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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine [1] (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. [2] [3] He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, [4] and he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death ...
Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:22.0y 1971 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:20.1y 1972 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:31.4 1973 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:05.3y 1974 Paul Geis: Oregon 13:38.89y 1975 John Ngeno Kenya: Wash St 13:22.73Ay 1976 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:47.8 1977 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:38.1 1978 Rudy Chapa: Oregon 13:35.3 1979
The individual championship was won by Steve Prefontaine, from Oregon, with a time of 28:00.2. [2] Prefontaine's time broke the event distance record, set the previous year by Gerry Lindgren. With the distance for the NCAA championships changing to 10,000 meters in 1976, his distance record would remain unbroken.
Steve Prefontaine: Oregon: 9 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Six-mile run 27:43.1 Garry Bjorklund: Minnesota: 18 June 1971 1971 Championships: Seattle, Washington: 120 yard hurdles: 13.1 Rod Milburn: Southern: 8 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 220 yard hurdles – Straightaway 22.2 Ancel Robinson ...
Steve Prefontaine 28:00.2† 1971 Details: Knoxville, TN Oregon: 83 Washington State: 122 Steve Prefontaine 29:14.0 1972 Details: Houston, TX Tennessee: 134 East Tennessee State: 148 Neil Cusack (East Tennessee State) 28:23.0 1973 Details: Pullman, WA (Washington State) Oregon: 89 UTEP: 157 Steve Prefontaine 28:14.8 1974
The individual championship was won by Oregon's Steve Prefontaine, with a time of 28:14.80. [1] This was Prefontaine's third individual title in four years. [ 2 ] Along with Gerry Lindgren (1966, 1967, and 1969) and Henry Rono (1976, 1977, and 1979), both from Washington State , Prefontaine is one of only three Division I collegiate runners ...
Steve Prefontaine United States: 13:52.53 Steve Stageberg United States: 14:00.76 Mario Pérez Mexico: 14:03.98 10,000 metres details: Frank Shorter United States: 28:50.83 GR: Juan Martínez Mexico: 29:05.07 Álvaro Mejía Colombia: 29:06.97 Marathon details: Frank Shorter United States: 2:22:40 José García Mexico: 2:26:30 Hernán Barreneche ...
As of 2016, Lindgren remains one of four runners (Steve Prefontaine, Henry Rono, and Edward Cheserek are the others) to win three individual cross country national championships. Prefontaine finished third in 1969 and would go on to win the following three years.