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How much money do professional track runners make?

Lamoni

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I read a few articles on Erik Sowinski last week in the Gazette and then the Register and then I listened to the Moonlight Graham podcast with him that came out today and it got me wondering how much money those guys make. Does anyone know?

In the podcast they mentioned $10,000 for first place, $8,000 for second, etc. but I didn't know if that was accurate or not.

I know Sowinski is a Nike athlete, so I'm assuming he is getting a little money from them, and he has been running professionally for 6 years now so it must be fairly lucrative. I hope he is making good money. It is really neat to see Hawkeyes in non-revenue sports (i.e. baseball, wrestling, track) have the opportunity to have long professional careers after their collegiate days.

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