Wade Bell

Career Wade Bell ran collegiately for the University of Oregon and professionally for Oregon Track Club. In 1968, Bell was a member of Oregon TC's 4×800 meter relay team, which broke the world record in the event at the time, although it was not ratified by the IAAF. Bell was the 17th American man to break 4 minutes in the mile, doing so in 1966.

Post professional career Wade Bell remained actively involved in Track and Field. In 1970, Bell began his service as a course clerk at Oregon's Hayward Field. Throughout the 1970s, Bell served as president of the Oregon Track Club and directed the Prefontaine Classic.

Bell died in Eugene, Oregon on July 4, 2024, at the age of 79. He had worked two days at the 2024 Olympic Trials for track and field at Hayward Field before being hospitalized.