Bob Winn is an American distance runner, coach, and local politician. He was inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame in 1997, and he served on the town of Ogunquit Select Board for over a decade.

Early life

Winn grew up in

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, and attended

Wells High School Wells High School is a public school located in Wells, Maine, United States. It has an enrollment of 423 students in grades 9 through 12. The school primarily serves students from Wells, as well as smaller numbers of students from Ogunquit, Ma ...

, where he was a standout athlete in cross country and track. He enrolled at

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(CCSU), where he broke the school record in the 10,000 meters and was a two-time All-New England cross country runner. He graduated in 1982 and was inducted into the CCSU Hall of Fame in 2006.

Career

Winn returned to Wells and became a teacher and cross country coach for

. He continued running competitively, winning road races from Southern Maine to the South Shore of Massachusetts. He won the 1998 USA Masters Cross Country Championship at age 40. Winn also won the Maine Men’s division of the

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in 1998, the race’s inaugural year. He repeated as Maine Champion in 1999. Winn continued coaching track through 2017.

administrators announced in 2021 that a $1,000 scholarship would be awarded to two Wells High School seniors each year in honor of Winn’s several-decade service to the school. In 2009, Winn was elected to the town of Ogunquit Select Board, on which he served until 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winn, Bob Living people Track and field athletes from Maine American male track and field athletes American male marathon runners 1958 births