Marilyn Bevans was the first sub-three-hour, African-American female marathon runner, and the first national-class black female American marathoner. She came in second place at the 1973

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with a time of 3:31:45, and again came in second at the 1977

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, where she ran 2:51:12. In 1977, she was ranked as the 10th fastest female marathoner in the world by ''Track & Field News''. Her personal best came in 1979, when she ran 2:49:56 at the 1979

. From 2013, her occupation included being a mid-distance and long-distance running coach at Baltimore's Perry Hall High School. She has been named All-Metro Coach of the Year twice. Bevans was inducted into the National Black Marathoners Association's Distance Runner Hall of Fame in 2013, as part of their first class of inductees. She was also named as one of the 2014 Heroes of Running by '' Runner's World''. She has a BS in education from Morgan State University, and MA, MS Degrees in Curriculum Development from

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