Semple attempted to physically remove her from the race while shouting, "Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers!" Switzer's boyfriend, Tom Miller, a 235-pound ex-All American football player and nationally ranked hammer thrower who was running with her, shoved Semple aside and sent him flying to the pavement, allowing her to proceed. Switzer was issued a number through an "oversight" in the entry screening process, and was treated as an interloper when the error was discovered. Photographs of race official Jock Semple attempting to rip Switzer's number off were widespread in the media.
She also stated that her name had been misspelled on her birth certificate, so she often used her initials to avoid confusion. Switzer" to sign the articles she wrote for her university paper. Switzer", which she said was not done to mislead the officials. She registered under the gender-neutral "K. Her finishing time of approximately 4 hours and 20 minutes was nearly an hour behind the first female finisher, Bobbi Gibb (who ran unregistered). It was another five years before women were officially allowed to compete. 1967 Boston MarathonĪfter her coach insisted a marathon was too far to run for a "fragile woman", Switzer trained for and completed the 1967 Boston Marathon under entry number 261 with the Syracuse Harriers athletic club. In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed one of the cards featured Switzer's name and picture. She earned a bachelor's degree there in 1968 and a master's degree in 1972. Marshall High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, then attended Syracuse University, where she studied journalism.
Her family returned to the United States in 1949. Switzer was born in Germany, the daughter of a major in the United States Army.
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