Matt Lane

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Matt Lane
Personal information
Born (1977-09-05) 5 September 1977 (age 47)
Yarmouth, Maine, United States
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event(s) 5,000 meters, Mile, 1,500 meters
College team College of William and Mary
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Mile : 3:57.57
5,000 meters : 13:25
10,000 meters : 28:00
Marathon : 2:17:32

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] He placed 4th at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 5,000 meters in 2000 and 2004. [2]

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. [3]

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.

In 2014, Lane was inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame. [4]

References

  1. "Matt Lane's Biography". USA Track & Field website. September 25, 2003.
  2. "Matt Lane". World Athletics. August 25, 2004.
  3. Bloom, Marc (December 8, 1995). "Cross-Country: Stage Is Set for a Renaissance Runner". NY Times.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. "Matt Lane". Maine Running Hall of Fame. September 25, 2014.
Interviews
  1. Dowling, Keith (April 8, 2005). "Interview with Matt Lane". Let's Run.com.
  2. Gambaccini, Peter. "Interview with Matt Lane". Runner's World.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-09.