Trials, College and Olympics
The following athletes have won their events in the Trials, after taking an IC4A (pre- 1921) or NCAA title, and preceding their Olympic performance, where relevant.
Athletes in IC4A/Eastern OT IC4A En-OT pre-1924 in italics Year/Event NCAA OT OG Nate Cartmell (Penn) 1908/200 22.0y-s 21.8s 22.7-3 Ralph Metcalfe (Marquette) 1932/100 10.2 10.64 10.38-2 1932/200 20.4s 21.49s 21.5-3 Jesse Owens (Ohio State) 1936/100 10.2 10.3 10.3-1 1936/200 21.4 21.0 20.7-1 1936/LJ 7.89 7.89 8.06w-1 Bobby Morrow (Abilene Chr) 1956/100 10.4 10.3 10.62-1 1956/200 20.6 20.6 20.75-1 Harvey Glance (Auburn) 1976/100 10.16 10.11 10.19-4 Stanley Floyd (Auburn 1980/100 10.07 10.26 DNC Mel Patton (USC) 1948/200 20.7w 20.7 21.1-1 John Taylor (Penn) 1908/400 52.2y 49.8 DNS Archie Williams (Cal) 1936/400 46.1 46.6 46.66-1 Lee Evans (San Jose State) 1968/400 45.0 44.06 43.86-1 Antonio McKay (Georgia Tech) 1984/400 44.83 44.71 44.71-3 Jeremy Wariner (Baylor) 2004/400 44.71 44.37 44.00-1 Earl Eby (Penn) 1920/800 1:58.0y 1:54.2 1:53.6-2 Mal Whitfield (Ohio State) 1948/800 1:51.1 1:50.6 1:49.2-1 Don Paige (Villanova) 1980/800 1:45.81 1:44.53 DNC John Halstead (Cornell) 1908/1500 4:30.0y 4:01.2 4:05.6-2h2 Don Gehrmann (Wisconsin) 1948/1500 3:54.3 3:52.41 nt-10 Bob McMillen (Occidental) 1952/1500 3:50.7 3:49.3 3:45.39-2 Dyrol Burleson (Oregon) 1960/1500 3:44.2 3:46.9 3:40.9-6 Gabe Jennings (Stanford) 2000/1500 3:37.76 3:35.90 3:40.10-9s2 Don Lash (Indiana) 1936/5000 14:58.5 15:04.2 nt-13 Bill Dellinger (Oregon) 1956/5000 14:48.5 14:26.0 DNF Steve Prefontaine (Oregon) 1972/5000 13:31.4 13:22.8 13:28.25-4 Forrest Towns (Georgia) 1936/110H 14.3 14.3 14.1-1 Lee Calhoun (NC Central) 1956/110H 13.7 13.8 13.70-1 Devon Allen (Oregon) 2016/110H 13.50 13.03 13.31-5 Robert King (Stamford) 1928/HJ 1.99 1.96 1.94-1 Dave Albritton (Ohio State) 1936/HJ 1.98 2.076 2.00-2 Walt Davis (Texas A&M) 1952/HJ 2.032 2.057 2.04-1 John Thomas (Boston) 1960/HJ 2.134 2.23 2.14-3 Alfred Gilbert (Yale) 1908/PV 3.35 3.85 3.71-1 Earle Meadows (USC) 1936/PV 4.31 4.34 4.35-1 Bill Sefton (USC) 1936/PV 4.31 4.34 4.25-4 Edward Cook (Cornell) 1908/LJ 6.92 7.07 6.97-4 Ed Hamm (Georgia Tech) 1928/LJ 7.62 7.90 7.73-1 Willie Steele (San Diego St) 1948/LJ 7.60 7.97 7.82-1 Greg Bell (Indiana) 1956/LJ 7.85 7.83 7.83-1 Ralph Boston (Tenn A&I) 1960/LJ 7.76 8.09w 8.12-1 Marquise Goodwin (Texas) 2012/LJ 8.23 8.33 7.80-10 George Shaw (Columbia) 1952/TJ 14.98 15.38 14.39-19NQ Mike Conley (Arkansas) 1984/TJ 17.35 17.50 17.18-2 Dallas Long (USC) 1960/SP 18.83 19.30 19.01-3 Fortune Gordien (Minnesota) 1948/DT 50.15 50.64 50.76-3 Sim Iness (USC) 1952/DT 52.79 53.29 55.02-1
WOMEN Alice Brown (Cal St Northr.) 1980/100 11.27 11.32 DNC Stephanie Hightower (Ohio St) 1980/100H 13.07 12.90 DNC Schowanda Williams (LSU) 1988/400H 55.53 54.93 56.71/7sf2 Tanya Hughes (Arizona) 1992/HJ 1.87 1.92 1.88-11
Keturah Orji (Georgia) 2016/TJ 14.53 14.32 14.71-4 Maren Seidler (Cal St Hayward)1972/SP 15.86 16.28 16.18-14NQ Seilala Sua (UCLA) 2000/DT 61.20 65.90 59.85-10 Brittany Borman (Oklahoma) 2012/JT 56.27 61.51 59.27-15NQ Maggie Malone (Texas A&M) 2016/JT 62.19 60.84 56.47-25NQ