Collegiate Records--Men

Collegiate Records (NCAA only; no NAIA or JUCO marks) are those ratified by the T&FN Records Committee. We consider the collegiate season to end with the NCAA Championships, but we do append marks made through August 31 of an athlete's senior year. If a foreign athlete has the best mark, we sub-list the best ever by an American.

Symbols:
' after name = non-U.S. citizen
(AmC) = American-born collegian
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
p = mark still pending ratification

Running Events
100...........9.92..........Ato Boldon' (UCLA)..................Eugene, Oregon.............6/ 1/96
(AmC).........9.98..........Coby Miller (Auburn)................Durham, North Carolina.....6/ 2/00
200...........19.86.........Justin Gatlin (Tennessee)...........Starkville, Mississippi....5/12/02
400...........44.00.........Quincy Watts (USC)..................Austin, Texas..............6/ 6/92
800...........1:44.55.......Julius Achon' (George Mason)........Fairfax, Virginia..........5/ 4/96
(AmC).........1:44.70.......Mark Everett (Florida)..............Durham, North Carolina.....6/ 1/90
1500..........3:35.30.......Sydney Maree' (Villanova)...........Baton Rouge, Louisiana.....6/ 6/81
(AmC).........3:35.84.......Joe Falcon (Arkansas)...............Fayetteville, Arkansas.....4/16/88
..............3:35.84.......Brian Hyde (William & Mary).........Chapel Hill, North Carolina5/13/95
Mile..........3:52.44.......Sydney Maree' (Villanova)...........Villanova, Pennsylvania....5/30/81
(AmC).........3:53.2........Jim Ryun (Kansas)...................Los Angeles, California....6/ 2/67
(AmC).........3:53.2........Tony Waldrop (North Carolina).......Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/27/74
3000..........7:37.70.......Rudy Chapa (Oregon).................Eugene, Oregon.............5/10/79
Steeplechase..8:05.4........Henry Rono' (Washington St).........Seattle, Washington........5/13/78
(AmC).........8:19.27.......Farley Gerber (Weber St)............Eugene, Oregon.............6/ 1/84
5000..........13:08.4.......Henry Rono' (Washington St).........Berkeley, California.......4/ 8/78
(AmC).........13:15.77......Bill McChesney (Oregon).............Eugene, Oregon.............5/16/81
10,000........27:36.2.......Gabriel Kamau' (UTEP)...............Walnut, California.........4/24/82
(AmC).........27:41.05......Ed Eyestone (BYU)...................Walnut, California.........4/27/85
110H..........13.00.........Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland).........Westwood, California.......5/ 6/79
400H..........47.85.........Kevin Young (UCLA)..................Eugene, Oregon.............6/ 3/88

Relay Events
4 x 100.......38.04.........TCU.................................Amherst, New York..........6/ 5/98
(Bryan Howard, Jarmiene Holloway, Syan Williams', Percy Spencer')
4 x 200.......1:19.67.......TCU.................................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/29/00
(Lindel Frater', Ricardo Williams', Darvis Patton, Kim Collins')
4 x 400.......2:59.91.......UCLA................................Eugene, Oregon.............6/ 4/88
(Steve Lewis 45.0, Kevin Young 44.4, Danny Everett 45.3, Henry Thomas 45.2)
4 x 800.......7:08.96.......Arizona State.......................Tempe, Arizona.............4/ 7/84
(Pete Richardson 1:47.5, Eddie Davis 1:47.8, Treg Scott 1:48.1, Mike Stahr 1:45.6)
4 x 1500......14:50.2.......Arkansas............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/27/85
(Keith Iovine 3:48.8, Gary Taylor' 3:38.6, David Swain' 3:41.6, Paul Donovan' 3:41.2)
4 x Mile......16:07.96......Arkansas............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/24/99
(Sharif Karie' 4:03.2, Michael Power' 4:02.2, Matt Kerr' 4:07.0, Seneca Lassiter 3:55.6)
Sprint Medley.3:12.13.......Arkansas............................Austin, Texas..............4/ 7/00
(Chandun O'Neal 20.5, Melvin Lister 20.6, Sam Glover 45.0, James Karanu' 1:46.0)
Distance Medley9:20.10.......Arkansas............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/28/89
(Reuben Reina 2:53.9, Charles Williams 46.4, Robert Bradley 1:46.0, Joe Falcon 3:53.8)
4 x 110H......54.40.........Tennessee...........................Knoxville, Tennessee.......5/22/81
(Jerome Wilson, Anthony Hancock, Reggie Towns, Willie Gault)

