Bob Day, the former UCLA distance great and a member of the '68 Mexico City Olympic Team (5K) passed away of bladder cancer on Thursday morning, March 15, 2012. Considered UCLA's greatest distance runner he set school records at 1,500 and 5,000 meters and his times of 3:56.4 in the mile and 8:33 in the two-mile were national records at the time. He was currently the track and cross-country coach at Beckman HS in Irvine, CA.