400 METERS + = converted from 440y (hand minus 0.3, auto minus 0.26) 1921 (Chicago, June 18) (no heats) 1. Frank Shea (Pitt)...... Sr...... 48.7+ (49.0y MR) 2. Lawrence Butler (Michigan)...... Sr...... nt 3. Phillip Donohoe (Illinois)...... Jr...... nt 4. James Pratt (Washington)...... So...... nt 5. Ed Johnson (Wisconsin)...... So...... nt 1922 (Chicago, June 17) (48 contestants, 9 finalists) 1. Con Cochran (Mississippi State)...... Jr...... 49.4+ 2. Harry McDonald (Cal)...... Sr...... c49.6+ 3. Doug Fessenden (Illinois)...... So...... nt 4. James Pyott (Chicago)...... Jr...... c49.9+ 5. Alfred Brickman (Chicago)...... Sr...... nt … also made final— Horatio Fitch (Illinois)...... Jr Yale Martz (USC)...... So Towner Smith (Western Michigan)...... So Paul Sweet (Illinois)...... Jr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -158- 1923 (Chicago, June 16) 1. Con Cochran (Mississippi State)...... Sr...... 48.9+ (first 2-time winner) 2. Towner Smith (Western Michigan)...... Jr...... nt 3. Paul Sweet (Illinois)...... Sr...... nt 4. Horatio Fitch (Illinois)...... Sr...... nt 5. Blink Williamson (Stanford)...... Sr...... nt 6. Yale Martz (USC)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— Joe Bier (Washington U)...... Sr ? Garrett (SMU)...... So-Jr-Sr 1924 (no meet) 1925 (Chicago, June 13) (6 finalists) 1. Hermon Phillips (Butler)...... So...... 49.1+ 2. Ivan Johnson (Cal)...... Jr...... nt 3. Ted Miller (Stanford)...... Jr...... nt 4. Phil Schoch (Illinois)...... Jr...... nt 5. Chan Coulter (Iowa)...... Sr...... nt 6. Nathan Feinsinger (Michigan)...... Jr...... nt 1926 (Chicago, June 12) (7 finalists) 1. Hermon Phillips (Butler)...... Jr...... 48.4+ (48.7y MR) 2. Harry Oestreich (Adolphus)...... So...... nt 3. Nathan Feinsinger (Michigan)...... Sr...... nt 4. Phil Schoch (Illinois)...... Sr...... nt 5. Ken Kennedy (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... nt 6. Ernest Kontz (Georgia Tech)...... So...... nt … also made final— Howard Rooney (Kansas)...... Jr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -159- 1927 (Chicago, June 11) (8 finalists) 1. Hermon Phillips (Butler)...... Sr...... 48.2+ (48.5y MR) (first 3-time winner) 2. Ed Haynes (Denver)...... Jr...... c49.3+ 3. Bill Butler (Geneva)...... Sr...... c49.5+ 4. Ernest Kontz (Georgia Tech)...... Jr...... c49.6+ 5. Ben Brite (Texas State)...... Sr...... c49.6+ 6. Ed Peltret (Washington)...... Sr...... nt … also ran— Crawford Hanna (Wooster)...... So W.R. Stephenson (Indiana)...... Jr (Heats [6/10]: Phillips 48.7y = MR) 1928 (Chicago, June 09) (9 finalists) 1. Bud Spencer (Stanford)...... Sr...... 47.4+ (47.7y MR) 2. Rut Walter (Northwestern)...... So...... c47.8+ 3. Snitz Snider (Auburn)...... Sr...... c47.9+ 4. George Baird (Iowa)...... Jr...... c48.1+ 5. William Streng (Wayne State)...... Jr...... c48.2+ 6. Ernest Kontz (Georgia Tech)...... Sr...... c48.6+ 7. ?...... c48.7+ 8. ?...... c49.1+ … also made final— Laurie Apitz (Chicago)...... Sr R.S. Hodges (Texas A&M)...... So Carl Slavosky (Ohio Wesleyan)...... Sr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -160- 1929 (Chicago, June 08) (9 finalists) 1. Rut Walter (Northwestern)...... Jr...... 47.6+ 2. Riley Williamson (Oklahoma Baptist)...... Jr...... nt 3. Pete Bowen (Pitt)...... Jr...... nt 4. Johnny Lewis (Wayne State)...... So...... nt 5. John Wilson (Central Missouri)...... Jr...... nt 6. Keith Hursley (Missouri)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— Jim Gordon (Miami/Ohio)...... So Bill Henke (Wisconsin)...... So Gerald Pearson (USC)...... So 1930 (Chicago, June 07) (9 finalists) 1. Pete Bowen (Pitt)...... Sr...... 47.7+ 2. Vic Williams (USC)...... Jr...... nt 3. Rut Walter (Northwestern)...... Sr...... nt 4. Alex Wilson' (Notre Dame)...... So...... nt 5. Tom Hartley (Washington)...... Jr...... nt 6. Nate Long (Utah)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— Frank Strother (Ohio State)...... Jr Art Woessner (USC)...... So
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -161- 1931 (Chicago, June 06) (9 finalists) 1. Vic Williams (USC)...... Sr...... 48.0+ 2. Jim Gordon (Miami/Ohio)...... Sr...... c48.2+ 3. Art Woessner (USC)...... Jr...... nt 4. Bob Arnold (Eastern Michigan)...... So-Jr...... nt 5. Tom Hartley (Washington)...... Sr...... nt 6. John McCague (Union)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— Raymond Burns (Butler)...... So Bill Henke (Wisconsin)...... Sr Gordon Lagerquist (Iowa)...... Sr 1932 (Chicago, June 11) (9 finalists) 1. Alex Wilson' (Notre Dame)...... Sr...... 48.0+ 2. Ivan Fuqua (Indiana)...... So...... nt 3. Bob Arnold (Eastern Michigan)...... Jr-Sr...... nt 4. Ed Russell (Michigan)...... Sr...... nt 5. Roger Keast (Michigan State)...... So...... nt 6. Raymond Burns (Butler)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— R. Pfingst (Western Michigan)...... So-Jr-Sr Karl Sickel (or Sickle?) (Kansas)...... So-Jr-Sr Morris Teitelbaum (Ohio State)...... So-Jr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -162- 1933 (Chicago, June 17) (50 entrants, 9 finalists) 1. Glenn Hardin (LSU)...... So...... 46.8+ (47.1y MR) 2. Ivan Fuqua (Indiana)...... Jr...... c46.9+ 3. Ed Ablowich (USC)...... Jr...... c47.3+ 4. Sidney Dean (Iowa)...... Jr...... c47.5+ 5. Bart Ward (Oklahoma)...... So...... nt 6. Harry Tompkins (USC)...... So...... nt … also made final— Jerry Lee (Nebraska)...... Sr John Mullins (Western Michigan)...... So Robert Tribley (DePauw)...... So-Jr-Sr 1934 (Los Angeles, June 23) (24 contestants; 9 finalists) 1. Glenn Hardin (LSU)...... Jr...... 46.7+ (47.0y MR) (auto time between 46.95 & 47.04) 2. Ivan Fuqua (Indiana)...... Sr...... 47.25+ 3. John McCarthy (USC)...... Jr...... 47.59+ 4. Louis Brothers (Rice)...... So...... 47.73+ 5. Ed Ablowich (USC)...... Sr...... 47.85+ 6. Al Fitch (USC)...... So...... 47.86+ 7. Jimmy LuValle (UCLA)...... Jr...... 47.87+ 8. Alex Cox (Texas)...... Sr...... c48.2+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -163- 1935 (Berkeley, June 22) (37 entrants, 8 finalists) 1. Jimmy LuValle (UCLA)...... Sr...... 47.4+ 2. John McCarthy (USC)...... Sr...... c47.9+ 3. Glenn Hardin (LSU)...... Sr...... c48.1+ 4. Fred Kiger (Pitt)...... Sr...... c48.7+ 5. Winslow Heg (Northwestern)...... Jr...... c48.9+ 6. James Cassin (USC)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— Carleton Crowell (Wisconsin)...... Jr Eugene Worden (Drake)...... So-Jr-Sr 1936 (Chicago, June 20) (7 finalists) 1. Archie Williams (Cal)...... Jr...... 47.0 (also timed in 47.3y) 2. Al Fitch (USC)...... Sr...... 47.1 3. Harold Smallwood (USC)...... Sr...... 47.5 4. Jack Weiershauser (Stanford)...... Sr...... 48.0 5. Ray Ellinwood (Chicago)...... So...... 48.2 6. James Cassin (USC)...... Sr...... 48.6 … also made final— Harold Cagle (Oklahoma Baptist)...... Jr (Heats [6/19]: II—1. Williams 46.1 WR, AR, MR; also 46.5y MR)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -164- 1937 (Berkeley, June 19) (9 finalists) 1. Loren Benke (Washington State)...... Sr...... 46.8+ 2. Ray Malott (Stanford)...... Jr...... 46.8+ 3. Harley Howells (Ohio State)...... So...... 47.3+ 4. Charles Belcher (Georgia Tech)...... So...... 47.4+ 5. Richard Gill (BC)...... Jr...... 47.5+ 6. Bill McCurdy (Stanford)...... Sr...... 47.6+ … also made final— George Halcrow (Chicago)...... Jr Malcolm Hicks (Indiana)...... Jr Harry Nettleton (Washington State)...... Sr (defending champ Williams ?) 