https://bowdoinorient.com/2019/04/12/40-years-40-minutes-olympian-to-run-boston-marathon/Eliana Miller wrote:Despite her Olympic-level athleticism, Samuelson was demoted to the Bowdoin junior varsity field hockey team after showing up exhausted to a field hockey game against Colby after winning a half marathon in Portland, where she beat the woman who was considered the best female distance runner in New England at the time.
“Back then you couldn’t substitute players except at half time and [my coach] Sally LaPointe pulled me off the field and punched me because I was so tired that I could hardly move off the line,” Samuelson said. “She did the right thing, and I learned a lot on that team, but then I realized that I should just follow my heart and pursue running."