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THE FLATS – Georgia Tech assistant track and field coach Nat Page has been nominated for the 2022 class of inductees into the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the 25th annual Chicagoland ceremony.

The Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame honors sports legends whose careers have thrilled, entertained and enriched our lives with unforgettable moments of greatness. As a member of the Class of 2022, Page joins several other professional and Olympic legends.

Page joined the Tech staff in 1996 and is responsible for coaching the jumping events and the men’s and women’s hurdles. His training of student-athletes at Tech has brought them success both individually and at the institute. The page has a guided path & field student-athletes to approximately 45 ACC titles, 44 All-American performances and four national titles.

One of Page’s former technical athletes, Chaunte Howard-Lowe, set two American records in the indoor and outdoor jumps.

Page founded Nat’s Athletic Training and Career Experiences in 1993 and has coached nine World Championship team members and five Olympians.

As a high jumper, Page was an NCAA champion at the University of Missouri in 1979 and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

Outside of college athletics, Page continued to be a successful athlete. He was ranked in the top 10 in the world from 1979 to 1981 and earned a spot on the 1980 US Olympic team. After the Olympics, Page was a member of the 1992 USA IAAF World Championships team and was a finalist at every USA track and field championship between 1985 and 1991.

The Alexander-Tharpe Foundation is the fundraising arm of Georgia Tech athletics that provides scholarships, operations and facilities support to more than 400 Georgia Tech student-athletes. Participate in developing Georgia Tech’s Everyday Champions and help the Yellow Jackets compete for championships at the highest levels of college athletics by supporting the annual Athletics Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to Georgia Tech student-athletes. Learn more about supporting the Yellow Jackets at atfund.org.

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