The World Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Research/editing by Larry Knuth
We salute the
following
Inaugural World Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Helsinki, Finland-1983
Women…
100m-heat-5th 11.74,
quarter-8th 11.90; 200-heat-4th 24.45, quarter-7th
24.16
Men…
*Tyke Peacock (
High Jump Silver Medalist…qualifying
7-3 (2.21m) final-2nd 7-7¼ (2.32m)
*Tom Petranoff
(Palomar)
Javelin Silver Medalist…qualifying
281-1 (85.68m) final-2nd 280-10 (85.60m)
Johnny Gray (
800m-heat-1st 1:46.32,
semis-2nd 1:46.15, final-5th 1:45.12
Doug Padilla (Chabot/ BYU)
5000-heat-8th 13:44.71,
semis-5th 13:32.90, final-5th 13:32.08
Andre Phillips (
400IH-heat-1st 50.44,
semis-2nd 48.99
Dave Laut
(Moorpark/San Jose City/UCLA)
Shot put qualifying-1st 69-2
(21.08) final-4th 67-7 (20.60m)
John Powell (
Discus qualifying
193-5 (58.96m)
Mark Anderson (Mt. SAC/UCLA)
Decathlon-Did not finish
II-Rome 1987
Women…
*Pam Marshall (Long Beach CC)
400 relay Gold Medalist-41.58*meet
record
100m heat-3rd 11.44,
quarter-3rd 11.21, semis-4th 11.06, final-8th
11.19
200m heat-2nd 22.84, semis-3rd
22.67, final-4th 22.18
*Valerie Brisco-Hooks
(Long Beach CC)
1600m relay Bronze Medalist-3rd-3:21.04
Bonnie Dasse
(
Shot put qualifying 58-0¼ (17.68m)
Men…
*John Powell (
Discus Silver Medalist…qualifying 208-9
(63.62m) final-2nd 217-3(66.22m)
Johnny Gray (
800m heat-1st 1:46.53,
quarter-8th 1:49.50
Doug Padilla (Chabot/BYU)
5000m heat-8th 13:30.16
Greg Tafrallis
(Skyline CC)
Shot put qualifying 64-4½
(19.62m)
Tom Petranoff
(Palomar)
Javelin qualifying 266-7 (81.26m)
final-4th 266-8 (81.28m)
III-Tokyo 1991
Women…
Donna Mayhew (Glendale/Arizona U.)
Javelin qualifying 184-10 (56.34m)
Men…
*Noureddine Morceli (
1500 Gold Medalist…heat-1st3:43.45,
semis-1st3:39.90, final-1st3:32.84*MR
Davidson Ezinwa
(
100m heat-1st 10.25,
quarter-3rd 10.23, semis-7th 10.20
George Kersh
(Taft/
800m heat-1st 1:47.00,
semis-5th 1:45.98
Johnny Gray (
800m heat-1st 1:46.59,
semis-3rd 1:47.04, final-6th 1:45.67
Doug Padilla (Chabot/BYU)
5000m heat-4th 13:58.83,
final-14th 14:36.18
Julius Kariuki
(Kenya/Riverside)
3000mSteeplechase heat-2nd
8:18.06, final-4th 8:16.81
Don Parish (Mt. SAC/Houston Univ.)
