A native of Evanston, Illinois, Nat Page was one of the most dominant high jumpers in Big Eight Conference history. He won four league titles during his career, one indoors and three outdoors, and won four all-America awards in the event. Page, whose two sisters also competed at MU, was the NCAA outdoor champion in 1979. He placed third outdoors in 1976, and was second and fourth, respectively, indoors in 1977 and ‘79. His best jump of 7-feet, 5-1/2 inches was the second-best mark in the history of the Big Eight Conference. He was the MVP of the Outdoor Big Eight Championships in 1978. Page qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 1980 after placing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials but did not compete due to the U.S. boycott of the Moscow games. He was ranked in the top 10 in the world from 1979-81. He switched events and became one of the world’s top 400-meter intermediate hurdlers, competing on the international track circuit. From 1990-92, he was ranked among the world’s top 10 in the event, was a member of the United States’ 1992 World Cup team and was a finalist at the U.S. Track and Field Championships every year from 1985-91. From 1988-91, Page served as assistant coach at California State Polytechnic University, where he earned a degree in physical education. He joined the staff at Georgia Tech in 1996 as assistant track coach specializing in coaching field events, including the high jump, long jump and triple jump, as well as the men’s and women’s sprint hurdle events. He was named the NCAA South Region men’s assistant coach of the year in 2008, and the Mondo women’s jumps/multi events coach of the year in 2004. He has been at Georgia Tech for more than 25 years.
