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 | Position: Assistant Coach
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 | Alma Mater: Wisconsin, 1997
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Bobby Lockhart, formerly a standout distance runner at the University of Wisconsin and national high school athlete of the year, was hired as an assistant coach for the University of Oklahoma track and field/cross country program in August 2007.
Lockhart had been volunteering with the Sooners since the beginning of the 2007 outdoor season, helping the OU men's team win its first Big 12 Outdoor Championship title.
Lockhart helped the Badgers win a national cross country championship in 2005 after finishing runner-up three consecutive years. He was also part of 11 Big Ten championship-winning cross country, indoor track and outdoor track teams.
Twice an NCAA All-American at Wisconsin, Lockhart earned recognition once each in cross country and outdoor track (10,000-meter run). He was twice named to the All-Big Ten Conference Cross Country Team.
Bursting onto the scene as one of the nation's most talented high school distance runners, Lockhart was a member of Team USA at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships and was named a Nike Athlete of the Year after winning the mile run at the Nike Indoor Nationals and two-mile run at the Adidas Outdoor Classic.
Lockhart was runner-up at the 2001 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships and won 19 state titles in Virginia, including a record four in cross country.
Lockhart, a native of Winchester, Va., graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2007.