American long-distance runner
Todd Williams
Birth name Todd Dwayne Williams Nationality American Born (1969-03-07 ) March 7, 1969 (age 52) Monroe, Michigan Sport Track Event(s) 10,000 meters College team University of Tennessee Personal best(s) 5000 meters : 13:19.50 10,000m : 27:31.34
Todd Dwayne Williams (born March 7, 1969, in Monroe , Michigan)[1] is a retired long-distance runner from the United States , who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics , starting in 1992. During high school he won the Michigan team race title twice. He was a two-time United States cross country champion , with victories in 1991 and 1993. He attended the University of Tennessee where he was an All-American for three years.
Is also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt under Luiz Palhares and runs an ASICS sponsored company known as RunSafer.
His personal bests were 13:19.50 in the 5000 m and 27:31.34 in the 10,000 m . He ran his marathon best of 2:11:17 in the 1997 Chicago Marathon . He is a five-time winner of the Gate River Run and set the current American record over 15 km at the event, running a time of 42:22 minutes for the distance. This is also the record for the whole of the North American, Central American and Caribbean region (NACAC).
Williams also holds the 3rd-fastest half marathon time ever by an American of 60:11 which he ran in Tokyo in 1993.[2]
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1932–1979Amateur Athletic Union
1899–1901:
1902: not held
1903:
1904–7: George Bonhag
1908–9:
1910:
1911: George Bonhag
1912: not held
1913:
1914: Harry Smith
1915: Mike Devaney
1916: Joie Ray
1917: John Ryan (IRL)
1918:
1919:
1920:
1921: Max Bohland
1922: John Romig
1923–4: Joie Ray
1925: Paavo Nurmi * (2)
1926–7:
1928: Leo Lermond
1929: Edvin Wide
1930: Joe McCluskey
1931: Leo Lermond
1932–3: George Lermond
1934–5:
1936–7: Norm Bright
1938–9: Don Lash
1940–3: Greg Rice
1944:
1945–6:
1947–8: Curt Stone
1949: Gaston Reiff (BEL) * (3) Fred Wilt
1950–1: Curt Stone
1952–6: Horace Ashenfelter
1957:
1958: Veliša Mugoša (YUG) * (2)
1959: Bill Dellinger
1960: Al Lawrence (AUS)
1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (3)
1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (4)
1963: Michel Bernard (FRA) * (2) Bob Schul
1964: Ron Clarke (AUS) * (2) Pete McArdle
1965: Billy Mills
1966: (HUN) * (2) Tracy Smith
1967: Tracy Smith
1968–9: George Young
1970:
1971: Frank Shorter
1972: Emiel Puttemans (BEL) * (2) Leonard Hilton
1973: Tracy Smith
1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter
1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3)
1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)
1979: Marty Liquori
1981–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931), 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986) and odd numbered years since 2015, and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014
USA Championship winners in the men's 10K run
USA Championship winners in the men's
15K run Distance was 10 miles from 1899 to 1932
USA Championship winners in the men's 10-mile run
1997: Todd Williams
1998:
1999:
2000]–02: Not held
2003:
2004: Dan Browne
2005–07: Abdihakem Abdirahman
2008: Not held
2009: Abdihakem Abdirahman
2010: Fasil Bizuneh
2011: Mo Trafeh
2012: Ben True
2013: Not held
2014: Christo Landry
2015–16: Sam Chelanga
2017–18: Shadrack Kipchirchir
2019: Futsum Zeinasellassie
2020: Not held
USA Championship winners in the men's half marathon
1987: Paul Cummings
1988:
1989: Not held
1990: Mark Curp
1991:
1992: Don Janicki
1993: Ed Eyestone
1994: Rod DeHaven
1995: Steve Spence
1996:
1997:
1998: Rod DeHaven
1999: Todd Williams
2000: Rod DeHaven
2001: Dan Browne
2002:
2003–04: Ryan Shay
2005: Dan Browne
2006: Brian Sell
2007: Ryan Hall
2008:
2009: Meb Keflezighi
2010:
2011: Mo Trafeh
2012: Abdihakem Abdirahman
2013–14: Meb Keflezighi
2015: Diego Estrada
2016: Christo Landry
2017: Leonard Korir
2018: Chris Derrick
2019: Leonard Korir
2020: Not held
USA Championship winners in the men's
25K run Distance was 15 miles from 1925 to 1932
USA Cross Country Championships men's winners
1890:
1891:
1892:
1893–96: Not held
1897–98: George Orton (CAN)
1899–1900: Not held
1901:
1902: Not held
1903: John J. Joyce
1904: Not held
1905:
1906:
1907–08:
1909:
1910:
1911–12:
1913: Abel Kiviat
1914: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)
1915:
1916: Ville Kyrönen (FIN)
1917: James Henigan
1918: Max Bohland
1919–20: Fred Faller
1921: Earl Johnson
1922–23: Ville Ritola (FIN)
1924:
1925–27: Ville Ritola (FIN)
1928–29:
1930:
1931:
1932: Joe McCluskey
1933:
1934–40: Don Lash
1941:
1942:
1943: William Hulse
1944:
1945:
1946:
1947: Curt Stone
1948:
1949: Fred Wilt
1950: Browning Ross
1951: Bill Ashenfelter
1952–53: Fred Wilt
1954: Gordon McKenzie
1955–56: Horace Ashenfelter
1957–58: (POL)
1959–60: Al Lawrence (AUS)
1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN)
1962: Pete McArdle
1963: Bruce Kidd (CAN)
1964: Dave Ellis (CAN)
1965–66: Ron Larrieu
1967: Kenny Moore
1968: John Mason
1969: Jack Bacheler
1970–73: Frank Shorter
1974: (KEN)
1975:
1976:
1977: Nick Rose (GBR)
1978: Greg Meyer
1979: Alberto Salazar
1980:
1981: Adrian Royle (GBR)
1982–89: Pat Porter
1990: Bob Kempainen
1991: Todd Williams
1992: Bob Kennedy
1993: Todd Williams
1994: Reuben Reina
1995:
1996: Reuben Reina
1997:
1998: Not held
1999: Alan Culpepper
2000: Adam Goucher
2001–02: Meb Keflezighi
2003: Alan Culpepper
2004: Bob Kennedy
2005: Dathan Ritzenhein
2006: Ryan Hall
2007: Alan Culpepper
2008: Dathan Ritzenhein
2009: Meb Keflezighi
2010: Dathan Ritzenhein
2011:
2012:
2013–15: Chris Derrick
2016:
2017–18: Leonard Korir
2019: Shadrack Kipchirchir
2020: Anthony Rotich
1992 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches
Mel Rosen (men's head coach)
Harry Groves (men's assistant coach)
(men's assistant coach)
(men's assistant coach)
(men's assistant coach)
Fred Samara (men's assistant coach)
Barbara Jacket (women's head coach)
Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach)
(women's assistant coach)
(women's assistant coach)
1996 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification 1996 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches —
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