Father-daughter duo qualify for Boston Marathon together

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For runners, the Boston Marathon’s "left on Boylston" marks an emotional moment, the culmination of the sport’s pinnacle event. This year, one local father-daughter duo will mark the memory together.

Charleston resident Robert Morgenstern and his daughter Jessie Hogue-Morgenstern are among about 30,000 entrants in this year’s 127th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17.

"I get a little bit emotional thinking about it, because it’s something I’ve wanted to do so long," Hogue-Morgenstern said, "and I get to do it with my dad. I’m very, very excited to run it with him."

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After running many marathons together, including world majors New York City and Chicago, both runners secured their Boston-qualifying (BQ) time at the Philadelphia Marathon on Nov. 21, 2021.

For 63-year-old Morgenstern, it marked the third time he achieved a BQ, and he said he found greater joy in witnessing his daughter, a 2006 George Washington High School graduate, attain her first.

"I’m just so excited for her," he said. "It’s neat to have your child, in this case my daughter, work at something and achieve her goal. Kudos to her for staying with it and doing the training, not just the running, but the strength training that’s necessary to get that qualifying pace."

Hogue-Morgenstern, a 34-year-old resident of Washington, ran a 3:23:30 clocking at Philadelphia, safely finishing ahead of her 3:30:00 requirement for Boston.

Runners make their way towards the finish line of the 123rd Boston Marathon on April 15, 2019, in Massachusetts. Robert Morgenstern and Jessie