1938 (Minneapolis, June 18) (9 finalists) 1. Ray Malott (Stanford)...... Sr...... 46.5+ (46.8y MR) 2. Erwin Miller (USC)...... Jr...... c47.0+ 3. Howard Bachman (USC)...... Jr...... c47.1+ 4. Harley Howells (Ohio State)...... Jr...... c47.3+ 5. Jimmy Herbert (NYU)...... So...... c47.5+ 6. Malcolm Hicks (Indiana)...... Sr...... c47.6+ 7. Fred Teufel (Iowa)...... Sr...... c47.6+ … also made final— Fred Alliniece (Prairie View)...... So Charlie Miller (Cal)...... Sr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -165- 1939 (Los Angeles, June 17) (41 entrants; 9 finalists) 1. Erwin Miller (USC)...... Sr...... 47.2+ 2. Don Watts (Cal)...... Jr-Sr...... 47.3+ 3. Robert Simmons (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 47.4+ 4. Howard Upton (USC)...... Jr...... 47.5+ 5. Warren Breidenbach (Michigan)...... So...... 47.6+ 6. Phil Balyeat (Michigan)...... Jr...... 47.7+ 7. Charles Belcher (Georgia Tech)...... Sr...... 47.7+ (some sources suggest reversal of Balyeat & Belcher) … also made final— Harley Howells (Ohio State)...... Sr...... nt Jack Sulzman (Ohio State)...... Jr...... nt 1940 (Minneapolis, June 22) (9 finalists) 1. Lee Orr' (Washington State)...... Sr...... 47.0+ 2. Gene Littler (Nebraska)...... Jr...... 47.0+ 3. Howard Upton (USC)...... Sr...... nt 4. Warren Breidenbach (Michigan)...... Jr...... nt 5. Fred Alliniece (Prairie View)...... Sr...... 47.5+ 6. Jack Sulzman (Ohio State)...... Sr...... nt … also made final— Harold Bogrow (NYU)...... Jr Jimmy Herbert (NYU)...... Sr Craig Williamson (Stanford)...... Sr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -166- 1941 (Stanford, June 21) (22 entrants, 10 finalists, at least 9 finishers) 1. Hubie Kerns (USC)...... So...... 46.3+ (46.6y MR) 2. Harold Bogrow (NYU)...... Sr...... c46.5 3. Grover Klemmer (Cal)...... So...... c46.5 4. Gene Littler (Nebraska)...... Sr...... c46.5 5. Bill Lyda (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... c47.2 6. Fay Froom (Cal)...... Sr...... c47.9 7. Harold Hall (Rice)...... Jr...... c47.9 … also made final— Earl Fairbanks (Montana State)...... Jr Raymond Roy (Notre Dame)...... Jr Robert Smith (Washington)...... So 1942 (Lincoln, June 13) (7 finalists) 1. Cliff Bourland (USC)...... Jr...... 47.9+ 2. John Wachtler (USC)...... Jr...... c48.0+ 3. Arky Erwin (LSU)...... Sr...... c48.1+ 4. Russell Owen (Ohio State)...... So...... c48.4+ 5. Robert Smith (Washington)...... Jr...... c48.4+ 6. Hubie Kerns (USC)...... Jr...... c48.4+ 7. Leroy Collins (Ohio State)...... So-Jr-Sr...... c48.7+ 1943 (Evanston, June 12) 1. Cliff Bourland (USC)...... Sr...... 48.2+ 2. Robert Kelley (Illinois)...... So...... c48.4+ 3. John Fulton (Stanford)...... So...... c48.4+ 4. Frank Cotter (NYU)...... Sr...... c48.6+ 5. Charlie Grohsberger (NYU)...... So...... c48.7+ 6. Paul Ware (Prairie View)...... Fr-So-Jr-Sr.. c48.8+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -167- 1944 (Milwaukee, June 10) 1. Elmore Harris (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 47.6+ 2. Herb McKenley' (BC)...... So...... c47.8+ 3. Robert Kelley (Illinois)...... Jr...... c48.8+ 4. Joe Shropshire (Fresno State)...... Jr...... c49.0+ 5. Henry Altpeter (Northwestern)...... Jr...... c49.2+ 6. Marce Gonzalez (Illinois)...... So...... nt 1945 (Milwaukee, June 09) 1. Bill Kash (Navy)...... So...... 49.5+ 2. Dick Forrestel (Michigan)...... Jr...... nt 3. Lee Hofacre (Drake)...... Fr...... nt 4. Marce Gonzalez (Illinois)...... Jr...... nt 5. Bill Yerger (LSU)...... So-Jr...... nt 6. Joe Shropshire (Fresno State)...... Sr...... nt 1946 (Minneapolis, June 22) (16 contestants, 8 finalists) 1. Herb McKenley' (Illinois)...... Jr...... 47.3+ 2. Dave Bolen (Southern U)...... Fr...... c47.4+ 3. Art Harnden (Texas A&M)...... So...... nt 4. John Wachtler (USC)...... Sr...... nt 5. Carl Baynard (Ohio State)...... Fr-So-Jr...... nt (ran for Baldwin-Wallace in ’48) 6. Jim Fraser (Michigan State)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— Marce Gonzalez (Illinois)...... Sr...... nt Wells DeLoach (USC)...... Fr...... nt
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -168- 1947 (Salt Lake City, June 21) ...... (A) (38 entrants; 8 finalists) 1. Herb McKenley' (Illinois)...... Sr...... 45.9+ (46.2y WR, CR, MR) 2. Dave Bolen (Colorado)...... So...... 46.4+ 3. Joe Nebolon (Washington State)...... So...... 47.5+ 4. Wells DeLoach (USC)...... So...... 47.6+ 5. Art Harnden (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... nt 6. Gunther Katzmar (Baldwin‑Wallace)...... Jr...... nt … also made final— George Guida (Villanova)...... Jr Ray Holbrook (Texas A&M)...... So 1948 (Minneapolis, June 19) (41 entrants, 8 finalists) 1. Scooter Rucks (South Carolina)...... Sr...... 47.26 (officially 47.2) 2. Art Harnden (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 47.51 3. Jack Hammack (Army)...... Jr...... 47.71 4. Mal Whitfield (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 47.86 5. George Guida (Villanova)...... Sr...... 48.19 6. Frank Fox (Seton Hall)...... Jr...... 48.63 (officially 47.2, 47.4, 47.8, 47.8, 47.9, 48.3) … also made final— Jim Gilhooley (NYU)...... Jr...... nt Reggie Pearman (NYU)...... So...... nt
