Youth Programs

B.A.A. Youth Programs

The B.A.A. supports children’s running programs that include recreational running in the spring (Club 117 and B.A.A. Relay Challenge); cross country in the fall (with Boston Public Schools and the Boston Center for Youth and Families ); and a presentation of indoor track and field – including clinics – during the winter.
B.A.A. Moment 4

1972 - Women Official Entrants in Marathon

Although Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1966, it was not until the 1972 Boston Marathon that women could become official entrants due to a change in AAU rules.