Article: LeVan ready for Boston Olympic Marathon Trials Wiscasset woman joins Samuelson, Pierce-Barry, Piers

While one Bowdoin College alumnus is making her first Olympic Marathon Trials appearance, another will be going out in grand fashion in the city where she jumpstarted her legendary running career.

Emily LeVan of Wiscasset and Joan Benoit Samuelson of Freeport, both of whom graduated from the Brunswick institution, will join fellow Maine runners Kristin Pierce-Barry of Scarborough and Sheri Piers of Falmouth in Boston Sunday for the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials.

The race, which will feature a unique course throughout Boston, starts at 8 a.m.

The course will consist of a 2.2-mile loop, starting on Boylston Street near the traditional Boston Marathon finish line, then a 6- mile "Core Loop," ...

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