List of United States community college records in track and field
This is a list of records in the sport of Track and Field at the Community College level in the United States. The national governing body of athletics at that level is the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). However, the California Community College system, the largest in the country with over 100 institutions, is not a member of the NJCAA, instead governing its sports through the unaffiliated California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). Merging the records between these organizations has been left to the independent publication Track and Field News (T&FN) primarily in the person of Robert Hersh, who also supervises records for USA Track and Field (USATF).
Starting in the 1970s, many community colleges began recruiting foreign born athletes. With some of the best athletes in the world competing against American college freshmen and sophomores, an additional set of records for the best American born athletes was also included. T&FN was not 100% accurate when assessing which athletes are not Americans. They were not given assistance by the colleges, who tended not to discuss the foreign roots of some of their recruits. Additionally, with the less restrictive eligibility regulations (as compared to the very strict NCAA regulations), foreign born athletes could be older than the 18- to 20-year-old Americans who entered community college immediately following high school.
All of these records appear to be exclusively from Community College level competition, as opposed to the means T&FN uses in calculating High School records, where they allow all attempts by a high school affiliated athlete made against Open level competitors.
Men
Key:
Awaiting ratification Record by American-born athlete
' after name = non-U.S. citizen (A) = altitude-aided mark--over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only) i = made indoors (banked-track marks not acceptable)
Event | Record | Athlete | School | Place | Date | Ref | Video | |||||||||||||||||
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100 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9.93 | Kemarley Brown' |
Merritt College | Walnut, California | 5/17/14 | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
10.05 | Ryan Bailey | Rend Lake College | Hutchinson, Kansas | 5/22/09 | ||||||||||||||||||||
200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19.82 A | Kenny Bednarek | Indian Hills Community College | Hobbs, New Mexico | 5/18/19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
20.08 | Aaron Armstrong' |
Barton Community College | Norman, Oklahoma | 4/10/99 | ||||||||||||||||||||
400 m | 44.52 | Tyree Washington | San Bernardino Valley College | Bakersfield, California | 5/03/97 | |||||||||||||||||||
800 m | 1:45.15 | Boaz Lalang' |
Rend Lake College | Eugene, Oregon | 5/09/08 | |||||||||||||||||||
1:46.60 | George Kersh | Taft College | Walnut, California | 4/23/89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1500 m | 3:37.62 | Boaz Lalang' |
Rend Lake College | Hillsdale, Michigan | 4/25/08 | |||||||||||||||||||
(unknown) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mile | 4:00.0 | Reggie McAfee | Brevard Community College | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/16/71 | |||||||||||||||||||
3000 m steeplechase | 8:29.4 | Julius Kariuki' |
Riverside City College | Walnut, California | 4/23/88 | |||||||||||||||||||
8:49.7 | Nathan Morris | Lane Community College | Eugene, Oregon | 5/14/83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5000 m | 13:25.20 | Noureddine Morceli' |
Riverside City College | Walnut, California | 4/21/90 | |||||||||||||||||||
13:59.20 | Mark Ruelas | Citrus College | Bakersfield, California | 5/15/82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
10000 m | 28:35.0 | Mark Roberts' |
Central Arizona College | Walnut, California | 4/25/87 | |||||||||||||||||||
29:03.0 | Kirk Pfeffer | Grossmont College | Irvine, California | 3/28/76 | ||||||||||||||||||||
110 m hurdles | 13.32 | Ryan Brathwaite' |
Barton Community College | Austin, Texas | 4/04/09 | |||||||||||||||||||
400 m hurdles | 49.29 | Eric Thomas | Blinn College | Odessa, Texas | 5/21/94 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m relay | 38.86 | Odessa College (Jon Drummond, James Law, Rodney Eleby, Pat Drake) |
Odessa, Texas | 5/16/87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 200 m relay | 1:20.79 | Central Arizona College (Richard Butler, Garfield Campbell' |
Walnut, California | 4/24/88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3:01.32 | South Plains College (Alistair Moona' |
Lubbock, Texas | 5/05/12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 800 m relay | 7:19.24 | Blinn College (Jimmy Pierre-Louis 1:51.5, Jean Destine' |
Austin, Texas | 4/03/92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 1500 m relay | 15:41.66 | Blinn College (Junior Mitchell 3:55.1, Godfrey Siamusiye' |
Brenham, Texas | 4/20/94 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4×Mile relay | 16:31.0 | Allegheny College (Tarald Lindvigsmoen' |
Knoxville, Tennessee | 4/14/78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sprint medley relay | 3:12.67 | Blinn College (James Dibble, Jason Hendrix, Lamont Smith 45.7, Savieri Ngidhi' |
Austin, Texas | 4/02/93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance medley relay | 9:41.65 | Ranger College (Ricky Roberts, George Bullard, Zak Gwandu' |
Austin, Texas | 4/05/85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4x110 Hurdles | 56.52 | Blinn College (Henrik Dagård' |
Lafayette, Louisiana | 3/27/93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
High jump | 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) | Dennis Lewis | Long Beach City College | Los Angeles, California | 3/30/85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pole vault | 5.49 m (18 ft 0 in) | Dason Phelps | Paradise Valley Community College | Glendale, Arizona | 3/18/00 | |||||||||||||||||||
Long jump | 8.20 m (26 ft 10 3⁄4 in) | Vernon George | Odessa College | Odessa, Texas | 5/17/85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Triple jump | 17.92 m (58 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | James Beckford' |
Blinn College | Odessa, Texas | 5/20/95 | |||||||||||||||||||
17.07 m (56 ft 0 in) | Walter Davis | Barton Community College | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 5/19/00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shot put | 21.35 m (70 ft 1⁄2 in) | Ron Semkiw | Mesa Community College | Mesa, Arizona | 3/05/74 | |||||||||||||||||||
Discus throw | 64.22 m (210 ft 8 1⁄4 in) | Andrey Kokhanovskiy' |
Blinn College | Pasadena, Texas | 4/26/95 | |||||||||||||||||||
63.23 m (207 ft 5 1⁄4 in) | Brian Williams | Iowa Central Community College | Mt. Vernon, Iowa | 4/26/86 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hammer throw | 66.61 m (218 ft 6 1⁄4 in) | Branislav Daniš' |
Central Arizona College | Mesa, Arizona | 5/08/07 | |||||||||||||||||||
66.26 m (217 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | Remy Conatser | Saddleback College | Los Angeles, California | 4/07/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Javelin throw | 75.72 m (248 ft 5 in) | Tom Pukstys | College of DuPage | Tallahassee, Florida | 3/18/88 | |||||||||||||||||||
Decathlon | 7532 | David Lemen | Clackamas Community College | Spokane, Washington | 5/1-2/00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Women
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