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Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American former track coach and long-distance runner.Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, living in Connecticut and then in Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school.
William Squires (November 24, 1932 – June 30, 2022) was an American track and field coach. He was well known for coaching the Greater Boston Track Club at the height of its marathon success, including marathoners Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and Greg Meyer.
Mark Robert Conover (May 28, 1960 – April 6, 2022) was an American long distance runner and coach. He was born in Contra Costa County, California. [1] He is most famous for his unexpected strategic victory at the 1988 United States Olympic Trials marathon, [2] [3] qualifying him for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was a member of the U.S. Team.
The Eau Claire Marathon is an annual marathon that takes place in Eau Claire, ... Also in the same year, Tom O'Leary the cross country coach from Byron, ...
Bob Larsen (born January 23, 1939) [1] is a Hall of Fame Track and field athletics coach, known largely for coaching distance runners, though he has had success coaching across a full range of events. His most notable athlete is Mebrahtom Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon.
Shalane Grace Flanagan (born July 8, 1981) is an American long-distance runner, coach, Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion.She was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977.
Edward D. Eyestone (born June 15, 1961) is a two-time Olympic marathoner, long-distance runner, and an NCAA coach for the BYU Track Team. Eyestone was named National Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2024, after leading his NCAA D1 men's cross country teams to NCAA championships.
Moore published a book in 2007 about his former coach titled Bowerman and the Men of Oregon. [13] He was also the author of Best Efforts: World Class Runners and Races (Doubleday 1982). [4] He was inducted into the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. [14] He was later honored in the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2019. [15]