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John Duncan Semple (October 26, 1903 – March 10, 1988) was a Scottish-American runner, physical therapist, trainer, and sports official. In 1967, as a race official for the Boston Marathon, he attempted to stop the 20-year-old marathon runner Kathrine Switzer from continuing to run and knocked down her coach when he tried to protect her.
Trask's photo sequence of Jock Semple attacking runner Kathrine Switzer in the 1967 Boston Marathon. Trask photographed Kathrine Switzer being attacked by race organiser Jock Semple for being a woman and officially running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. [6] [7]
Four miles into the 26-mile event, race official Jock Semple tried to pull Switzer out of the crowd of runners, and was shoved to the curb by Switzer's boyfriend, Thomas Miller. Photographs taken by Associated Press photographer Donald L. Robinson would appear in papers around the world the next day.
Switzer being assaulted by Jock Semple while running the Boston Marathon; taken by Harry A. Trask. At this point, according to a Sports Illustrated report, race co-director Jock Semple jumped off a following press truck and charged after Switzer. Semple did much of the actual organizing of the race, processed most of the applications, and ...
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Two miles into the race, Switzer was momentarily stopped by race co-director Jock Semple, who unsuccessfully tried to remove her race number. [5] [24] The confrontation between Switzer and Semple was memorialized in photographs. [27] [28] And like Gibb, Switzer completed the race as an unsanctioned runner.
The 1997 Boston Marathon was the 101st running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21.The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Lameck Aguta in a time of 2:10:34 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba in 2:26:23.
The 2005 Boston Marathon was the 109th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 18.The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Hailu Negussie in a time of 2:11:45 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:25:13.