STEVE MCCONKEY | INFO

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Steve McConkey is the President of 4 WINDS USA, an organization working with world-class track and field athletes. Starting in 1981, Steve and Liz have worked through eleven Olympic cycles. Steve shares the gospel, encourages Christians and stands up for athletes. He was a successful USA National Track & Field Club Coach from 1982 through 1992. Steve graduated with honors from Western Kentucky University (Master of Public Health), Minnesota State University (BS-Community Health), and Webster High School (WI). Ministry centers have been in Eugene (OR), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN), and Madison (WI). Steve was born in Des Moines (IA) and moved to NW Wisconsin after the sixth grade. Over the years, he had hundreds of worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews.

• On October 19, 1955, Steve was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended Dunlap Elementary School and went on two field trips to the Drake Relays where he was introduced to world-class track and field. In 1968, Steve’s family moved to the Danbury, Wisconsin area (Dairyland) and graduated from Webster High School in 1974.
• Steve became a Christian in March 1976 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior after reading a Bible left in the student union.
• Steve ran 70,256 miles from 1971 through 2019, forty-eight years at 4.01 miles per day. He ran for Webster High School (WI) and the University of Wisconsin-Superior before transferring to Minnesota State University in Mankato. In 1977, MSU was third at the NCAA Division 2 Cross Country Championships. Steve got a BS-Community Health degree from MSU with honors.
• Steve was a graduate assistant coach at Western Kentucky University for the cross-country and track and field teams in 1980-81. They won the Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championships with a perfect 15 points and were sixth at the 1980 NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championships. He got his Master of Public Health degree with honors at WKU.
• From 1982 through 1992, Steve was a successful USA National Track and Field Club Coach for Athletes in Action (82-83), Lay Witnesses for Christ (83-88), and 4 Winds Christian Athletics (88-92). Team centers were in Eugene (OR), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), and Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN). After 1992, 4 Winds Christian Athletics dropped the team to work with athletes on all teams.
• 4 Winds Christian Athletics (now 4 WINDS USA) legally began in September 1988 in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The final non-profit ruling was in 1994.
• Since 1981, Steve has been to most USA Track and Field Championships and Olympic Trials. The 2024 Olympics was their eleventh Olympic cycle. During the 2024 Olympic Trials, Steve had a successful outreach to the Olympic track and field team. They went on to win thirty-four medals in Paris, the most since the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Steve’s first Olympics was in Los Angeles in 1984, where the Olympics will be held in 2028.  
• Over the years, Steve has had hundreds of worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews.