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Margaret L. Bradley was a member of GBTC who died while on a trail run through the Grand Canyon on July 10, 2004, at the age of 24. Margaret ran the  2003 Chicago marathon in 2:58:52, and led the GBTC women's team to victory in the 2004 Boston marathon with a time of 3:04:54, finishing as 31st woman. Margaret lived in Chicago in 2003 and 2004, and while living there she competed with the Universal  Sole track club. 

GBTC and Universal Sole have jointly established the Margaret Bradley award in honor of Margaret. The intent of the award is to send one runner annually from GBTC to compete in the Chicago marathon and to  bring one runner annually from Universal Sole to compete in the Boston marathon. The two clubs intend for the award to continue in perpetuity for the purpose of recognizing and aiding aspiring young, female marathoners who are of similar ability to that of Bradley. The award  covers the travel expenses of the selected athlete. A member of the local club will host the visiting athlete while she is in either city for the race.

Katie Wales of Universal Sole received the first award and ran the  2005 Boston Marathon under similarly hot conditions that Margaret had run in the previous year. Amazingly, she ran exactly the same time, 3:04:54, as Margaret had run. Katie Famous of GBTC received the reciprocal award to run the 2005 Chicago Marathon, where  she debuted in 3:10:06. 

GBTC is trying to build an endowment that will enable this award to be given in perpetuity. You can make a tax-deductible donation to the endowment using the button below. For more information please contact  the chair of the Margaret Bradley award committee: 

Cynthia Hastings
30 Hale Avenue
Winthrop, MA 02152
chastings@nejm.org
(617) 846-2902

Please donate to the Margaret Bradley Endowment Fund

Past Recipients:

1. Amanda Parrish, 2008 Universal Sole recipient
2. Audrey Giesler, 2007 Greater Boston recipient
3. Sara Nelson, 2007 Universal Sole recipient
4. Laura Hayden, 2006 Greater Boston recipient
5. Bridget Montgomery, 2006 Universal Sole recipient (Universal Sole biography)
6. Katie Famous, 2005 Greater Boston recipient (photo with Mrs. Bradley)
7. Katie Wales, 2005 Universal Sole recipient (reception)

Other information:

1. The by-laws for the Bradley Award.
2. An announcement of the 2004 Boston Marathon winning team including Margaret.
3. Pictures of Margaret by Stan Hu.
4. Pictures of Greater Boston and Universal Sole at the cross-country championships in 2004.
5. An article about Margaret by Coach Tom Derderian in New England Runner.
6. An article about Margaret in the Chicago Sun-Times.
7. An article about Margaret in the Cape Cod Times.
8. Margaret Bradley Memorial 10K in Chicago (run in 2005)