Staff Member Profile: Mike Slaubaugh

Position: Staff Writer
High School: Western, 1978
College: Manchester College, BS, 1982; Ball State University, MBA, 1984; Indiana University, PhD, 1992

Mike is an avid follower of Hoosier high school cross country and track and field and is a former writer for Indiana Running & Racing Times and Midwest Running, covering the high school state finals in those sports.

Considering himself an average high school runner at Western, Mike lettered three times in cross country and twice in track. He found he was more suited to the longer college distances, however, and lettered four times in both cross country and track at Manchester College. His best running days were in the mid-1980s while competing for The Athlete's Foot Racing Team. During that time, he set PRs of 15:22 for 5K, 31:31 for 10K, and 1:09:34 for the half marathon which placed him 8th at the 1986 Indianapolis Mini-Marathon.

Mike teaches accounting at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and has continued to run competitively into the master's ranks. In the past few years, he has focused on marathons, qualifying for the Boston Marathon twice and setting a lifetime PR of 2:49:10 at the Chicago Marathon in 2006. Mike is also a Board Member of the Fort Wayne Track Club.