Mike Calhoun (2019) - E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame - Eastern Michigan University Athletics

Mike Calhoun

Induction:
2019
Class:
1986

Men’s Track: Graduated in 1986...Won five Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships and five MAC Outdoor titles...Earned NCAA Division I All-American honors in the Indoor Distance Medley Relay in 1982...Led off the medley relay team in 1984 with a time of 47.7 seconds, en route to a time of 3:18.94 to break the world indoor record at the Western Michigan Relays...The time still is both an EMU program record as well as a world indoor collegiate standard...Holds the EMU outdoor record in the distance medley relay with a mark of 9:35.88 set in 1983...Took home the MAC’s 600-yard dash title in 1982 and 1983...Won the 400 meter dash in 1984, and part of the 1600 meter relay winning teams in 1983 and 1985 at the MAC Indoor Championships...Finished first in the 400 meter at the MAC Outdoor Championships in 1985 and helped EMU sweep the 1600 meter relay in 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985...His 400 meter indoor time of 46.87 in 1985 still ranks ninth in program history...The 1985 1600 meter relay time of 3:09.86 still ranks eighth in EMU program laurels, while the 1984 time of 3:10.08 is ninth...His 30.79 mark in 1984 in the 300-yard dash is 10th-best at EMU, while his time of 33.94 in 1985 is fifth...His 200 meter time of 21.34 is ranked 10th in EMU program laurels...In 1984, notched a 1:09.56 in the 600-yard for fourth, and followed it up with a 1:18.34 in the 600 meter...Posted the seventh-fastest time outdoors at EMU in the 400 meter with a 46.38 in 1982...Had four outdoor rankings in the EMU top-10 in the 1600 meter relay (3rd - 3:06.04 in 1983; 4th - 3:06.14 in 1985; 8th - 3:08.37 in 1985; 10th - 3:08.74 in 1985).