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}} Steve Scott (born May 5, 1956 in Upland, California) is an American male track and field athlete who is considered by some to be one of the greatest mile runners in American history. The silver medalist in the 1500 meters at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki in 1983, Scott owns the U.S. indoor record in the 2000 meters (4:58.6-1981). He held the American outdoor mile record for more than 26 years and also is the former American indoor record holder in the same event. ''Track & Field News'' ranked Scott #1 in the U.S. on 10 occasions,〔http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/1500usranking.pdf〕 and 11 times during his career he was ranked in the top ten in the world by T&FN.〔http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/1500worldranking.pdf〕 Additionally, he participated for the US team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He ran the sub-4:00 minute mile on 136 occasions in his career, more than any other runner in history. Scott is also regarded as the founder of speed golf in 1979; on December 2, 1982, Scott set a record for the fastest round of golf played on a regulation course, completing 18 holes in 29 minutes, 33.05 seconds at Miller Golf Course in Anaheim, Calif. Using only two clubs and running from hole to hole, he posted a respectable score of 95.〔http://www.speedgolfinternational.com/press5.htm〕 ==Early years== Scott grew up in the 1960s in Upland, Calif. His mother was a runner who preceded the running boom. His father was an overweight physician who smoked and did not see the value of running. Through his mother's influence and a coach's persistence, Scott ran on Upland's cross country team. The persistent coach was Robert Loney, cross country coach and math instructor at Upland High School. Steve caught track fever watching the 1972 Olympics on television, as U.S. runner Dave Wottle won the gold medal in the 800 meters. Wottle is often remembered for running the Olympic final in a golf cap, which he forgot to take off during the medal ceremony while the national anthem played. Wottle's cap inspired Scott, so he wore a cap in every race of the 1972 cross country season. In his junior year in high school, Scott made the varsity squad as the fifth runner. In track, he concentrated on the shorter distances and ran the 800 in 1:58 and the mile in 4:30. He also met Kim Votaw, a freshman runner who would eventually become his wife in 1979.〔http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20080315,00.html〕 The couple was divorced in 1994.〔http://www.utsandiego.com/sports/20080302-9999-1s2scott.html〕 In his senior year, Scott became the top runner on the cross country team and improved his track times to 1:52 in the 800 and 4:15 in the mile. He finished fourth in the CIF California State Meet in the 880 yards and drew several college scholarship offers. He liked coach Len Miller and joined him at the University of California, Irvine in the fall of 1974. He still holds the UCI school record in the 1500,〔http://www.ucirvinesports.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ucir/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/cumulative-stats〕 and the UC Irvine Steve Scott Invitational is named after him.〔http://articles.dailypilot.com/2009-05-01/news/dpt-spucitrack050209_1_steeplechase-meter-high-jump〕 While at UCI, Scott won the 1977 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships Division-I 1500-meter title after winning the 1500 twice and the mile once at three previous NCAA Division-II meets. Scott ran his first sub-4:00 mile indoors at the Sunkist Invitational in Los Angeles in January 1977, his junior year in college. The following year, he blossomed from an unknown college runner to an international miler, competing on both sides of the Atlantic. When he graduated with a degree in social ecology in 1978, Scott had already run 11 sub-4:00 miles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Scott (athlete)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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