Matthew Lane (born September 5, 1977) is an American middle-distance runner. He later ran professionally for Nike. Lane was ranked as high as second in the US at the 3000 meters by the USATF.[1]
Lane is a graduate of the class of 1996 of Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth, Maine. There, he not only set the state record in cross country at the Augusta course (running 15:40 for 5K).
He appeared in the film 5000 Meters, about the 2004 Team for the Athens Olympic games, and was featured in a New York Times article.[2]
Lane lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife, Erin Sullivan, and their daughter. Erin was an All-American at Stanford University and a twice Foot Locker Cross-Country Champion. Erin and Matt help coach cross country and indoor track at Yarmouth High School before becoming an attorney and professor at University of New Hampshire.