston ...
BOULDER, CO — The 2021 Boston Marathon is underway, which means runners from Colorado are making their 26.2-mile journey from Hopkinton to the famed Boylston Street finish line in Boston.
The 2021 Boston Marathon was the 125th official running [1] [a] of the annual marathon race held in Boston, Massachusetts, and 123rd time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). [2] It took place on October 11, 2021. [3] The elite men's marathon was won by Benson Kipruto in 2:09:51.
Jon Peter Anderson (born October 12, 1949), is a lifelong Eugene, Oregon resident. He was a publisher and runner best known for winning the 1973 Boston Marathon. Anderson was a competitive long-distance runner from 1966 to 1984.
John McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897. Clarence DeMar has won the Boston Marathon seven times, more than any other runner in the Men's open division. Suh Yun-bok set a world record at the 1947 Boston Marathon. John J. Kelley won the 1957 Boston Marathon with a course record. Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in ...