Luke Wilson (the actor) 400 and 800 pr's??

I'll field this slow roller. Luke ran 49.86 FAT for 400, which is not actually a school record but is more like 5th on the list. The record is 48.76 FAT by a guy named Greg Hutton during Luke's junior year in 1989. Luke did run 48.9 on the 4 x 4 his junior year. He also ran 1:54.99 FAT as a senior in 1990, which is still the school record. A guy named Jeremy Downs ran 1:54.93 hand timed in 1995, but of course that's really a 1:55.0, which is inferior to Luke's time. Luke also ran that 48.9 second leg on the 4 x 4 school record of 3:21.38 FAT in 1989 and contributed a 1:57.9 anchor on the 4 x 8 school record of 8:04.2 hand timed in 1989.

Owen, is that you?

SM Lion Alum wrote:

I\'ll field this slow roller. Luke ran 49.86 FAT for 400, which is not actually a school record but is more like 5th on the list. The record is 48.76 FAT by a guy named Greg Hutton during Luke\'s junior year in 1989. Luke did run 48.9 on the 4 x 4 his junior year. He also ran 1:54.99 FAT as a senior in 1990, which is still the school record. A guy named Jeremy Downs ran 1:54.93 hand timed in 1995, but of course that\'s really a 1:55.0, which is inferior to Luke\'s time. Luke also ran that 48.9 second leg on the 4 x 4 school record of 3:21.38 FAT in 1989 and contributed a 1:57.9 anchor on the 4 x 8 school record of 8:04.2 hand timed in 1989.

bottle rocket wrote:

Owen, is that you?

Nope, but I was on the team there at the time.

As far as that "4:25 mile in high school" goes, Luke ran the 1,600 once and ran 70-70-70-65 for 4:35.8 and hated every step of it. He probably could have been pretty good at the mile if he really wanted to work on it, but he didn't care one bit about it. He definitely had the 400-800 mindset.

I remember in Bottle Rocket his character talks about going running at night in the Arizona desert. Then later he picks up running again to help get through his depression. Man I love that movie.

SM Lion Alum, you kill it...thanks for the info, more than I could have asked for. Me and two mates here in Australia were talking about it and I guess maybe 50 and 1:54 so I was pretty dam close.

Thanks again mate,

JR

The Wikipedia article said Owen got expelled from St. Mark's his sophomore year for "supposedly cheating on a test." Was that the only reason though because that seems like an awfully harsh punishment for someone who pays to go there. Despite that, I think Owen is the more successful and funnier of the two.

Bottle Rocket was great. I read that it was also one of Francis Ford Coppola's favorite movies.

Bill Cosby (runner)

Robin Williams (runner)

Bruce Dern (runner)

Burt Lancaster (trapeze, gymnast)

John Wayne (football)

Chuck Connors (baseball)

Burt Reynolds (stuntman)

Norma Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe)

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wilson

The Wikipedia article said Owen got expelled from St. Mark's his sophomore year for "supposedly cheating on a test." Was that the only reason though because that seems like an awfully harsh punishment for someone who pays to go there. Despite that, I think Owen is the more successful and funnier of the two.

Yes. And Owen is also the more UNSTABLE one.

Luke had really smooth running form.

I used to work at RunOn! in Dallas off of Mockingbird. I once sold a pair of running shorts to Owen Wilson. Nice guy.

Also, Luke no longer holds the school record in the 4x800m, as it was broken this year with a time of 8:03.83. Quite an accomplishment for them considering their best distance runner was sick with mono at the time.