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -169- 1949 (Los Angeles, June 18) (24 contestants, 9 finalists) 1. Charlie Moore (Cornell)...... So...... 46.7+ 2. Reggie Pearman (NYU)...... Jr...... 46.8+ 3. Frank Fox (Seton Hall)...... Sr...... 47.1+ 4. Wells DeLoach (USC)...... Sr...... 47.1+ 5. Larry Hoff (Stanford)...... Sr...... 47.1+ 6. Bill Parker (Oxy)...... Jr...... 47.2+ 7. Tom Cox (Rice)...... Jr...... 47.4+ 8. Sam LaBeach' (Morgan State)...... So...... 47.8+ 9. Dave Henthorne (Oregon)...... Jr...... 48.1+ 1950 (Minneapolis, June 17) (20 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—48.9+) 1. George Rhoden' (Morgan State)...... So...... 46.9+ 2. Tom Cox (Rice)...... Sr...... 47.1+ 3. Bill Parker (Oxy)...... Sr...... 47.2+ 4. Charlie Moore (Cornell)...... Jr...... 47.5+ 5. Hugo Maiocco (NYU)...... Sr...... 47.8+ 6. Jim Lavery' (Drake)...... So...... 48.1+ 7. Leroy Collins (Wisconsin)...... So...... 48.3+ 8. Sam LaBeach' (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 48.7+ 9. John Voight (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 48.8+ 1951 (Seattle, June 16) (15 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—49.1+) 1. George Rhoden' (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 46.2+ (46.5y MR) 2. Charlie Moore (Cornell)...... Sr...... 46.9+ 3. Dick Maiocco (NYU)...... Jr...... 47.1+ 4. John Bradley (USC)...... Jr...... 47.3+ 5. Jim Lingel (Cornell)...... So...... 47.5+ 6. Cirilo McSween' (Illinois)...... Fr...... 47.7+ 7. Sam LaBeach' (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 47.8+ 8. Ed Macon (Pacific)...... Sr...... 47.8+ 9. Morris Curotta' (Seton Hall)...... Jr...... 47.9+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -170- 1952 (Berkeley, June 14) (25 contestants, 8 finalists; semis start; Q—47.7) 1. George Rhoden' (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 46.3 (low‑altitude MR for 400m) 2. Ollie Matson (USF)...... Sr...... 46.6 3. Jim Lea (USC)...... So...... 47.3 4. Sherman Miller (Oxy)...... Sr...... 47.7 5. Jim Lavery' (Drake)...... Sr...... 47.7 6. J.W. Mashburn (Oklahoma State)...... Fr...... 47.8 7. Jack Carroll' (Michigan)...... So...... 47.9 8. Vernon Dixon (Manhattan)...... So...... 48.0 1953 (Lincoln, June 20) (17 contestants, 7 finalists; Q—48.9+) 1. Jim Lea (USC)...... Jr...... 46.7+ 2. Don Smith (Kansas)...... Jr...... 47.4+ 3. Verle Sorgen (USC)...... Sr...... 47.4+ 4. Don Johnson (Auburn)...... Jr...... 47.5+ 5. Jim Rogers (Morgan State)...... So...... 47.9+ 6. Fred Schlereth (Columbia)...... Jr...... 48.1+ 7. Jack Carroll' (Michigan)...... Jr...... 48.8+ 1954 (Ann Arbor, June 12) (29 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.8+) 1. Jim Lea (USC)...... Sr...... 46.4+ 2. Ben Youtsey (Purdue)...... Sr...... 46.9+ 3. Harold Griffin (Rice)...... Jr...... 46.9+ 4. Don Morton (SMU)...... So...... 47.0+ 5. Mike Larrabee (USC)...... So...... 47.5+ 6. Meade Burnett (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 47.5+ 7. Grant Scruggs (Michigan)...... Jr...... 47.7+ 8. Kevan Gosper' (Michigan State)...... Jr...... 48.4+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -171- 1955 (Los Angeles, June 18) (20 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—48.7+) 1. J.W. Mashburn (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 46.3+ 2. Charlie Jenkins (Villanova)...... So...... 46.6+ 3. Russ Ellis (UCLA)...... So...... 46.8+ 4. Kevan Gosper' (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 46.9+ 5. Grant Scruggs (Michigan)...... Sr...... 47.4+ 6. Don Morton (SMU)...... Jr...... 47.6+ 7. Johnny Dahl (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 47.7+ 8. Bob Massengale (Missouri)...... Jr-Sr...... 48.8+ 1956 (Berkeley, June 16) (21 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—48.5) 1. J.W. Mashburn (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 46.4 2. John Haines (Penn)...... Sr...... 46.4 3. Charlie Jenkins (Villanova)...... Jr...... 46.7 4. Russ Ellis (UCLA)...... Jr...... 46.7 5. Herb Washington (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 47.2 6. Bob Perkins (Lincoln)...... So...... 47.3 7. Mike Larrabee (USC)...... Sr...... 47.5 8. Jon Totz (Texas)...... Sr...... 47.6 1957 (Austin, June 15) (23 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.6+) 1. Bob McMurray (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 46.5+ 2. John Telford (Wayne State)...... Sr...... 46.5+ 3. Charlie Jenkins (Villanova)...... Sr...... 46.8+ 4. Gary Parr (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 46.9+ 5. Jesse Nixon (Wisconsin)...... So...... 47.0+ 6. Basil Ince' (Tufts)...... Jr...... 47.3+ 7. Harold Caffey (Indiana)...... Jr...... 47.3+ 8. John Emmett (SMU)...... So...... 47.9+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -172- 1958 (Berkeley, June 14) (22 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—48.0+) 1. Glenn Davis (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 45.4+ (45.7y MR) 2. Eddie Southern (Texas)...... Jr...... 46.2+ 3. Jack Yerman (Cal)...... So...... 46.3+ 4. Ivan Rodriguez' (Puerto Rico)...... Jr...... 46.5+ 5. Nick Ellis (Morgan State)...... So...... 46.8+ 6. Jack Zetzman (Oxy)...... Sr...... 46.8+ 7. Jesse Nixon (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 47.5+ 8. Chuck Carlson (Colorado)...... Jr...... 47.9+ (defending champ McMurray injured all year) 1959 (Lincoln, June 13) (26 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.2+) 1. Eddie Southern (Texas)...... Sr...... 46.1+ 2. Chuck Carlson (Colorado)...... Sr...... 46.2+ 3. Terry Tobacco' (Washington)...... Sr...... 46.3+ 4. Mal Spence' (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 46.5+ 5. Walt Johnson (North Carolina Central)...... So...... 46.9+ 6. DeLoss Dodds (Kansas State)...... Sr...... 47.0+ 7. Otis Davis (Oregon)...... Sr...... 47.0+ 8. Mel Barnwell (Pitt)...... Jr...... 60.9+ 1960 (Berkeley, June 18) (25 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.5) 1. Ted Woods (Colorado)...... So...... 45.7 (=MR) 2. Vic Hall (Cal Poly/SLO)...... Sr...... 46.1 3. Walt Johnson (North Carolina Central)...... Jr...... 46.3 4. Dave Myers (Central Michigan)...... Sr...... 46.5 5. Dick Edmunds (Princeton)...... Jr...... 46.5 6. Jack Yerman (Cal)...... Sr...... 46.8 7. Jim Baker (Missouri)...... So...... 47.0 … dnf— Bill Miller (Southern U)...... Jr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -173- 1961 (Philadelphia, June 17) (31 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.0+) 1. Adolph Plummer (New Mexico)...... So...... 45.9+ 2. Earl Young (Abilene Christian)...... Jr...... 45.9+ 3. Walt Johnson (North Carolina Central)...... Sr...... 46.1+ 4. Norm Monroe (Oregon State)...... Jr...... 46.1+ 5. Jim Wedderburn' (NYU)...... Jr...... 46.5+ 6. Jim Baker (Missouri)...... Jr...... 46.6+ 7. Jim Heath (Colorado)...... Jr...... 46.6+ 8. Pat McKennon (Abilene Christian)...... Sr...... 46.6+ (defending champ Woods scholastically ineligible) 1962 (Eugene, June 16) (19 