(Radio Iowa) — The loss of the track season brings back memories to former track standout Randy Wilson. The Knoxville native was an NCAA champion at Oklahoma and made the 1980 U-S Olympic squad in the 800 meters. He never got a chance to fulfill his Olympic dream because of the United States’ boycott of the Moscow Olympics. These days Wilson is an elementary school teacher and a track coach at Pella High School.

The 1980 Olympic team turned out to be the only one Wilson qualified for.

Wilson’s career ended shortly after 1984.