H. Tom Bowden of Fulton, Kentucky, competed in the 880-yard run at the NAIA’s national track meet three consecutive years, finishing second in 1963 and 1965 and seventh in 1964.

In 1963 he was just one-tenth of a second behind his OBU teammate, Gary Wilson. In the 1965 race he again finished second in a photo finish. In the 1962 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference meet, Bowden won the mile run and the 880. In the 1963 league meet, he was a member of the victorious mile-relay team.

In 1965, he won the conference 880. In 1963, he recorded a 1:51.5 in the 880, and in 1964 he was a member of the two-mile relay team which won at the Drake Relays with a time of 7:38.6. He also was a member of the 1964 distance medley relay team which finished fourth at Drake.

Bowden, an NAIA Track All-America selection in 1965, is a retired former physical therapist who now lives in London, Kentucky.