Beth Bonner

Beth Bonner ( actually: Elizabeth Bonner, born June 9, 1952 at the Preston County, † October 9, 1998 in New Orleans) was an American long-distance runner.

In 1970 she became the first U.S. champion in 3000 -meter run with a time of 9:48,1 min. The following year she was at the Eleventh Nations Cross.

On 9 May 1972, she started as a single woman at the Eastern Regional Championship of the Amateur Athletic Union in the marathon and set a world record with 3:01:42 h on. On 19 September of the same year she appeared in the second edition of the New York City Marathon. Both Bonner as well as Nina Kuscsik had planned to stay the first woman in a marathon in under three hours. Both runners cracked this barrier, Bonner prevailed in 2:55:22 to Kuscsik that remained 2:56:04 also under the old record of Bonner.

When the Nations 1972 Cross they came on the 14th Place.

In 1973 she began studying at the Seattle Pacific University and then worked as an English teacher and trainer in her home. Later, she received her doctorate from Auburn University and worked as a trainer at the Schreiner University.

In 1998, she was recognized on the bike by a truck and fatally injured.

In 2008 she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Road Runners Club of America.

Footnotes

  • Marathon runners (United States)
  • Long-distance runners (United States)
  • Americans
  • Born in 1952
  • Died in 1998
  • Woman
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