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Marion Irvine : ウィキペディア英語版 | Marion Irvine
Marion Irvine (born October 19, 1929)〔Kislevitz, p. 139.〕 is an American nun and former marathon runner. Irvine became the then-oldest person to participate in the United States Olympic Trials in track and field in 1984, when she was 54 years old. Following the Trials, she regularly ran on the marathon circuit and gained attention from the media, along with the nickname "The Flying Nun". Irvine broke numerous age-group records in distance running events during her career, and has been inducted into multiple running halls of fame. ==Early life and work career== Irvine was born in San Francisco, California. At St. Rose Academy, she became interested in becoming a nun; in 2007, Irvine said that she "fell in love with the life" at St. Rose. Under the name Sister Bonaventure, Irvine became a nun in the Dominican Order.〔 At Dominican College, she received a biology degree; afterward she became a high school teacher. Irvine spent more than 20 years as a teacher and school administrator in California, and worked for the Dominican Sisters in the role of supervisor of the organization's schools for six years.〔
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