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Michigan High School Alumni at the World Championships Compiled by Jeff Hollobaugh

Since the first IAAF World Championships in 1983, we have had at least one alumni of Michigan high schools compete in every single edition, representing four different nations.

Results key: h=preliminary heat; qf=quarter-final (if 4 rounds); s=semi; q=field event qualifying.

1983 - m400 - Eliot Tabron ( Murray-Wright) 4h-46.68; 6qf-46.54 mSteeplechase - Brian Diemer (Grand Rapids South Christian) 6h- 8:24.92; 8s-8:23.39 w400H - Judi Brown King (East Lansing) 4h-57.14; 7s-57.98

Brian Diemer

1987 - mSteeplechase - Brian Diemer (Grand Rapids South Christian) 4h- 8:21.32; 4-8:14.46

m10,000 - Gerard Donakowski (Dearborn Heights Riverside) did not start

w800 - Delisa (Walton) Floyd (Detroit Mackenzie) 2h-2:02.76; 5s- 2:02.45

w400H - Judi Brown King (East Lansing) 1h-55.35; 4s-55.55; 8- 56.10

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1991 - mSteeplechase - Brian Diemer (Grand Rapids South Christian) 5h-8:18.29; 5-8:17.76 w800 - Delisa (Walton) Floyd (Detroit Mackenzie) h-DQ (2:00.05) wDiscus - (North Adams) 23q-54.26/178-0

Penny Neer

1993 - mSteeplechase - Brian Diemer (Grand Rapids South Christian) 10h-9:01.88

m10,000 - (Monroe) 4h-28:28.62; 7-28:30.49

Todd Williams

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Paul McMullen

1995 - Goteborg m400 - (Detroit Pershing) 3h-45.34; 1qf-45.09; 3s-45.07; 6-44.83 m1500 - Paul McMullen (Cadillac) 5h-3:48.70; 7s-3:38.54; 10-3:38.23 m1500 - Brian Hyde (East Kentwood) 7h-3:43.29 m10,000 - Todd Williams (Monroe) 8h-28:13.83; 9-27:52.87 m4x400 - Darnell Hall (Detroit Pershing) 1h-2:58.23 (45.22 anchor) (earned gold in final-didn't run) w5000 - Laura (Matson) Mykytok (Bloomfield Hills Andover) 10h-15:48.95

1997 - Athens m4x100 - Kouty Mawenh (Pentwater-Liberia) 8h-39.90 (leadoff) w800 - Kathi (Harris) Rounds (Walled Lake Central) 4h-2:03.33

1999 - Seville m4x100 - Kouty Mawenh (Pentwater-Liberia) 5h-40.89 (leadoff)

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Kouty Mawenh

Phil McMullen 2001 - Edmonton m1500 – Paul McMullen (Cadillac) 5h-3:38.48; 6s-3:40.57; 10-3:39.35 mSteeplechase - Tom Chorny (Fruitport) 11h-8:51.74 mDecathlon - Phil McMullen (Cadillac) 15-8079 m4x100 - Kouty Mawenh (Pentwater-Liberia) h-dnf (leadoff)

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Ryan Shay

2003 - mMarathon - Clint Verran (Lake Orion) 39-2:16:42 mMarathon - Ryan Shay (Central Lake) dnf mDiscus - Carl Brown (Albion) 10q-63.01/206-8; 9-62.66/205-7 mDecathlon - Paul Terek (Livonia Franklin) 12-7503 m4x100 - Kouty Mawenh (Pentwater-Liberia) 5h-40.08 (leg 2) wHigh Jump - Gwen Wentland (Grand Blanc) did not compete

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2005 - Helsinki mMarathon - Clint Verran (Lake Orion) 22-2:17:42

mDiscus - Carl Brown (Albion) 16q-61.91/203-1

mDecathlon - Paul Terek (Livonia Franklin) 13-7921

mDecathlon - Phil McMullen (Cadillac) 17-6832

wDiscus - Becky Breisch (Edwardsburg) 18q-57.16/187-6

Carl Brown

2007 - Osaka m10,000 - Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 9- 28:28.59 mDecathlon - Paul Terek (Livonia Franklin) 10-8120 wDiscus - Becky Breisch (Edwardsburg) 18q-58.42

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2009 - Berlin m10,000 - Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 6-27:22.28

w800 - Geena Gall (Grand Blanc) 2h-2:02.63; 6s- 2:01.30

wDiscus - Becky Breisch (Edwardsburg) 22q-58.50/191- 11

wHeptathlon - Bettie Wade (Farmington) 24-5134

Geena Gall

Tiffany Porter 2011 - w100H - Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (Ypsilanti-) 1h-12.84; 1s-12.56; 4-12.63

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2013 - m10,000 - Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 10-27:37.90

mDiscus - Alex Rose (Ogemaw Heights-American Samoa) 29q-56.19/184-4

wSteeplechase - Nicole Bush (Wyoming Kelloggsville) 13h-9:58.03

w100H - Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (Ypsilanti-Great Britain) 1h-12.72; 1s-12.63; 3-12.55

wSP - Tia Brooks (East Kentwood) 11q-17.92/58-9½; 8- 18.09/59-4¼

Tia Brooks wHept - Bettie Wade (Farmington) 27-5768

Alex Rose 2015 – mDiscus - Alex Rose (Ogemaw Heights-American Samoa) 25q-59.07/193-9 w100H - Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (Ypsilanti-Great Britain) 1h-12.73; 1s-12.62; 5-12.68 w100H – Cindy Ofili (Ann Arbor Huron-Great Britain) 4h-12.97; 6s-12.91 wShot – Tia Brooks (East Kentwood) 13q 17.71/58-1.25 Michtrack.org

Donavan Brazier

2017 – m800 – Donavan Brazier (Kenowa Hills) mDiscus – Andrew Evans (Portage Northern) mDiscus – Alex Rose (Ogemaw Heights-American Samoa) ? w100H - Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (Ypsilanti-Great Britain) ? w100H – Cindy Ofili (Ann Arbor Huron-Great Britain) ?