Triple jump qualifying 53-11¾
(16.45m)
Brian Wellman (Bermuda/Taft/Arkansas)
Triple jump qualifying 55-10¼ (17.02m) final-6th 55-8½
(16.98m)
Mike Gravelle (Skyline CC/
Discus qualifying 191-2 (58.28m)
Charles Craig…
Started, retired from the CS
Bakersfield program
Tom Tellez…
Coaching positions:
Carl Lewis’ collegiate, post-collegiate
coach
Women…
*Juliet Revoli
Campbell (Jamaica/Mt. SAC)
400 Relay Bronze Medalist-41.94
400m heat-2nd 51.76, semis-3rd
50.89, final-7th 51.40
Sau Ying Chan (Hong Kong/Mt. SAC)
100m hurdles heat-6th
13.50
100m heat-6th 12.24; 200m
heat-did not start
Men…
*Noureddine Morceli (Algeria/Riverside CC)
1500 Gold Medalist… heat-1st
3:37.84, semis-1st 3:40.07, final-1st 3:34.24
Ato Boldon
(Trinidad/San Jose CC/ UCLA)
100m heat-3rd 10.51,
quarter-7th 10.48; 200m heat-4th 21.31
400m relay heat-5th
40.24
Johnny Gray (
800m heat-2nd 1:46.28,
semis-8th 1:50.89
Mark Crear
(Mt. SAC/USC)
110HH heat-2nd 13.47, semis-4th
13.38
Mike Gravelle
(Skyline CC)
Discus qualifying 185-1 (56.42m)
Erv Hunt…
’96 Head USA Men’s Olympic T&F
Coach
UC
Berkeley’s long-time head track and field coach
Dr. Earnest Gregoire
Head USA Women’s Coach
Ed Jacoby…
Head T&F positons:
Women…
Ruth Wysocki
(Citrus)
1500m heat-3rd 4:13.93,
semis-5th 4:09.03, final-7th 4:07.08
Sau Yen Chan (Hong Kong/Mt. SAC)
100m hurdles heat-6th
13.53
Donna Mayhew (Glendale/Arizona U.)
Javelin qualifying 174-2 (53.10m)
Juliet Revoli
Campbell (Jamaica/Mt. SAC)
1600m relay heat-2nd
3:23.71, final-DQ
Men…
*Ato Boldon (Trinidad/San Jose CC/ UCLA)
100m Gold Medalist…heat-1st10.24,
quarter-1st10.04, semis-2nd10.10, final-3rd10.03;
200m heat-3rd 20.76,
quarter-7th 21.81
*Noureddine Morceli (Algeria/Riverside CC)
1500m Gold Medalist…heat-1st
3:42.58, semis-1st 3:38.37, final-1st 3:33.73
*Brian Wellman (Bermuda/Taft/Arkansas)
Triple Jump Silver Medalist… qualifying
57-2¾ (17.44m) final-2nd 57-9¾ (17.62m)
Davidson Ezinwa
(Nigeria/Mt. SAC)
100m-did not start
Jeff Williams (LACC/Prairie View)
200m heat-1st 20.56,
quarter-1st 20.36
Brandon Rock (Nevada/Taft/Arkansas)
800m heat-1st 1:46.83,
semis-4th 1:48.04, final-5th 1:46.42
Tom Nohilly
(Taft/ Univ.
3000m Steeplechase heat-12th
8:37.01
Women…
Juliet Revoli
Campbell (
200m heat-3rd 23.00,
quarter-4th 22.75, semis-6th 22.94
Noel Carroll (
Javelin qualifying 182-6 (55.62m)
Men…
*Ato Boldon (Trinidad/San Jose CC/ UCLA)
200m Gold Medalist…heat-1st
20.48, quarter-2nd 20.28, semis-1st 20.09, F-1st
20.04
100m heat-1st 10.11,
quarter-1st 9.87(world leader), semis-1st 10.00, F-5th
10.02
*Davidson Ezinwa
(Nigeria/Mt. SAC)
400m Relay Gold Medalist-38.07
anchorman (semis-1st 37.94 world leading time)
100m heat-2nd 10.23,
quarter-2nd 10.11, semis-2nd 10.15, F-6th
10.10
*Tyree Washington (
1600m Relay Gold Medalist; 400m Bronze
Medalist
400m heat-2nd 45.35,
quarter-2nd 45.09, semis-1st 44.61, final-3rd
44.39
1600m relay-1st
2:56.47(world leader)
Noureddine Morceli
(Algeria/Riverside CC)
1500m heat-1st 3:37.26,
semis-1st 3:38.82, final-4th 3:37.37
Brandon Rock (Nevada/Taft/
800m heat-4th1:58.05-accurate time,
small field advanced Rock), quarter-6th1:47.13
Marco Ochoa (
Marathon-62nd 2:44.21
Tom Nohilly
(Taft/ Univ.
