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FloTrack mourns the loss of Bill Dellinger, an American distance running legend whose impact as both an athlete and coach inspired generations.
As a college athlete, Dellinger was a two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-American, competing at the University of Oregon under coach Bill Bowerman.
Post-college, he set six American records, two world indoor records, and competed in three Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964), winning bronze in the 5,000m at the 1964 Olympics.
Dellinger guided his alma mater as head cross country coach for 29 years and head track and field coach for 25 years. During his tenure, his teams won four cross country national championships and the 1984 outdoor track and field national championship.
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🗣️ "As I matured as a coach, I realized that you gotta be yourself. You gotta be true to what you believe in because if you do what you believe, your athletes sense it, it gives them confidence and they believe in it as well. If you believe in something because someone else does it, you don't have true belief, your athletes sense that and there's some nerves and anxiety like, 'Is this what we should be doing?'
For me, I am driven by outcomes. I want to win. I want to get better. I want to break records. I want to do all those big things."
On The CITIUS MAG Podcast, @run4okstate's @CoachDaveSmith opened up about his journey from athlete to coach, how he’s cultivated a championship-driven environment at OSU (where he isn't shy to talk about the desire to win), what makes his style a bit different from others and some of his thoughts on the latest changes in the NCAA track and cross country landscape.
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Passing the baton 🤝
16-year-old Texan Cooper Lutkenhaus breaks the U.S. high school record with a 1:46.86 run in the Millrose Games 800m, fittingly taking down Josh Hoey’s mark in a race where Hoey set the overall American record.
WHAT A RUN 😱
Teenage Australian phenom Cameron Myers sets the world U20 record with a 3:47.48 run in the Wanamaker Mile, the fastest junior mark indoors or out and an Australian senior record to boot.
HISTORY MADE ✍️
Sadie Engelhardt becomes the first American high schooler EVER to break 4:28 in the mile as she breaks Mary Cain’s U.S. HS record with a 4:27.97 run in the 2025 Wanamaker Mile.
THE GOOSE IS LOOSE ‼️
Indoor mile world record for Yared Nuguse at the @MillroseGames with 3:46.63* 😤
8 men break 3:50 🤯
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*Subject to the usual ratification procedures
WORLD RECORD*! 🚨
Yared Nuguse broke the mile world record with a 3:46.63 at the @millrosegames! Hobbs Kessler’s 3:46.90 was also under the existing world record of 3:47.01!
*pending ratification by World Athletics
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