Lou Scott
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Full name | Louis Cohn "Lou" Scott | |||||||||||
Born | September 4, 1945 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | (age 79)|||||||||||
Alma mater | Arizona State University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Mile, 5,000 meters 10,000 meters, 25Km road run | |||||||||||
Club | Motor City Striders | |||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Mile – 4:04.9 (1964); 2 miles – 8:35.2 (1967); 5000 – 13:46.4 (1968)[1] | |||||||||||
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Louis Cohn "Lou" Scott (born September 4, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American long-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] He won a silver medal at the 1967 Pan American Games.
He continues to run, showing up in a local Senior Olympics race.[3] Running for Eastern High School, he was the Michigan State Champion in the mile in 1962 and 1963. He was also the 1962 state Cross Country Champion. His 4:11.3 in the summer of 1963 was the Michigan state record for seven years.[4]
In 1985, Scott was a school teacher, and also competed in the Masters National Outdoor Track and Field Championship.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lou Scott. sports-reference.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lou Scott". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ^ http://michtrack.org/michtrack/news-lou-scott.html
- ^ https://issuu.com/michiganrunner/docs/mr0712 Michigan Runner July 2012 P.8
- ^ National Masters News, Oct 1985, page 9 of 36.[1] Retrieved Mar 22, 2023
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