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.4+) 1. Hubie Brown' (Morgan State)...... So...... 46.6+ 2. Jim Baker (Missouri)...... Sr...... 46.7+ 3. Dave Mills (Purdue)...... Sr...... 46.7+ 4. Adolph Plummer (New Mexico)...... Jr...... 46.7+ 5. Jim Heath (Colorado)...... Sr...... 46.8+ 6. Rex Cawley (USC)...... Jr...... 47.0+ 7. Earl Young (Abilene Christian)...... Sr...... 47.5+ 8. Norm Monroe (Oregon State)...... Sr...... 47.7+ 1963 (Albuquerque, June 15) (17 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.2+)...... (A) 1. Ulis Williams (Arizona State)...... So...... 45.5+ 2. Rex Cawley (USC)...... Sr...... 45.8+ 3. Charles Strong (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 46.4+ 4. Ray Saddler (Texas Southern)...... Jr...... 46.5+ 5. Elzie Higginbottom (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 46.5+ 6. Ron Freeman I (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 46.5+ 7. Bob Tobler (BYU)...... So...... 46.5+ 8. Gary Hollingsworth' (Iowa)...... Jr...... nt (defending champ Brown?)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -174- 1964 (Eugene, June 20) (18 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—47.6) =1. Bob Tobler (BYU)...... Jr...... 45.9 =1. Ulis Williams (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 45.9 3. Kent Bernard' (Michigan)...... Jr...... 45.9 4. Dave Archibald (Cal)...... Jr...... 46.0 5. Bill Boyle (Notre Dame)...... Jr...... 46.2 6. Nick Lee (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 46.6 7. Forrest Beaty (Cal)...... So...... 46.6 8. Don Owens (Grambling)...... Jr...... 47.4 1965 (Berkeley, June 19) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.9+) 1. Jim Kemp (Kentucky State)...... So...... 45.9+ 2. Forrest Beaty (Cal)...... Jr...... 46.0+ 3. Dave Archibald (Cal)...... Sr...... 46.1+ 4. Nick Lee (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 46.3+ 5. Nate Hawthorne (Mt Union)...... Jr...... 46.4+ 6. Bill Shapiro (Tulane)...... Jr...... 46.5+ 7. Bill Boyle (Notre Dame)...... Sr...... 46.5+ 8. Doyle Magee (North Texas)...... So...... 46.7+ (defending co-champs Tobler & Williams ineligible seniors—ran on varsity as frosh) 1966 (Bloomington, June 18) (18 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.1+) 1. Dwight Middleton (USC)...... Sr...... 46.20+ (officially 46.3yh) 2. Dave Crook (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 46.31+ 3. Jim Kemp (Kentucky State)...... Jr...... 46.6+ =4. Riley Dunn (Abilene Christian)...... Jr...... 46.6+ =4. Mike Mondane (Iowa)...... So...... 46.6+ 6. Larry Hengl (Cal)...... So...... 46.6+ 7. Jim Ward (Stanford)...... So...... 47.2+ 8. Roger Wolff (USC)...... Jr...... 47.9+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -175- 1967 (Provo, June 17)...... (A) (27 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.4+) 1. Emmett Taylor (Ohio U)...... So...... 45.68+ 2. Steve Carson (Iowa State)...... Sr...... 45.69+ 3. Mike Mondane (Iowa)...... Jr...... 45.80+ 4. Charles Benson (Southern Illinois)...... So...... 46.04+ 5. Don Domansky' (UCLA)...... Jr...... 46.11+ 6. Steve Pancoast (Oregon State)...... Sr...... 46.2h+ 7. Conley Brown (Rice)...... So...... 46.2h+ 8. Ben Olison (Kansas)...... So...... 48.5h+ (officially 45.9y, 46.0y, 46.0y, 46.2y, 46.3y) 1968 (Berkeley, June 15) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.6) 1. Lee Evans (San José State)...... Jr...... 45.0 (MR) 2. Larry James (Villanova)...... So...... 45.4 3. Ron Freeman II (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 45.4 4. Tommie Turner (Murray State)...... Fr...... 45.8 5. Hardee McAlhaney (Tennessee)...... So...... 46.1 6. Mike Mondane (Iowa)...... Sr...... 46.2 7. Pete Schuder (Rutgers)...... Sr...... 46.6 8. Don Crawford (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 46.7 (defending champ Taylor won 200)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -176- 1969 (Knoxville, June 21) (18 contestants, 8 finalists, no semis; Q—46.0+) 1. Curtis Mills (Texas A&M)...... So...... 44.67+ (officially 44.7yh WR, AR, CR, MR; intrinsically inferior to 400m WR, AR) 2. Lee Evans (San José State)...... Sr...... 45.06+ (officially 45.1yh) 3. Bill Wehrwein (Michigan State)...... Jr...... 45.4+ 4. Edesel Garrison (USC)...... Fr...... 45.4+ 5. Larry James (Villanova)...... Jr...... 45.5+ 6. Tommie Turner (Murray State)...... So...... 45.5+ 7. Al Coffee (LSU)...... Fr...... 45.5+ 8. Len Van Hofwegen (UCLA)...... Sr...... 46.0+ 1970 (Des Moines, June 20) (12 contestants, 8 finalists, no semis; Q—46.6+) 1. Larry James (Villanova)...... Sr...... 45.2+ 2. Tommie Turner (Murray State)...... Jr...... 45.5+ 3. Curtis Mills (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 45.5+ 4. John Smith (UCLA)...... So...... 45.7+ 5. Tom Ulan (Rutgers)...... Jr...... 45.7+ 6. Edesel Garrison (USC)...... So...... 45.8+ 7. Clyde McPherson (Adelphi)...... So...... 46.5+ 8. Clarence Palmer (Long Beach State)...... Jr...... 47.0+ 1971 (Seattle, June 19) (16 contestants, 8 finalists, no semis; 47.0+) 1. John Smith (UCLA)...... Jr...... 45.0+ 2. Edesel Garrison (USC)...... Jr...... 45.1+ 3. Darwin Bond (Tennessee)...... Fr...... 45.7+ 4. Wayne Collett (UCLA)...... Sr...... 45.9+ 5. Dale Alexander (Kansas State)...... Sr...... 45.9+ 6. Tommie Turner (Murray State)...... Sr...... 46.2+ 7. Steve Straub (Rice)...... Sr...... 46.8+ 8. Mike Norman (Missouri)...... Jr...... 46.9+
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -177- 1972 (Eugene, June 03) (19 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.7) 1. John Smith (UCLA)...... Sr...... 44.5 (MR) 2. Larance Jones (Northeast Missouri)...... So...... 45.1 3. Benny Brown (UCLA)...... Fr...... 45.3 4. Edesel Garrison (USC)...... Sr...... 45.5 5. Maurice Peoples (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 45.8 6. Steve Jordan (Kentucky State)...... Jr...... 45.9 7. Beaufort Brown (Florida)...... Fr...... 46.5 8. Earl Richardson (USC)...... Fr...... 46.9 1973 (Baton Rouge, June 09) (20 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—46.6+) 1. Maurice Peoples (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 44.85+ 2. Benny Brown (UCLA)...... So...... 45.45+ 3. Dennis Schultz (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 45.83+ 4. Darwin Bond (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 46.08+ 5. Maxie Parks (UCLA)...... Jr...... 46.13+ 6. Fred Sowerby' (Murray State)...... Sr...... 46.55+ 7. Willie Lyles (Lincoln)...... Jr...... 46.56+ 8. Terry Erickson (Southern Illinois)...... Jr...... 46.7h+ 9. Ken