Evansville Harrison High School

John Nunn is the only Olympian in Evansville Harrison High School history. John was a four-year letterman in track and field and cross country. He won the city championship in the 3200 meters and qualified for the regional in the event both his junior and senior years. John qualified for the IHSAA State Cross Country Championship during his junior and senior years. After high school, Nunn accepted a race walk scholarship at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside and won the United States 10k Junior National Championship in 1997 in the race walk by setting the all-time course record. He then placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the United States Pan American Championships in Cuba. John won the United States National Championship in the 10K race walk in 2001 and the U.S. National Championships in the 15K race walk in 2002. In 2004, John became the first, and still the only, Harrison High School alumni to compete in the Olympics. He also became only the second EVSC alum in the last 50 years (joining Andy Benes, Central 1985) to participate in the Olympics by competing for the U.S. team in the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, placing 26th in the race walk event. Nunn has been ranked in the U.S. top 10 in professional race walking every year since 2000. In 2010, John Nunn placed first at the U.S. National Championships in the 20,000 meters in Des Moines, Iowa. On March 30, 2011, he was named U.S. Track and Field (USATF) Athlete of the Week. In 2012, John would again qualify for the Olympics and competed for Team USA once again in the London Olympic Games, placing 42nd in the world in the 50,000-meter race walk. John has appeared on the "Today Show," ESPN and many other media outlets, both national and international, at the highest possible level. John Nunn and daughter Ella currently live in San Diego, California, where he serves as a soldier/athlete for the U.S. Army, as well as in the World Class Athlete Program.