Women's seniors champions
Here are the Boston Marathon women's seniors champions through the years. The seniors division is for runners over age 60, and has been officially recognized since 1978.
Year
Name
Age
Home
Time
1978
No Finishers
1979
No Finishers
1980
No Finishers
1981
No Finishers
1982
No Finishers
1983
Marcie W. Trent
65
Arkansas
3:47:23
1984
No Finishers
1985
No Finishers
1986
Margaret G. Miller
60
California
3:23:38
1987
Agnes Reinhard
61
Wisconsin
3:53:19
1988
Agnes Reinhard
62
Wisconsin
4:10:12
1989
Jan Richards
61
Texas
4:11:30
1990
Bette Mihalek
61
Wisconsin
4:11:32
1991
Ruth Bortz
60
California
3:47:13
1992
Toshiko d'Elia
62
New Jersey
3:42:42
1993
Joyce Smith
65
Great Britain
4:21:12
1994
Barbara Robinson
60
Massachusetts
3:39:23
1995
Wen-Shi Yu
60
New York
3:26:32
1996
Patricia Johnson
63
Washington
3:47:06
1997
Eve Pell
60
California
3:27:21
1998
Imme Dyson
61
New Jersey
3:49:27
1999
Carrie Parsi
60
Massachusetts
3:55:11
2000
Barbara Miller
60
California
3:11:57
2001
Barbara Miller
61
California
3:29:26
2002
Mary S. Nathan
61
New York
3:52:11
2003
Mary S. Nathan
62
New York
3:54:15
2004
Faye S. Lowery
60
New Hampshire
4:05:59
2005
Gunhild Swanson
60
Washington
3:52:51
2006
Hansi L. Rigney
64
California
3:46:05