Jack Hutchins

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Jack (John William) Hutchins - born 8 June 1926, Vancouver, BC, died April 8, 2008, West Vancouver, B.C. Canadian middle distance runner. Jack was the Canadian national record holder in the 880 yards for the years 1946, 1947 and 1951 (shared with Bill Parnell), and the 440 yard Canadian and BC record holder in 1951. He competed for Canada in the 1948 Olympics in London having won at the trials in the 880m and coming in 2nd in the 1500m. He competed again at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. Jack also competed at the British Empire Games (Commonwealth Games) in 1950 and 1954; he won the silver medal in the 880s yards in 1950.

Jack attended the University of Oregon, where he obtained his BSc. He was coached by Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike and won several titles as a university track and field athlete, setting records in the mile run. He was an All-American in 1951-52, received the Jack Davies and Oregon Emerald Awards and was the AAU outstanding Canadian track and field athlete in 1952.

He continued to compete throughout his life and won numerous events in both the United States and Canada and participated in the Vancouver Sun Run in 2007, at the age of 80 with a time of 1.09.27.

[1]Jack Hutchins, University of Oregon

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