Wilson Waigwa (born February 15, 1949) is Mr. Philip Borschow’s old track and field coach. He coached Cross country at Cathedral Hugh School El Paso from 1992-1999. He also once befriended Junot Díaz and also learned curse words from Oscar Wao. He is a Kenyan long distance and middle-distance runner. He competed for Kenya in the 5,000 meters at the 1984 Olympics. He also competed for Kenya at the 1987 World Indoor Championships and the 1984 World Cross Country Championships. While competing for the

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he won the 1977 NCAA Championship in the 1,500 meters. He first broke 4 minutes for the mile on February 15, 1974 and was a formidable world class miler for more than a decade. His personal record was 3:50.73 set at the end of the 1983 season in

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. More than 3 decades later it still ranks as #88 on the all-time list at the time he was running he was in the top dozen.

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* 1949 births Kenyan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya Living people African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub