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Remembering ‘Mr. Mile’ Don Gehrmann, a 12-time Big Ten running champion with Wisconsin

Don Gehrmann, one of the country’s top collegiate runners during his time at the University of Wisconsin and a 12-time Big Ten Conference individual champion, has died.

Known as “Mr. Mile” during his running career, Gehrmann was 94 when he died on July 23 at Stoughton Hospital, according to an obituary.