Rick Clear
Mules Track & Field/Cross Country, 1973-77
Clear came to Central Missouri from Warrensburg High Schooland became a six-time NCAA All-American in cross country and track and field. As a sophomore in 1975, he placed 21st at the Division II cross country championships and placed third in the three-mile run at the national track and field championships. The following year he placed fifth in the 5,000 meter run at the Division II championships.

He capped his CMSU career by winning the 10,000 meter run at the 1977 Division II Championships. In addition to winning the 10,000 meters, he placed fourth the next day in the 5,000 meters. He received the 1977 Vernon Kennedy Award as Central Missouri's outstanding senior male student-athlete.

Clear later returned to his alma mater and coached the cross country teams and the Jennies' track and field team from 1985 through 1986. One of his runners for the Jennies was Hall of Fame inductee Darla Moberly, who won a national championship in the 3,000 meter run in 1986.