The Runner and his trumpet… Former Pasadena CC runner, 60-year-old Nolan Shaheed, never stopped competing while earning a living playing trumpet for Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Eddie Harris, Phil Collins, Anita Baker, Count Basie Orchestra, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Shaheed, featured in a recent Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd,” has held four world master’s records in the indoor and outdoor mile, and is just as thrilled about his world records as he is about playing for world music icons. A three-time USA T&F masters athlete of the year, he once bet and beat the late legendary singer Marvin Gaye to a street race from “tree to tree.”

Felix the Great…One of the elite CCC athletes

Felix Sanchez

Dominican Republic / San Diego Mesa / USC

Two world, one NCAA title; ’04 Olympic Gold

Two-time So Cal, State CC Champ

San Diego Mesa: 1996 So Cal Finals-1^st 52.16, State-1^st 51.19

1997 So Cal Finals-1^st 50.21, State-1^st 50.46; Coach Dick Coxe