Gerald "Gerry" Paul Lindgren was born on March 9,1946 and is an American track and field runner who set many long-standing high school and national records in the United States.
10 Facts About Gerry Lindgren
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Gerry Lindgren went on to win a record 11 NCAA collegiate championships with Washington State University.
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In 1964, in his senior year at Rogers High School, Gerry Lindgren ran 5000 meters in 13 minutes and 44 seconds flat, on a clay track in Compton, CA setting a US high school record for the distance that would remain unbroken for 40 years, until Galen Rupp ran 13:37.91 on July 30,2004.
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Gerry Lindgren was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1964, and won the 10,000 meter race at the 1964 Olympic Trials.
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Four years later, Gerry Lindgren tried to make the 1968 Olympic team but finished 5th in the 10,000 m and 4th in the 5,000 m in the Olympic Trials at Echo Summit, just missing the team at both distances.
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Gerry Lindgren competed against Mills in the 1965 AAU Nationals meet, where they raced the 6-mile.
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Gerry Lindgren raced to 12:53.0, just missing the world record of 12:52.4 held by Ron Clarke.
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Gerry Lindgren attended Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where he majored in political science and minored in Russian language.
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Gerry Lindgren continues to run regularly, active in the Hawaii running community.
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Gerry Lindgren has reiterated his belief is "Karma" as a large factor in his running success.