Don Gehrmann runs track for the Badgers in this undated photo.
COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINDon 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.
His dominant stint on the track, especially in the mile, earned him election to the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980 and the UW Athletic Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1991.