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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maine native and resident won the first ever Olympic women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. The ultimate ...