Randle (USC)...... Fr...... 47.1h+ (official 440y hand times: 45.0, 45.6, 45.9, 46.2, 46.3, 46.6, 46.7, 47.0)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -178- 1974 (Austin, June 08) (23 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.34+) 1. Larance Jones (Northeast Missouri)...... Sr...... 45.20+ (officially 45.46y) 2. Darwin Bond (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 45.37+ 3. Maxie Parks (UCLA)...... Sr...... 45.50+ 4. Terry Erickson (Southern Illinois)...... Sr...... 45.93+ 5. Charles Oliver (Troy State)...... So...... 46.12+ 6. Julius Sang' (North Carolina Central)...... Jr...... 46.22+ 7. Don Sturgal (Texas)...... Sr...... 46.51+ 8. Benny Brown (UCLA)...... Jr...... 48.84 1975 (Provo, June 07)...... (A) (29 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—46.34+) 1. Benny Brown (UCLA)...... Sr...... 45.08+ (officially 45.34y) 2. Herman Frazier (Arizona State)...... So...... 45.33+ 3. Robert Taylor (Texas Southern)...... Sr...... 45.66+ 4. Ken Randle (USC)...... Jr...... 45.68+ 5. Mike Sands' (Penn State)...... Sr...... 46.33+ 6. Billy Hicks (Washington)...... Sr...... 46.35+ 7. Albert Shorts (Long Beach State)...... Jr...... 46.45+ 8. Mike Solomon' (New Mexico)...... So...... nt 9. Karl Farmer (Pitt)...... Jr...... 49.30+ 1976 (Philadelphia, June 05; camera failed) (30 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—46.27) 1. Ken Randle (USC)...... Sr...... 45.2 2. Herman Frazier (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 45.3 3. Evis Jennings (Mississippi State)...... Jr...... 45.5 4. Mark Collins (Baylor)...... So...... 45.8 5. Mike Solomon' (New Mexico)...... Jr...... 46.0 6. Ronnie Harris (Tennessee)...... Fr...... 46.0 7. Charles Oliver (Troy State)...... Sr...... 46.0 8. Richard Massey (Howard)...... So...... 46.1
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -179- 1977 (Champaign, June 04) (29 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—46.66) 1. Herman Frazier (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 45.51 2. Tim Dale (Villanova)...... So...... 45.89 3. Steve Campbell (Fresno State)...... Sr...... 46.03 4. Dele Udo' (Missouri)...... So...... 46.09 5. Dennis Ducksworth (Jackson State)...... Jr...... 46.28 6. Jerome Morgan (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 46.29 7. Darroll Gatson (Alabama)...... Jr...... 46.32 … dnc— Willie Smith (Auburn)...... Jr 1978 (Eugene, June 03) (35 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—46.28) 1. Billy Mullins (USC)...... So...... 45.33 (retroactively declared scholastically ineligible; title stripped by NCAA) 2. Willie Smith (Auburn)...... Sr...... 45.33 =3. Darroll Gatson (Alabama)...... Sr...... 45.98 =3. Joseph Coombs' (Alabama)...... Jr...... 45.98 5. Walter McCoy (Florida State)...... Fr...... 46.01 6. Glen Cohen' (BU)...... Fr...... 46.57 7. Dele Udo' (Missouri)...... Jr...... 46.73 8. Jerome Morgan (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 46.78 1979 (Champaign, June 02) (35 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—46.55) 1. Kasheef Hassan' (Oregon State)...... So...... 45.18 2. Leslie Kerr (Texas A&M)...... So...... 45.51 3. Ronnie Harris (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 45.79 4. Walter McCoy (Florida State)...... So...... 45.83 5. Antone Blair (Tennessee)...... So...... 46.12 6. Greg Hill (LSU)...... Sr...... 46.21 7. Colin Bradford' (USC)...... Sr...... 46.25 8. Joseph Coombs' (Alabama)...... Sr...... 46.45 (“defending champ” Mullins hampered by sciatica, ran only 4x1, anchored the winners)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -180- 1980 (Austin, June 07) (25 contestants; 8 finalists; Q—46.39) 1. Bert Cameron' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 45.23 2. Bill Green (USC)...... Fr...... 45.37 3. Walter McCoy (Florida State)...... Jr...... 45.59 4. Deon Hogan (Kansas)...... So...... 45.71 5. Hamil Grimes' (Kentucky)...... Sr...... 45.74 6. Leslie Kerr (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 46.05 7. Mike Ricks (Kansas)...... Jr...... 46.20 8. Ulysses Cohen (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 46.6h (defending champ Hassan redshirted) 1981 (Baton Rouge, June 06) (29 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—46.18) 1. Bert Cameron' (UTEP)...... So...... 44.58 (MR) 2. Howard Henley (Arizona State)...... So...... 44.93 3. Kasheef Hassan' (Oregon State)...... Jr...... 45.31 4. Walter McCoy (Florida State)...... Sr...... 45.54 5. Leslie Kerr (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 45.79 6. Eugene Sanders (Mississippi Valley State)...... Jr...... 45.85 7. Mike Paul' (Seton Hall)...... Sr...... 45.90 8. Sunder Nix (Indiana)...... Fr...... 46.01 9. Anthony Blair (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 46.29 1982 (Provo, June 05)...... (A) (44 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.46) 1. Kasheef Hassan' (Oregon State)...... Sr...... 45.47 2. Bert Cameron' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 45.49 3. Cedrick Vaughans (Alabama)...... So...... 46.09 4. Eliot Tabron (Michigan State)...... Jr...... 46.14 5. Eddie Carey (UC Irvine)...... Sr...... 46.20 6. Eugene Sanders (Mississippi Valley State)...... Sr...... 46.41 7. Carlton Young (Villanova)...... Jr...... 46.71 8. Oliver Bridges (Howard)...... So...... 47.04
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -181- 1983 (Houston, June 04) (20 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.52) 1. Bert Cameron' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 44.62 2. Sunday Uti' (Iowa State)...... So...... 44.96 3. Sunder Nix (Indiana)...... Jr...... 45.29 4. Alonzo Babers (Air Force)...... Sr...... 45.51 5. Oliver Bridges (Howard)...... Jr...... 45.58 6. Laron Brown (Tennessee)...... Fr...... 45.63 7. Chris Whitlock (Washington State)...... Sr...... 45.68 8. Michael Franks (Southern Illinois)...... So...... 45.86 1984 (Eugene, June 02) (22 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.67) 1. Antonio McKay (Georgia Tech)...... Fr...... 44.83 2. Michael Franks (Southern Illinois)...... Jr...... 45.20 3. Sunday Uti' (Iowa State)...... Jr...... 45.23 4. Sunder Nix (Indiana)...... Sr...... 45.67 5. Cedrick Vaughans (Alabama)...... Sr...... 45.96 6. Willie McLaughlin (Manhattan)...... Jr...... 46.00 7. Gabriel Tiacoh' (Washington State)...... So...... 46.04 8. Elvis Forde' (Southern Illinois)...... Sr...... 46.71 1985 (Austin, June 01) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.77) 1. Roddie Haley (Arkansas)...... Fr...... 44.70 2. Sunday Uti' (Iowa State)...... Sr...... 44.91 3. Gabriel Tiacoh' (Washington State)...... Jr...... 44.92 4. Michael Franks (Southern Illinois)...... Sr...... 45.16 5. Willie Caldwell (Baylor)...... Sr...... 45.26 6. Michael Cannon (TCU)...... So...... 46.53 7. Andrew Valmon (Seton Hall)...... So...... 45.63 8. Edwin Modibedi' (Villanova)...... Fr...... 46.21 (defending champ McKay redshirted)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -182- 1986 (Indianapolis, June 07) (29 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—45.94) 1. Gabriel Tiacoh' (Washington State)...... Sr...... 44.30 (MR; low‑altitude CR) 2. Roddie Haley (Arkansas)...... So...... 45.01 3. Kevin Robinzine (SMU)...... So...... 45.25 4. Michael Cannon (TCU)...... Jr...... 45.38 5. Danny Everett (UCLA)...... Fr...... 45.54 6. Derek O’Connor' (Iona)...... Fr...... 45.91 7. Johnny Thomas (Baylor)...... Sr...... 46.28 8. Clifton Campbell (Auburn)...... Fr...... 46.33 9. Rod Jones (SMU)...... Sr...... 46.42 1987 (Baton Rouge, June 06) (24 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—45.74) 1. Butch Reynolds (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 44.13 (MR) 2. Danny Everett (UCLA)...... So...... 44.47 3. Roddie Haley (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 44.82 4. Kevin Robinzine (SMU)...... Jr...... 45.20 5. Andrew Valmon (Seton Hall)...... Sr...... 45.35 6. Raymond Pierre (Baylor)...... So...... 45.43 7. Moses Ugbisie' (Texas Southern)...... Jr...... 45.60 8. Tim Simon (Illinois)...... Jr...... 46.17 9. Tony Allen (TCU)...... So...... 46.17
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -183- 1988 (Eugene, June 04) (21 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.88) 1. Danny Everett (UCLA)...... Jr...... 44.52 2. Steve Lewis (UCLA)...... Fr...... 44.83 3. Tim Simon (Illinois)...... Sr...... 45.31 4. Ian Morris' (Abilene Christian)...... So...... 45.40 5. Raymond Pierre (Baylor)...... Jr...... 45.73 6. Calvin Long (Florida)...... Jr...... 45.91 7. Jeff Reynolds (Kansas State)...... Sr...... 46.06 8. Clifton Campbell (Auburn)...... Jr...... 46.36 (defending champ Reynolds left team) 1989 (Provo, June 03)...... (A) (15 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—46.06) 1. Raymond Pierre (Baylor)...... Sr...... 44.59 2. Tyrone Kemp (Florida)...... Fr...... 44.68 3. Howard Davis (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 45.21 4. Bruce Phillip' (Manhattan)...... Jr...... 45.41 5. Darrell Hadden (Texas State)...... Sr...... 45.47 6. Lee Bridges (Illinois)...... Sr...... 45.71 7. Curtis Chappell (Howard)...... Sr...... 45.93 8. Kyle Hargett (Colorado)...... Sr...... 45.97 9. Keith Mouton (Grambling)...... Jr...... 46.51 (defending champ Everett left team) 1990 (Durham, June 02) (21 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.89; semis return) 1. Steve Lewis (UCLA)...... Jr...... 45.19 2. Seymour Fagan' (Auburn)...... Jr...... 45.37 3. Gabriel Luke (Rice)...... So...... 45.44 4. Tamás Molnár' (Nebraska)...... So...... 45.68 5. Patrick O’Connor' (George Mason)...... Sr...... 45.89 6. Travis Hannah (USC)...... So...... 45.90 7. Michael Joubert' (Washington State)...... Fr...... 46.34 8. Mike Stevenson (UCLA)...... So...... 46.60
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -184- 1991 (Eugene, June 01) (22 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.24) 1. Gabriel Luke (Rice)...... Jr...... 45.32 2. Quincy Watts (USC)...... Jr...... 45.58 3. Chuck Wilson (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 45.83 4. Forrest Johnson (Georgia)...... Fr...... 46.25 5. Brian Irvin (East Carolina)...... Jr...... 46.36 6. Jason Rouser (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 46.51 7. Derek Mills (Georgia Tech)...... Fr...... 46.68 8. Seibert Straughn' (Murray State)...... Jr...... 46.93 (defending champ Lewis left team) 1992 (Austin, June 06) (17 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.37) 1. Quincy Watts (USC)...... Sr...... 44.00 (MR) 2. Deon Minor (Baylor)...... Fr...... 44.84 3. Derek Mills (Georgia Tech)...... So...... 44.86 4. Travis Hannah (USC)...... Sr...... 45.37 5. Brian Irvin (East Carolina)...... Sr...... 45.45 6. Du’aine Ladejo' (Texas)...... Jr...... 45.63 7. Jason Rouser (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 45.74 8. Anthuan Maybank (Iowa)...... So...... 45.87 (defending champ Luke redshirted) 1993 (Baton Rouge, June 05) (23 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.16; no semis) 1. Calvin Davis (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 45.04 2. Anthuan Maybank (Iowa)...... Jr...... 45.04 3. Derek Mills (Georgia Tech)...... Jr...... 45.21 4. Dawda Jallow' (Georgia)...... Sr...... 45.57 5. Chris Jones (Rice)...... Fr...... 45.73 6. Du’aine Ladejo' (Texas)...... Sr...... 45.98 7. Deon Minor (Baylor)...... So...... 46.37 8. Tony Miller (Baylor)...... Sr...... 47.05
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -185- 1994 (Boise, June 04) (23 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.68) 1. Derek Mills (Georgia Tech)...... Sr...... 45.06 2. Chris Jones (Rice)...... So...... 45.11 3. Deon Minor (Baylor)...... Jr...... 45.56 4. Terrance Branch (Southeast Missouri)...... Sr...... 45.64 5. Kevin Ansley (Florida State)...... Jr...... 45.84 6. Kevin Lyles (Seton Hall)...... Jr...... 45.95 7. Brad Pride (Mississippi)...... So...... 46.05 8. Tony Miller (Baylor)...... Sr...... 46.15 (defending champ Davis 4th in heat) 1995 (Knoxville, June 03) (21 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.98) 1. Greg Haughton' (George Mason)...... Jr...... 44.62 2. Marlon Ramsey (Baylor)...... Fr...... 44.74 3. Andre Morris (Iowa)...... Sr...... 45.15 4. Kevin Lyles (Seton Hall)...... Sr...... 45.27 5. Davian Clarke' (Miami)...... Fr...... 45.52 6. Deon Minor (Baylor)...... Sr...... 45.74 7. Leonard Byrd (UT San Antonio)...... So...... 45.76 8. Udeme Ekpenyong' (USC)...... Jr...... 45.88 1996 (Eugene, June 01) (18 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.62) 1. Davian Clarke' (Miami)...... So...... 45.29 2. Greg Haughton' (George Mason)...... Sr...... 45.43 3. Leonard Byrd (UT San Antonio)...... Jr...... 45.51 4. Tawanda Chiwira' (Idaho)...... Fr...... 45.55 5. Roxbert Martin' (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 45.71 6. Kevin Jefferson (Southern U)...... Jr...... 45.87 7. Marlon Ramsey (Baylor)...... So...... 46.24 8. Danny McFarlane' (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 46.39
