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'''Elizabeth Bonner''' (June 9, 1952 – October 9, 1998) was an American [[long-distance runner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1971/10/25/613517/faces-in-the-crowd|title=FACES IN THE CROWD|publisher=}}</ref> On May 9, 1971, Bonner ran a 3:01:42 marathon time in [[Philadelphia]] at the AAU Eastern Regional Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/MaraList/ML_1971.htm|title=ML_1971|publisher=}}</ref> breaking the [[Marathon world record progression|world best]] set one year earlier by [[Caroline Walker (athlete)|Caroline Walker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marathonguide.com/history/records/popupSummary.cfm?RID=WMAR19741201|title=Women's World Record Times - 1971 to 1977|publisher=}}</ref> On September 19, 1971, she became the first winner of the women's division of the [[New York City Marathon]] at the age of 19. Some sources question the validity of [[Adrienne Beames]]' 2:46:30 time one month earlier, so Bonner's 2:55:22 performance at New York is frequently credited as the first sub-three hour performance by a woman.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/runningencyclope00rich|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/runningencyclope00rich/page/290 290]|quote=adrienne beames.|title=Running Encyclopedia|first1=Richard|last1=Benyo|first2=Joe|last2=Henderson|date=January 1, 2002|publisher=Human Kinetics|isbn=9780736037341|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

She attended [[Brandywine College]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sears |first1=Edward S. |title=Running Through the Ages, 2d ed. |date=2015 |page=291 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476620862 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMDeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA291 |access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref>

In 1994 she was coaching in [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=NEW YORK CITY MARATHON: NOTEBOOK; A Race for 25 Winners Finishing a Few Short|first=Robert McG. Jr.|last=Thomas|date=November 4, 1994|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> She died in [[Kerrville, Texas]] in 1998 when she was hit by a truck while biking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eteamz.com/prestonrun/news/index.cfm?cat=241472|title=www.PrestonRun.com: E. Beth Bonner|publisher=|access-date=June 16, 2008|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083826/http://www.eteamz.com/prestonrun/news/index.cfm?cat=241472|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joehenderson.com/runnersworld/277.html|title=Runner's World Columns|publisher=}}</ref>

An annual 5K run is held in her name in [[Arthurdale, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iplayoutside.com/Events/?eid=2009/07/11954.html|title=Beth Bonner Memorial 5K Run & 2-M Walk|publisher=}}</ref>