LUKE WATSON: MAGICAL TIMES

Born in Minneapolis, Luke Watson moved with his family to Stillwater when he was 5 years old. Playing hockey, baseball, and soccer provided him with an athletic background, but his parents decided they needed a family activity they could all do so they would not be shuttling their four children to various places at different

Minnesota’s Sub-4-Minute Milers

Thanks to a response from Joe Winegardner, one of Karl John Mader’s (who witnessed numerous runners eclipse the 4-minute mark while competing in races in Boston and New York) cross country coaches, I did a little research on sub-4-minute milers from Minnesota. The first American to run under 4 minutes was Don Bowden (ran collegiately