Bruce Emery Bickford is a retired long-distance runner from the United States.
Education
Bickford graduated from Lawrence High School of Fairfield, Maine where he began his climb to stardom under the direction of his late coach, David F. Martin. Bickford played basketball in his freshman year of high school, and ran cross country for the first time as a sophomore. As a high-schooler, Bickford set the state record for Maine in the 2-mile, with a time of 9:09.5, which he set in 1975 at the Dartmouth Invitational.
Career
He claimed the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the Men"s 10,000 metres, and represented his native country in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (27:3717) in the 10,000 metres in 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden. High school Collegiate He then went on to Northeastern University and was elected to the Northeastern University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.
He was also inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame and the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1977, Bickford set and still holds one of Northeastern University"s longest standing track records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, with a time of 8:33.6.