Bob Winn

Bob Winn is an American distance runner, coach, and local politician. He was inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame in 1997,^[1] and he served on the town of Ogunquit Select Board for over a decade.

Bob Winn

Personal information
Born	(1958-10-15) 15 October 1958 (age 66) Wells, Maine, United States
Sport
Country	United States
Event(s)	Marathon, Half Marathon, 10 km, 5km
College team	Central Connecticut State University

Early life

Winn grew up in Wells, Maine, and attended Wells High School, where he was a standout athlete in cross country and track. He enrolled at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), where he broke the school record in the 10,000 meters and was a two-time All-New England cross country runner. He graduated in 1982 and was inducted into the CCSU Hall of Fame in 2006.^[2]

Career

Winn returned to Wells and became a teacher and cross country coach for Wells High School. He continued running competitively, winning road races from Southern Maine^[3] to the South Shore of Massachusetts.^[4]

He won the 1998 USA Masters Cross Country Championship at age 40.^[4] Winn also won the Maine Men’s division of the Beach to Beacon 10K in 1998, the race’s inaugural year. He repeated as Maine Champion in 1999.^[5]

Winn continued coaching track through 2017. Wells High School administrators announced in 2021 that a $1,000 scholarship would be awarded to two Wells High School seniors each year in honor of Winn’s several-decade service to the school.^[6]

In 2009, Winn was elected to the town of Ogunquit Select Board,^[7] on which he served until 2020.^[8]