Christine Derbins declined to run in college during her first two years.
Instead, the redshirt sophomore trained for the illustrious 2011 Boston Marathon. She finished in 3:24:00.
“I did my first marathon in 2010, and I qualified for Boston after doing my first one,” Derbins said. “I don’t know what the future holds, so I never knew if I would be able to qualify for Boston again, so I figured I’d go ahead and take up the end.”
Derbins said all the schools let out and most of the businesses in Boston shut down on the day of the race, which is called “Marathon