Bio

Rev. Adkins, an Escondido High School product, held Palomar's mile (4:09.9), 880 and 3-mile records and was a member of three record-setting relay teams under coach Larry Knuth when he accepted a schlarship to San Jose State University. There, he was a teammate of John Carlos, Tommie Smith and Lee Evans and ran on the Spartans' 1969 NCAA Division I Outdor Track & Field championship team. Adkins placed third for Knuth in the mile in the state community college meet as a freshman in 1966 and was second in the state as a sophomore in 1967. Adkins is currently pastor at the West Gate Church in Placentia, CA and is a published author.