Walter Mehl

Class
Induction

1938-39
Honors

Men's Cross Country (1939), Men's Track & Field (1938), Men's Track & Field (1939)

Wisconsin's first national cross country champion (1939), one year after finishing second at the NCAA Meet
Captained the 1939 team, which finished second at the NCAA Championship and won the Big Ten title
Big Ten cross country champion in 1939, and conference runner-up in 1938
NCAA two-mile champion in 1938 with a record time of 9:11.1
Won Big Ten indoor and outdoor two-mile titles as a junior and the conference indoor and outdoor mile events as a senior
National AAU outdoor 1,500-meter champion in 1940, setting an American record (3:47.9)
National AAU indoor mile champion in 1940
Inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame
Took first place in the prestigious indoor and outdoor Wanamaker Mile in 1941
Served as an assistant coach at the UW following graduation and eventually took on head coaching duties at the University of Tennessee (1946)