Todd Harbour (born March 24, 1959) is a retired American

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and

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Career

Harbour competed collegiately for

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, and later was the head track and field and cross-country coach at for 22 years, before retiring in 2021. In 1979, he won a silver medal in the

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at the

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. He currently holds the collegiate record in the outdoor

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, when he ran 3:50.34 in

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in 1981 during his senior year. During college, he was also a five-time All-American and won eight individual

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titles. Harbour was inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame, the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame and the Rio Grande Valley Hall of Fame. He competed professionally for

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from 1981 to 1987, and ran 54 sub-4-minute miles during his career.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harbour, Todd 1959 births Living people American male middle-distance runners American male long-distance runners Baylor Bears men's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Cameron County, Texas Track and field athletes from Texas Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field) 20th-century American sportsmen