WHS grad Pump into Coe Hall of Fame

Washington High School graduate Tanner Pump is one of six inductees into the Coe College Hall of Fame for 2019.

They will be honored at the 47th Coe Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet October 25 and they will be honored at Coe's Homecoming game against Simpson October 26.

'Tanner was meant to run track,” said his high school coach Steve Roth. 'It's so cool for him to be recognized like that. Track was his life and he set a great example with his work ethic and love of the sport. He was exciting to watch.”

Pump was a four-year letter winner for the Coe indoor/outdoor track and field teams where he earned multiple All-Conference and All-American honors. Pump won an indoor conference championship in the 400-meter dash in 1998 and was a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay team. His relay team earned All-American honors with a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 1998 and with a second-place finish in 1999.

The 4x400-meter relay school record of 3 minutes, 18.83 seconds set in 1999 still stands. His team's outdoor school record of 3:10.45 set in 1999 also still stands. Pump was a six-time All-American as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team (4 outdoor, 2 indoor) and earned multiple All-Iowa Conference selections in individual and relay events.

Pump is now the senior vice president at Bank of America in Dallas, Texas.

'He coached with me for awhile,” Roth said. 'I knew he would be a success in life.”