Patti Catalano Dillon is a former long-distance runner from the United States who is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as having set world bests in the half marathon, 30 kilometers, and 20 kilometers. She was the first American woman to break 2:30 in the marathon in 1980. She was the runner-up in the 1980 New York City Marathon and the 1979-1981 Boston Marathons. She is Mi’kmaw. Patti Catalano (United States) set the women's marathon world record of 2:30:57.1 in Montreal, Canada on September 6, 1980. It stood 50 days, until Grete Waitz's 2:25:41.3 on October 26, 1980. Wiki link