Hall of Fame
Paul Mausling earned eight All-America certificates, three in cross country and five in track, and is certainly one of the best distance runners ever produced not just by Macalester, but by the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Sixteen years after graduating, he still has the fastest cross country time, by nearly a full minute, ever posted by a Macalester runner, and his track times in the distance events are still fast enough to be competitive with the top national performers. Some of his school track records may never be broken, such as his 4:19 mark in the indoor mile run, 14:29 time in the 5,000-meter run, and 29:59 in the 10,000 meters. Mausling was Macalester's last conference cross country individual champion, winning those races in 1978 and 1980. His winning time of 25:05 in '78 has been surpassed just once in nearly 20 years by an MIAC runner.