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -186- 1997 (Bloomington, June 07) (17 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—46.08) 1. Roxbert Martin' (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 44.77 2. Clement Chukwu' (Eastern Michigan)...... Jr...... 45.24 3. Jerome Davis (USC)...... So...... 45.36 4. Milton Campbell (North Carolina)...... Jr...... 45.58 5. Chris Jones (Houston)...... Sr...... 45.75 6. Davian Clarke' (Miami)...... Jr...... 45.81 7. Leonard Byrd (UT San Antonio)...... Sr...... 45.99 8. Danny McFarlane' (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 46.13 … dnc— Eswort Coombs' (Ohio State)...... Jr 1998 (Amherst, June 06) (19 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.33) 1. Jerome Davis (USC)...... Jr...... 45.18 2. Davian Clarke' (Miami)...... Sr...... 45.28 3. Milton Campbell (North Carolina)...... Sr...... 45.76 4. Clement Chukwu' (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 45.82 5. Brandon Couts (Baylor)...... Fr...... 46.03 6. Dennis Darling' (Houston)...... Jr...... 46.65 7. Randy Melbourne' (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 46.95 … dq[lane]— Darrick Ingram (East Carolina)...... So 1999 (Boise, June 05) (19 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.13) 1. Clement Chukwu' (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 44.79 2. Derrick Brew (LSU)...... Jr...... 45.04 3. Jerome Davis (USC)...... Sr...... 45.06 4. Avard Moncur' (Auburn)...... So...... 45.35 5. Ato Modibo' (Clemson)...... Fr...... 45.37 6. Julius Edwards (Auburn)...... Sr...... 45.99 7. Corey Nelson (Boise State)...... Sr...... 46.12 8. Tony Berrian (Arizona State)...... So...... 46.23
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -187- 2000 (Durham, June 03) (20 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.58) 1. Avard Moncur' (Auburn)...... Jr...... 44.72 2. Geno White (Florida)...... Jr...... 45.02 3. Chris Brown' (Norfolk State)...... So...... 45.08 4. Brandon Couts (Baylor)...... Jr...... 45.09 5. Michael Blackwood' (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 45.11 6. Andrew Pierce (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 45.29 7. Bryan Swarn (Georgia Tech)...... So...... 45.72 8. Sanjay Ayre' (Auburn)...... Fr...... 46.80 2001 (Eugene, June 02) (20 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.16) 1. Avard Moncur' (Auburn)...... Sr...... 44.84 2. Alleyne Francique' (LSU)...... Jr...... 45.36 3. Geno White (Florida)...... Sr...... 45.51 4. Chris Brown' (Norfolk State)...... Jr...... 45.79 5. Godfrey Herring (Middle Tennessee)...... Jr...... 45.81 6. Tom Gerding (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 46.09 7. Brandon Couts (Baylor)...... Sr...... 46.27 8. Ato Modibo' (Clemson)...... Jr...... 46.82 2002 (Baton Rouge, June 01) (20 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—45.65) 1. Gary Kikaya' (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 44.53 2. Rickey Harris (Florida)...... So...... 44.93 3. Pete Coley' (LSU)...... So...... 45.07 4. Sanjay Ayre' (Auburn)...... Jr...... 45.10 5. Darold Williamson (Baylor)...... Fr...... 45.34 6. Godfrey Herring (Middle Tennessee)...... Sr...... 45.73 7. Mike Kenyon (Arizona)...... Sr...... 45.93 8. Otis Harris (South Carolina)...... So...... 45.99 … fs— Brandon Simpson (George Mason)...... So
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -188- 2003 (Sacramento, June 14) (27 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.66) 1. Adam Steele (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 44.57 (44.563) 2. Otis Harris (South Carolina)...... Jr...... 44.57 (45.569) 3. Mitch Potter (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 44.58 4. Gary Kikaya' (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 45.02 5. Kelly Willie (LSU)...... Fr...... 45.28 6. Sanjay Ayre' (Auburn)...... Sr...... 45.29 7. Brandon Simpson' (TCU)*...... Jr...... 45.40 * = TCU subsequently stripped for NCAA violations 8. Richard James' (LIU Brooklyn)...... Jr...... 45.82 2004 (Austin, June 12) (26 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—46.12) 1. Jeremy Wariner (Baylor)...... So...... 44.71 2. Kelly Willie (LSU)...... So...... 44.85 3. Jerry Harris (TCU)*...... Sr...... 44.96 * = TCU subsequently stripped for NCAA violations 4. Lewis Banda' (Arizona State)...... So...... 45.15 5. Jason Barton (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 45.23 6. Darold Williamson (Baylor)...... Jr...... 45.26 7. David Neville (Indiana)...... So...... 45.31 8. Jamel Ashley (Mississippi State)...... Jr...... 45.63 9. Mitch Potter (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 45.85 (defending champ Steele 4th in heat)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -189- 2005 (Sacramento, June 11) (26 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.22) 1. Darold Williamson (Baylor)...... Sr...... 44.51 2. Jamel Ashley (Mississippi State)...... Sr...... 44.75 3. Andrae Williams' (Texas Tech)...... Jr...... 44.90 4. Ricardo Chambers' (Florida State)...... Fr...... 45.03 5. Miles Smith (Southeast Missouri)...... So...... 45.16 6. Kelly Willie (LSU)...... Jr...... 45.17 7. Terry Gatson (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 45.68 8. Kedar Inico (Oregon)...... Sr...... 45.85 (defending champ Wariner turned pro) 2006 (Sacramento, June 10) (26 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.12) 1. Xavier Carter (LSU)...... So...... 44.53 2. Ricardo Chambers' (Florida State)...... So...... 44.71 3. David Neville (Indiana)...... Jr...... 44.94 4. Lewis Banda' (TCU)...... Sr...... 45.10 5. Matt Scherer (Oregon)...... Sr...... 45.41 6. Lionel Larry (USC)...... So...... 45.43 7. Craig Everhart (UCLA)...... Sr...... 45.70 8. Aaron Buzard (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 45.91 2007 (Sacramento, June 09) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—47.07) 1. Ricardo Chambers' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 44.66 2. Lionel Larry (USC)...... Jr...... 44.68 3. Erison Hurtault (Columbia)...... Sr...... 45.40 4. Shoes Masheto' (Illinois)...... So...... 45.51 5. Michael Bingham (Wake Forest)...... Jr...... 45.57 6. LeJerald Betters (Baylor)...... Fr...... 45.66 7. Calvin Smith (Florida)...... Fr...... 45.74 8. Siraj Williams (LSU)...... Sr...... 45.77 (defending champ Carter turned pro)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -190- 2008 (Des Moines, June 14) (25 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—46.11) 1. Andretti Bain' (Oral