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Double Olympic medallist and former government minister Wendell Mottley will receive Yale University’s highest honour, the George HW Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award.
Mottley will be one of five past Yale athletes recognised at the Blue Leadership Ball on November 21 at the Schwarzman Center. The other recipients are lacrosse player Keith Flaherty, lacrosse and field hockey athlete Lorraine Pratte Lewis, lacrosse and football player Margot Putukian, and footballer Victor Staffieri.
A standout middle-distance sprinter, Mottley captained the Yale men’s track and field team in his senior year, setting indoor world records in the 400-yard, 500-yard, and 600-yard events. He won the Ivy League title in the outdoor 440-yard/400-metre run three times and the indoor 600-yard/500-metre run twice. His personal best of 45.2 seconds remains the Ivy League record for the 440-yard/400-metre distance, and he still holds Yale’s record in the 600-yard/500-metre event.
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