Valerie Rogosheske also ran that day, but did not make the photo shoot. But at any rate, the picture came out great.” “It made us all go, ‘(sigh), We’ve got a long way to go yet. “We were laughing because he was so silly,” Switzer said. He also wanted them to look “feminine and girly” and, later, to pose in a sprinter’s position.įrom the archives: Women’s running has transformed in 50 years “And we said, ‘We’re getting ready to start a marathon here.’ ” “He wanted us to line up and do like a 'Can-Can' dance,” Switzer recalled. The playful look before the ‘72 Marathon was the result of a comedic back-and-forth with the photographer. ![]() The shot captures the playful smiles of Nina Kuscsik, Elaine Pedersen, Ginny Collins, Pat Barrett, Frances Morrison, Sara Mae Berman and Switzer. ![]() Switzer, of Syracuse, New York, about to be thrown out of the normally all-male Boston Marathon when a husky companion, Thomas Miller, of Syracuse, threw a block that tossed a race official out of the running instead, Apin Hopkinton, Mass.(AP PHOTO/Courtesy Boston Herald)įive years later Switzer and six other women appeared in another historic photo.
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