Jumping Events
High Jump.....2.38(A)..7-93/4 ....Hollis Conway (SWn Louisiana).......Provo, Utah................6/ 3/89
(low-alt).....2.37i....7-91/4 ....Hollis Conway (SWn Louisiana).......Indianapolis, Indiana......3/11/89
Pole Vault....5.98.....19-71/2 ...Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee)........Knoxville, Tennessee.......5/25/96
Long Jump.....8.74(A)..28-81/4 ...Erick Walder (Arkansas).............El Paso, Texas.............4/ 2/94
(low-alt).....8.59i....28-21/4 ...Miguel Pate (Alabama)...............New York, New York.........3/ 1/02
(l-alt out)...8.53.....28-0.......Erick Walder (Arkansas).............New Orleans, Louisiana.....6/ 3/93
Triple Jump...17.57(A).57-73/4 ...Keith Connor' (SMU).................Provo, Utah................6/ 5/82
(AmC & l-alt)17.54....57-61/2 ...Mike Conley (Arkansas)..............Austin, Texas..............6/ 1/85

Throwing Events
Shot..........22.00....72-21/4 ...John Godina (UCLA)..................Knoxville, Tennessee.......6/ 3/95
Discus........66.91....219-6......Gábor Máté' (Auburn)................La Jolla, California.......3/25/00
(AmC).........66.58....218-5......Kamy Keshmiri (Nevada)..............Eugene, Oregon.............5/31/91
Hammer........81.94....268-10.....Balázs Kiss' (USC)..................Tucson, Arizona............5/19/95
(AmC).........78.34....257-0......Ken Flax (Oregon)...................Indianapolis, Indiana......6/ 7/86
Javelin.......89.10....292-4......Patrik Bodén' (Texas)...............Austin, Texas..............3/24/90
(AmC).........83.30....273-3......Tom Pukstys (Florida)...............Gainesville, Florida.......4/28/90

Multi Event
Decathlon.....8463..........Tom Pappas (Tennessee)..............Tucson, Arizona............3/17 18/99
(10.75, 24-81/4/7.52, 50-21/2/15.30, 6-111/2/2.12, 49.01 [4441],
14.33, 159-8/48.66, 16-43/4/5.00, 208-5/63.52, 5:02.42 [4022])

Better Marks Made Outside Regular Collegiate Season
100...........9.90..........Ato Boldon' (UCLA)..................Atlanta, Georgia...........7/27/96
(AmC).........9.93(A).......Calvin Smith (Alabama)..............Colorado Springs, Colorado.7/ 3/83
(low-alt AmC).9.94..........Leroy Burrell (Houston).............Houston, Texas.............6/16/89
200...........19.85.........Michael Johnson (Baylor)............Edinburgh, Scotland........7/ 6/90
400...........43.50.........Quincy Watts (USC)..................Barcelona, Spain...........8/ 5/92
800...........1:41.77.......Joaquim Cruz' (Oregon)..............Cologne, Germany...........8/26/84
(AmC).........1:43.74.......Earl Jones (Eastern Michigan).......Los Angeles, California....6/19/84
1500..........3:30.56.......Bernard Lagat' (Washington St)......Zürich, Switzerland........8/11/99
(AmC).........3:33.1........Jim Ryun (Kansas)...................Los Angeles, California....7/ 8/67
Mile..........3:50.34.......Todd Harbour (Baylor)...............Oslo, Norway...............7/11/81
3000..........7:32.1........Henry Rono' (Washington St).........Oslo, Norway...............6/27/78
St
(AmC).........8:10.69.......Mark Croghan (Ohio St)..............Rome, Italy................7/17/91
10,000........27:22.47......Henry Rono' (Washington St).........Vienna, Austria............6/11/78
400H..........47.10.........Samuel Matete' (Auburn).............Zürich, Switzerland........8/ 7/91
(AmC).........47.45.........Edwin Moses (Morehouse).............Westwood, California.......6/11/77

Field Events
High Jump.....2.39.....7-10.......Hollis Conway (SWn Louisiana).......Norman, Oklahoma...........7/30/89
Triple Jump...17.71....58-11/4 ...Mike Conley (Arkansas)..............Indianapolis, Indiana......6/16/85
Hammer........82.56....270-10.....Balázs Kiss' (USC)..................Veszprém, Hungary..........8/23/95