Aquinas College

Inducted in 2004, Fabian Knizacky came to Aquinas from Free Soil, Mich. in 1982. Fabian brought to Aquinas a passion for running and was developed into racewalker by Coach Ernie Mousseau. As a part of the track and field team, Fabian captured four NAIA individual state titles and set a Michigan NAIA meet record for the 10K racewalk. In addition, he was a five-time All-American --twice for both indoor and outdoor track and one Academic All-American honor. His interest in racewalking competition continued after college. Fabian lived and trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado from 1982 until 1984. In 1983, he earned a silver medal in the 50K Racewalk at the National Sports Festival, was part of an elite ten-member relay team that set a world record for the number of miles covered in a twenty-four hour period, and came to within 110 yards of qualifying for the 1984 Olympic trials in a 20K Racewalk held in Dearborn, Mich. He retired from racewalking in 1984, following a fourth place finish in the TAC 40K Racewalk in New Jersey.