Semple’s wife, Elizabeth, died four years ago. But the two became friends and held a running clinic last year on the 20th anniversary of their confrontation. That official, Jock Semple, grabbed Switzer in an unsuccessful attempt. Switzer was officially thrown out of the race and a photo of Semple ripping at the number was published around the world. She ran until an official was alerted to the news that a woman was running with a number.
But during the race Semple spotted her, ran off the press bus and grabbed the top of her number before he was hit with a body block by a friend of Switzer’s. Switzer had gained an entry number by using only her first initial. KATHRINESWITZER. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was nearly pulled off the Boston Marathon course by race official Jock Semple. The Voice Of Pelham 7:29 PM Middle-aged race director Jock Semple attempts to body check 20-year-old Kathrine Switzer out of the Boston Marathon in 1967. Amateur Athletic Association to sanction women marathoners in the early 1970s.īut he was a stickler for rules and is best remembered for chasing Katherine Switzer, who participated in the Boston Marathon in 1967, when the race was still barred to women. Mile 10: Kathrine Switzer Meets Her Nemesis Again. He is credited with adding qualifying times for the race and with getting the U.S. Semple for years was official registrar for the race, which has grown from about 150 entrants after World War II to nearly 7,000 today. Jock Semple is best remembered as the apparent madman who chased after Kathrine Switzer 50 years ago in the 1967 Boston Marathon. He finished in the top 10 in the race seven times but had his greatest impact on the 26.2-mile event as an administrator. Switzer found herself about to be thrown out what was then the all-male Boston Marathon before a. Semple ran in his first American marathon in 1926 and his first Boston Marathon in 1929. EDT On April 19, 1967, Kathrine Switzer registered as K.
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