3000m Steeplechase heat-6th
8:32.70, semis-did not finish
Mark Crear (
110HH heat-2nd13.46,
quarter-1st13.15 (season best), semis-3rd13.35, final-7th13.65
Brian Wellman (Bermuda/ Taft/
Triple jump qualifying 55-3 (16.84m),
final-5th 56-6 (17.22m)…season best
Women…
Juliet Revoli
Campbell (
200m heat-3rd 23.07,
quarter-2nd 22.69, semis-3rd 22.50 (PR), final-8th
22.64
Sau Ying Chan (Hong Kong/Mt. SAC)
100m hurdles heat-6th 13.54
Men…
Davidson Ezinwa
(Nigeria/Mt. SAC)
100 m heat-1st 10.22 (season
best), quarter-3rd 10.23, semis-7th 10.40
Noureddine Morceli
(Algeria/Riverside CC)
1500m heat-2nd 3:37.63,
semis-6th 3:37.32, final-did not finish
Frances O’Neil (Long Beach CC/ Weber
St.)
3000m Steeplechase heat-10th
8:49.81
Mark Crear (
110m HH heat-1st 13.30,
quarterfinals-disqualified
Felix Sanchez (
400IH heat-4th 49.67
Women…
*Juliet Revoli
Campbell (Jamaica/Mt. SAC)
400m Relay Bronze Medalist-3rd
42.40
200m heat-2nd 22.88, semis-1st
22.68, final-4th 22.99
Natasha Mayers
(Virgin Islands/West LA CC/ USC)
100m heat-3rd 11.52,
quarter-4th 1.31, semis-6th 11.35; 200m heat-7th
24.91
Men…
*Ato Boldon (Trinidad/San Jose CC/ UCLA)
100m Bronze Medalist, 400m Relay Silver
Medalist
100m heat-1st 10.13,
quarter-2nd 10.06, semis-10.12, final-3rd 9.98
400m relay final-1st 38.58
(national record; heat time-38.60)
*Felix Sanchez (
400IH Gold Medalist…heat-1st
48.64, semis-1st 48.07, F-1st 47.49 world
leader
Women…
Natasha Mayers
(
100m heat-4th 11.81,
quarter-did not start
Sylvia Mosqueda
(East LA CC/ CS
Former multi-national JC record-holder
Dr. Earnest Gregoire
Head USA Women’s Coach
Men…
*Felix Sanchez (San Diego Mesa/USC)
400IH Gold Medalist…heat-1st
48.43, semis-1st 48.16, F-1st 47.25 world leader
*Tyree Washington (
400m Gold Medalist…heat-1st
45.30, semis-1st 44.60, final-1st 44.77
Ato Boldon
(Trinidad/
100m heat-3rd 10.23,
quarter-1st 10.09, semis-5th 10.22
400m relay semis-6th
38.84
Calvin Harrison (Hartnell
CC)
400m, 1600m relay-disqualified
Women…
Mary Akor (El
Camino CC/ CSU Dominguez Hills)
1997 Triple State CC winner
Marathon-50th 2:57.18
Men…
Dominique Arnold (
American record-holder
110m HH heat-2nd 13.96,
semis-2nd 13.39, final-4th 13.13
Felix Sanchez (
400IH heat-2nd 49.47,
semis-3rd 48.24, final-did not finish
Calvin Harrison (Hartnell
CC)
400m-disqualified
Mary Akor (El
Camino / CSU Dominquez Hills)
1997 State CC Triple Winner
Marathon-42nd 2:47.06
Zoila Gomez (Orange Coast/Adams State)
Marathon-35th 2:44.49
Zoila Gomez (
4 State individual, two team titles
Marathon-51st 2:42.49