Early Life
As an athlete, Mack ran for Locke High School and was champion at the CIF California State Meet at 880 yards, two years in a row. He earned a scholarship to the University of Oregon, where he ran track. After finishing sixth in the Olympic Trials in 1980, he qualified for the United States national team, running the 800 metres in the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. Mack won three Pac-10 conference titles and an NCAA championship in the 800 meters. Mack's personal best time of 1 minute, 43.35 seconds is the fifth fastest American in history. A leg injury kept him out of the 1984 Summer Olympics and cut short his track career.
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