| Herb Wills |
Full Name: Herbert Wills |
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| FSU Career |
| Cross Country | |
Year Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1978 6-0 125 Fr * Tallahassee 1979 6-0 125 So * Tallahassee 1980 6-0 130 Jr * Tallahassee 1981 6-1 140 Sr * Tallahassee |
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| Track & Field | |
Year Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 78-79 D 6-0 125 Fr * Tallahassee 79-80 D 6-0 125 So * Tallahassee 80-81 D 6-0 130 Jr * Tallahassee 81-82 D 6-1 140 Sr * Tallahassee |
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| Awards |
| Cross Country |
Year Award 1981 NCAA Championships (16th) |
| Track & Field |
Year Award 1980 NCAA Championships - 10000-Meter Run (4th) - Outdoor 1982 NCAA Championships - 10000-Meter Run (11th) - Outdoor |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 2006 |
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Homegrown track star Herb Wills was one of the most accomplished distance runners in Florida State high school history and he wasted no time in getting his Seminole career started. Wills won four
individual Metro Conference Championships as a freshman in 1978 in one of the most dominating perfomances in Metro track history. He followed that by winning FSU's Outstanding Distance Runner honors
in 1979 along with the title of U.S. Junior 10,000 meter cross country champion. Wills would go on to set school records in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter outdoors and 3,000 and 5,000 meters and 2-mile indoors. He placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA national championships in 1980 and followed that with a 16th place individual finish at the NCAA cross country championships in 1981. He finished his FSU career having earned All-American honors four times over the span of three years. However, his competitive career was not over as he became one of the top amateur distance runners in the country. He just missed making the U.S. Olympic Team as a marathoner in 1984, but bounced back at age 28 in 1989 to become the first American finisher at the Boston Marathon. Wills' name can still be found throughout the FSU record books including his school records in the indoor 3,000 meters (8:04.10) and 5,000 meters (14:00.10) that have stood for over 25 years. He has continued his close connection to both Florida State and Tallahassee over the years by combining his passion for mathematics and athletics as a tutorial specialist to current FSU student-athletes. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Cross Country |
Date Opponent/Meet Distance Place Time Points
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1978 Season
09/30/1978 FLORIDA STATE INVITATIONAL 5-Mile 2 24:34 2
10/14/1978 AZALEA INVITATIONAL 5-Mile 6 24:36 6
11/04/1978 METRO CONFERENCE 5-Mile 1 24:05.2 1
1979 Season
09/22/1979 TROY STATE 10K 1 32:01 1
11/03/1979 METRO CHAMPIONSHIP 9 25:20 9
1980 Season
10/18/1980 FLORIDA INVITATIONAL 5-Mile 4 25:48 4
11/01/1980 METRO CHAMPIONSHIP 2 23:52 2
11/15/1980 NCAA REGIONAL 32 30:48 32
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| Track & Field |
Current Meet School Record
Date Opponent/Meet Event Place Results Points Place Place Record Years
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1979 Season
02/18/1979 LSU INDOOR INVITATIONAL Two-Mile Run 2 8:55.89 4 4 4
03/17/1979 WINTER HAVEN TRACK CLASSIC 5000-Meter Run 5 14:29.39 1
04/07/1979 TENNESSEE 5000-Meter Run 2 14:28.3 3
04/14/1979 LOUISIANA STATE 5000-Meter Run 1 14:24.05 5
04/16/1979 SOUTH ALABAMA INVITATIONAL 10000-Meter Run 1 31:12.56 5
05/05/1979 FLORIDA 5000-Meter Run 1 5
05/12/1979 METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 5000-Meter Run 1 14:25.10 10
05/12/1979 METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 10000-Meter Run 1 30:05.1 10
1980 Season
04/12/1980 FLORIDA 5000-Meter Run 1 14:12.3 5
05/03/1980 FLORIDA 5000-Meter Run 1 14:19.7 5
06/06/1980 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 10000-Meter Run 4 30:06.01 4
1981 Season
01/31/1981 4-WAY INDOOR MEET Two-Mile Run 2 8:59.51 3
03/28/1981 FLORIDA RELAYS 5000-Meter Run 3 14:00.3 3
04/11/1981 GEORGIA 5000-Meter Run 2 14:23.82 3
04/18/1981 4-WAY MEET 5000-Meter Run 1 14:27.6 5
05/02/1981 FLORIDA 5000-Meter Run 1 14:05.8 5
05/16/1981 METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 10000-Meter Run 1 29:23.7 10
05/16/1981 METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 5000-Meter Run 1 13:57.71 10
06/05/1981 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 10000-Meter Run 11 29:42.7
1982 Season
04/10/1982 DOGWOOD RELAYS 10000-Meter Run 7 28:58.74 6 1 Yes 21
04/17/1982 MISSISSIPPI STATE QUAD MEET 5000-Meter Run 2 13:53.26 3 6 1 Yes 22
05/01/1982 FLORIDA 5000-Meter Run 1 14:05.1 5
05/16/1982 METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 10000-Meter Run 2 30:00.1 8
05/16/1982 METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 5000-Meter Run 1 14:18.27 10
05/29/1982 SE ATHLETICS CONGRESS CHAMPS 5000-Meter Run 1 14:17.14 5
06/04/1982 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 10000-Meter Run 11 30:04.69 2
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