Alan Webb

UA Little Rock Assistant Track and Cross Country Coach Alan Webb is most famously known for setting the American record in the mile, but now the former Olympian is taking on a new challenge in life and is running with it – literally.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host its second Trojan 5K and Alan Webb Road Mile in August featuring Trojan assistant coach and American mile record holder Alan Webb.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a 5K and Road Mile race featuring Trojan assistant coach and American mile record holder Alan Webb.

Little Rock Director of Track & Field/Head Cross Country Coach J.P. Behnke announced that his program will host a 5K and Road Mile race featuring Trojan assistant coach and American mile record holder Alan Webb.

Before every race this season, UA Little Rock’s cross country runners stretch, jog and focus on the upcoming course in front of them. But looking up from their warm up area, they often see a steady stream of their opposing runners … waiting around to meet Trojan distance coach Alan Webb.

An Olympian and American-record holder in the mile and high school mile, Alan Webb, has joined the University of Arkansas at Little Rock staff as an associate head cross country and assistant track coach going into the 2019-20 season.