Matt Lane
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Matthew Lane (born September 5, 1977) is an American middle-distance runner. He later ran professionally for Nike. Lane was ranked as high as second in the US at the 3000 meters by the USATF.[1]
Lane is a graduate of the class of 1996 of Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth, Maine. There, he not only set the state record in cross country at the Augusta course (running 15:40 for 5K).
He appeared in the film 5000 Meters, about the 2004 Team for the Athens Olympic games, and was featured in a New York Times article.[2]
Lane lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife, Erin Sullivan, and their daughter. Erin was an All-American at Stanford University and a twice Foot Locker Cross-Country Champion. Erin and Matt help coach cross country and indoor track at Yarmouth High School before becoming an attorney and professor at University of New Hampshire.
References
[edit]- ^ "Matt Lane's Biography". USA Track & Field website. September 25, 2003.
- ^ Bloom, Marc (December 8, 1995). "Cross-Country: Stage Is Set for a Renaissance Runner". NY Times.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- Interviews
- Dowling, Keith (April 8, 2005). "Interview with Matt Lane". Let's Run.com.
- Gambaccini, Peter. "Interview with Matt Lane". Runner's World.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