Roberts)...... Sr...... 44.62 2. Lionel Larry (USC)...... Sr...... 44.63 3. LeJerald Betters (Baylor)...... So...... 44.83 4. Jordan Boase (Washington)...... Jr...... 44.83 5. Calvin Smith (Florida)...... So...... 45.14 6. Miles Smith (Southeast Missouri)...... Sr...... 45.67 7. Joel Phillip' (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 45.76 8. Terrance Reid (Northern Iowa)...... Jr...... 45.79 (defending champ Chambers turned pro) 2009 (Fayetteville, June 13) (26 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—45.88) 1. Jonathan Borlée' (Florida State)...... Fr...... 44.78 2. Michael Bingham' (Wake Forest)...... Sr...... 45.09 3. Calvin Smith (Florida)...... Jr...... 45.29 4. Kevin Borlée' (Florida State)...... Fr...... 45.43 5. Dwight Mullings' (Mississippi State)...... Jr...... 45.48 6. Allodin Fothergill' (Maryland–Eastern Shore)..... Jr...... 45.81 7. Thomas Murdaugh (Ohio State)...... Fr...... 45.90 8. Bryan Miller (Texas A&M)...... So...... 45.91 … dnf [pulled up c150m]— Robert Simmons (LSU)...... Fr 2010 (Eugene, June 11) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.77) 1. Kirani James' (Alabama)...... Fr...... 45.05 2. Donald Sanford (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 45.21 3. Joey Hughes (USC)...... So...... 45.23 4. Calvin Smith (Florida)...... Sr...... 45.37 5. Tavaris Tate (Mississippi State)...... Fr...... 45.56 6. Demetrius Pinder' (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 45.56 7. Kevin Borlée' (Florida State)...... So...... 45.80 8. Tabarie Henry' (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 45.92 (defending champ J. Borlée turned pro) All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -191- 2011 (Des Moines, June 11) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.51) 1. Kirani James' (Alabama)...... So...... 45.10 2. Tony McQuay (Florida)...... So...... 45.14 3. Mike Berry (Oregon)...... Fr...... 45.18 4. Demetrius Pinder' (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 45.23 5. Joey Hughes (USC)...... Jr...... 45.66 6. Josh Mance (USC)...... Fr...... 45.66 7. Bryan Miller (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 45.80 …dq[lane]— [2] Gil Roberts (Texas Tech)...... Jr...... [45.10] 2012 (Des Moines, June 09) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.29) 1. Tony McQuay (Florida)...... Jr...... 44.58 2. Mike Berry (Oregon)...... So...... 44.75 3. Gil Roberts (Texas Tech)...... Sr...... 44.99 4. David Verburg (George Mason)...... Jr...... 45.22 5. Josh Mance (USC)...... So...... 45.37 6. Brady Gehret (Penn State)...... So...... 45.44 7. Akheem Gauntlett' (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 45.56 8. Deon Lendore' (Texas A&M)...... Fr...... 45.63 (defending champ James turned pro)
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -192- 2013 (Eugene, June 07) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.70) 1. Bryshon Nellum (USC)...... Sr...... 44.73 2. Deon Lendore' (Texas A&M)...... So...... 44.94 3. Arman Hall (Florida)...... Fr...... 45.02 4. David Verburg (George Mason)...... Sr...... 45.03 5. James Harris (Florida State)...... Jr...... 45.56 6. Hugh Graham (Florida)...... Sr...... 45.57 7. Cass Brown-Stewart (Stephen F. Austin)...... Jr...... 45.98 8. Akheem Gauntlett' (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 46.10 (defending champ McQuay turned pro) 2014 (Eugene, June 13) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.83) 1. Deon Lendore' (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 45.02 2. Mike Berry (Oregon)...... Sr...... 45.07 3. Vernon Norwood (LSU)...... Jr...... 45.45 4. Brycen Spratling (Pitt)...... Sr...... 45.49 5. Najee Glass (Florida)...... So...... 45.63 6. James Harris (Florida State)...... Sr...... 45.64 7. Christopher Giesting (Notre Dame)...... Jr...... 46.10 8. Hugh Graham (Florida)...... Jr...... 46.65 2015 (Eugene, June 12) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.93) 1. Vernon Norwood (LSU)...... Sr...... 45.10 2. Marcus Chambers (Oregon)...... So...... 45.59 3. DJ Zahn (Illinois)...... Sr...... 45.97 4. Najee Glass (Florida)...... Jr...... 46.31 5. Steven Gayle' (Alababa)...... Jr...... 46.32 6. Zack Bilderback (Texas)...... Jr...... 46.50 7. Ceo Ways (North Carolina)...... So...... 46.52 … dnf— Deon Lendore' (Texas A&M)...... Sr
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -193- 2016 (Eugene, June 10) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.67) 1. Arman Hall (Florida)...... Sr...... 44.82 2. Fitzroy Dunkley' (LSU)...... Sr...... 45.06 3. Michael Cherry (LSU)...... Jr...... 45.11 4. Marcus Chambers (Oregon)...... Jr...... 45.27 5. Nathan Strother (Tennessee)...... So...... 45.72 6. Kunle Fasasi' (Florida)...... Fr...... 46.10 7. Ricky Morgan (USC)...... So...... 46.63 … dq [lane]— [5]Najee Glass (Florida)...... Sr...... [45.61] 2017 (Eugene, June 09) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.45) 1. Fred Kerley (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 44.10 2. Nathon Allen' (Auburn)...... So...... 44.69 3. Michael Cherry (LSU)...... Sr...... 44.77 4. Michael Norman (USC)...... Fr...... 44.88 5. Akeem Bloomfield' (Auburn)...... Fr...... 45.13 6. Marcus Chambers (Oregon)...... Sr...... 45.28 7. Steven Gayle' (Alabama)...... Sr...... 45.59 8. Wil London (Baylor)...... So...... 45.72 2018 (Eugene, June 08) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—44.98) 1. Michael Norman (USC)...... So...... 43.61 (CR, MR) 2. Akeem Bloomfield' (Auburn)...... So...... 43.94 3. Nathon Allen' (Auburn)...... So...... 44.13 4. Mar’yea Harris (Iowa)...... Jr...... 45.00 5. Tyrell Richard (South Carolina State)...... Jr...... 45.10 6. Obi Igbokwe (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 45.16 7. Kahmari Montgomery (Houston)...... Jr...... 45.75 8. Wil London (Baylor)...... Jr...... 46.20
All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -194- 2019 (Austin, June 07) (24 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—45.54) 1. Kahmari Montgomery (Houston)...... Sr...... 44.23 2. Trevor Stewart (North Carolina A&T)...... Jr...... 44.25 3. Wil London (Baylor)...... Sr...... 44.63 4. Jonathan Jones' (Texas)...... Fr...... 44.64 5. Alejandro Zapata' (Liberty)...... Sr...... 45.02 6. Bryce Deadmon (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 45.18 7. Chantz Sawyers' (Florida)...... So...... 45.24 … dq[lane]— [8]Obi Igbokwe (Houston)...... Sr...... [46.05] (defending champ Norman turned pro)
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