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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 - Helsinki m400 - Eliot Tabron (Detroit 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 - Rome 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
Judi Brown-King
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1991 - Tokyo 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 - Penny Neer (North Adams) 23q-54.26/178-0
Penny Neer
1993 - Stuttgart mSteeplechase - Brian Diemer (Grand Rapids South Christian) 10h-9:01.88
m10,000 - Todd Williams (Monroe) 4h-28:28.62; 7-28:30.49
Todd Williams
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Paul McMullen
1995 - Goteborg m400 - Darnell Hall (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 - Paris 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
Dathan Ritzenhein
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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 - Daegu w100H - Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (Ypsilanti-Great Britain) 1h-12.84; 1s-12.56; 4-12.63
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2013 - Moscow 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 – Beijing 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 – London 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) ?