Joan Benoit

U-M Professor's New Jazz Album Pays Tribute To Women Heroes In Sports, Social Justice, Politics
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 27, 2019

When Ellen Rowe was a young girl growing up in Ridgefield, Connecticut, there weren't many women making jazz music.   Through her success as a world-renowned jazz pianist, composer and pedagogue, she's spent the better part of the last 35 years trying to change that.  

Boston Marathon Race Director Writes Children's Book About His First Attempt at Running the Famous Marathon
by Robert Diamond - Mar 22, 2018

The USA Masters Track Championships Comes to Grand Rapids, Today
by BWW News Desk - Jul 14, 2016

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ The nation's best will be competing at the USA Track & Field Masters Championships at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, Today through Sunday, July 14-17. Forty current world champions and approximately 100 defending US champions are among 1018 athletes who will take part in 2560 events, including 104 participants from Michigan in 187 events, with many Grand Rapids area stars.

ESPN2 and ABC7 Present 2014 TCS New York City Marathon Today
by TV News Desk - Nov 2, 2014

The 2014 TCS New York City Marathon will air live in New York on ABC7 and for the rest of the nation on ESPN2 today, November 2, at 9 a.m. ET.

Olympian Joan Benoit Among ESPN's 'Top 40 Female Athletes'
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 30, 2012

ESPN's SportsCenter will unveil the 'Top 40 Female Athletes of the past 40 years beginning April 30. SportsCenter will unveil each female athlete during the 10 a.m. weekday edition for the first six weeks (April 30-June 8), and the top 10 female athletes will be revealed during the 11 p.m. weeknight SportsCenter (June 11-22).