Lou Scott
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| Full name | Louis Cohn "Lou" Scott | |||||||||||
| Born | September 4, 1945(age79) Detroit, Michigan,U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Arizona State University | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Mile, 5,000 meters 10,000 meters, 25Km road run | |||||||||||
| Club | Motor City Striders | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personalbest(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, inDetroit, Michigan) is anAmericanlong-distance runnerwho competed in the1968 Summer Olympics.[2]He won a silver medal at the1967 Pan American Games.
He continues to run, showing up in a localSenior Olympicsrace.[3]Running forEastern High School,he was the Michigan State Champion in the mile in 1962 and 1963. He was also the 1962 stateCross CountryChampion. 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 fromthe originalon April 18, 2020.RetrievedMay 16,2015.
- ^http://michtrack.org/michtrack/news-lou-scott.html
- ^https://issuu.com/michiganrunner/docs/mr0712Michigan Runner July 2012 P.8
- ^National Masters News, Oct 1985, page 9 of 36.[1]Retrieved Mar 22, 2023
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