Arnold M. SOWELL

In 1956 Arnie Sowell ran on world record setting relay teams in both the 4×440y and the 4×880y. He won six AAU championships – the outdoor 800/880y in 1955-56 and four indoor titles over 1,000y – 1955-57 and 1959. He was also NCAA champion for 800/880y in 1954 and 1956. Sowell won a gold medal in the 1955 Pan American Games 800 and with the 4x400 relay. He later served in the Army and in 1959 competed in the Pan Am trials for the modern pentathlon, placing seventh.

Personal Bests: 440y – 47.3 (1955); 800 – 1:46.6 (1956); 1500 – 3:48.1 (1957); Mile – 4:11.2 (1956); 400H – 54.3 (1954).