There are more Track & Field athletes in the Western Michigan University Sports Hall of Fame than from any other sport.
Russ Gabier won the MAC XC Championship in 1949 and was the first winner of the MAC Mile.
Eddie Taylor was a versatile athlete in the 1940s. He was a hurdler, long jumper, and high jumper. He was a finalist in the Olympic Trials 110 hurdles in 1948.
Jerry Ashmore (top) and Art Eversole (bottom) were distance phenoms. Between the two of them they captured the MAC mile or two mile Crown from 1958 to 1961.
Alex Washington was the MAC Champion in the 110H from 1983 to 1985. He made the semi-finals at the 1984 Olympic Trials.
WMU Athletic Hall of Fame Harold "Whitey" Althoff, 1930, 1932 Jerry Ashmore, 1959-61 John Bork, 1959-61 Ray Bray, 1937-39 Horace "Hap" Coleman, 1941-43 Claudius "Bill" Collisi, 1923-25 George Dales, coach, 1953-70 Sam Dunlap, 1916-18 Tom Duits, 1973-76 Art Eversole, 1958-60 Russ Gabier, 1949, 1953 John Gill, 1923 Gary Harris, 1970-72 Jamie Hence, 1985-88 Dennis Holland, 196265 Guy Houston, 1919-20 Jud Hyames, 1915 Alonzo Littlejohn, 1961-63 Jack Magelssen, 1968-70 Jack Mclntosh, 1979-80, 1982 Oscar "Okie" Johnson, 1923-25 Jeromee Liebenberg, 1969-71 Bill Loving, 1927-30 Louis "Bo" Mallard, 1933-35 Jesse McGuire, 1987-90 Rudy Miller, 1920-21, 1924 Ira Murchison, 1954, 1957-58 Thomas Randolph, 1967-69 Lornie Russell, 1934-36 Ed Salter, 1933, 1935 Nelson Schrier, 1930-32 Jack Shaw, coach, 1971-2002 J. Towner Smith, 1922-24 Ray Swartz, 1931-33 Ed Taylor, 1943, 1946-48 Alex Washington, 1982-85