Half a century ago, Kathrine Switzer signed up to run the Boston Marathon with her initials: K.V. Switzer. That's because she didn't want her form to stand out from the mens'. With that, the ...

Syracuse University Athletics will honor pioneering marathoner and Syracuse graduate Kathrine Switzer 'at halftime of the home women's basketball game Feb 8.

Kathrine Switzer was a 20-year-old college student when she registered to run the 1967 Boston Marathon, her first marathon. Early in the race, race director Jock Semple charged onto the course and ...

Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon, sits down with Rachel and Tony. First Running 50 years ago, she recently participate in the race again this year at age 70!

Syracuse, N.Y. —Syracuse University will honor pioneering marathoner Kathrine Switzer by hanging her famous bib number 261 in the JMA Wireless Dome. Switzer will be honored at halftime of the Syracuse ...

How Kathrine Switzer and 261 has inspired a global movement of women in running Nearly 60 years after Kathrine Switzer became the first official woman to run the Boston Marathon, ABC News’ Linsey ...

Kathrine Switzer laced up her running shoes and broke barriers in 1967 at an all-male Boston Marathon. She was not the first woman ever to complete the famous 26.2-mile race, but she became the first ...

Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially compete in the Boston Marathon, competed for the 50th anniversary of her historic run.