List of junior college track and field records in the United States

This is a list of records in the sport of track and field at the junior college level in the United States. The national governing body of athletics at that level is the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). However, the California Community College system, the largest in the country with over 100 institutions, is not a member of the NJCAA, instead governing its sports through the unaffiliated California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). Merging the records between these organizations has been left to the independent publication Track and Field News (T&FN) primarily in the person of Robert Hersh, who also supervises records for USA Track and Field (USATF).

Starting in the 1970s, many community colleges began recruiting foreign born athletes. With some of the best athletes in the world competing against American college freshmen and sophomores, an additional set of records for the best American born athletes was also included. T&FN was not 100% accurate when assessing which athletes are not Americans They were not given assistance by the colleges, who tended not to discuss the foreign roots of some of their recruits. Additionally, with the less restrictive eligibility regulations (as compared to the very strict NCAA regulations), foreign born athletes could be older than the 18- to 20-year-old Americans who entered community college immediately following high school.

All of these records appear to be exclusively from Community College level competition, as opposed to the means T&FN uses in calculating High School records, where they allow all attempts by a high school affiliated athlete made against Open level competitors.

Men

Key: ' after name = non-U.S. citizen (A) = altitude-aided mark--over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only) i = made indoors (banked-track marks not acceptable) EventRecordAthleteSchoolDateMeetPlace100 m9.93 Kemarley Brown' Merritt College17 May 2014Walnut CCCAA State ChampionshipsWalnut, California10.05 Ryan Bailey Rend Lake College22 May 2009Hutchinson NJCAA ChampionshipsHutchinson, Kansas200 m19.79 James Dadzie'Western Texas29 April 2023Corky/Crofoot ShootoutLubbock, Texas400 m44.52Tyree WashingtonSan Bernardino Valley College3 May 1997Bakersfield, California800 m1:45.15Boaz Kiplagat Lalang' Rend Lake College9 May 2008Eugene Oregon TwilightEugene, Oregon1:46.60George KershTaft College22 April 1989Mt. SAC RelaysWalnut, California1500 m3:37.62Boaz Kiplagat Lalang' Rend Lake College26 April 2008Hillsdale Gina RelaysHillsdale, Michigan(unknown)Mile4:00.0 Reggie McAfeeBrevard Community College16 April 1971Philadelphia, Pennsylvania3000 m steeplechase8:29.4 Julius Kariuki' Riverside City CollegeWalnut, California4/23/888:49.7 Nathan MorrisLane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon5/14/835000 m13:25.20Noureddine Morceli' Riverside City CollegeWalnut, California4/21/9013:59.20Mark RuelasCitrus CollegeBakersfield, California5/15/8210,000 m28:35.0Mark Roberts' Central Arizona CollegeWalnut, California4/25/8729:03.0Kirk PfefferGrossmont CollegeIrvine, California3/28/76110 m hurdles13.32Ryan Brathwaite' Barton Community CollegeAustin, Texas4/04/09400 m hurdles49.29Eric ThomasBlinn CollegeOdessa, Texas5/21/944 × 100 m relay38.86Odessa College(Jon Drummond, James Law, Rodney Eleby, Pat Drake)Odessa, Texas5/16/87 4 × 200 m relay1:20.79Central Arizona College(Richard Butler, Garfield Campbell' , Patrick O'Connor' , Howard Davis' )Walnut, California4/24/88 4 × 400 m relay3:01.32South Plains College(Alistair Moona' , Daniel Harper' , Vernon Norwood, Bralon Taplin)Lubbock, Texas5/05/12 4 × 800 m relay7:19.24Blinn College(Jimmy Pierre-Louis 1:51.5, Jean Destine' 1:50.7, Cliff Beckford 1:51.3, Savieri Ngidhi' 1:45.7)Austin, Texas4/03/924 × 1500 m relay15:41.66Blinn College(Junior Mitchell 3:55.1, Godfrey Siamusiye' 3:52.5, Richie Dikstall 3:54.8, Herbert Habyarimana' 3:59.3)Brenham, Texas4/20/944 × mile relay16:31.0Allegheny College(Tarald Lindvigsmoen' 4:08.6, Malcolm East' 4:06.4, Amos Korir' 4:00.2, James Rotich' 4:15.8)Knoxville, Tennessee4/14/78Sprint medley relay3:12.67Blinn College(James Dibble, Jason Hendrix, LaMont Smith 45.7, Savieri Ngidhi' 1:45.9)Austin, Texas4/02/93Distance medley relay9:41.65Ranger College(Ricky Roberts, George Bullard, Zak Gwandu' , Pat Chester')Austin, Texas4/05/854×110 hurdles relay56.52Blinn College(Henrik Dagård' , Rory Norris, Brian Richardson, Kevin White)Lafayette, Louisiana3/27/93High jumpDennis LewisLong Beach City CollegeLos Angeles, California3/30/85Pole vaultDason PhelpsParadise Valley Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona3/18/00Long jumpVernon George Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas5/17/85Triple jumpJames Beckford' Blinn CollegeOdessa, Texas5/20/95Walter Davis Barton Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana5/19/00Shot putRon SemkiwMesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona3/05/74Discus throwAndrey Kokhanovskiy' Blinn CollegePasadena, Texas4/26/95Brian WilliamsIowa Central Community CollegeMt. Vernon, Iowa4/26/86Hammer throwBranislav Daniš' Central Arizona CollegeMesa, Arizona5/08/07Remy ConatserSaddleback CollegeLos Angeles, California4/07/12Javelin throwTom PukstysCollege of DuPageTallahassee, Florida3/18/88Decathlon7532David LemenClackamas Community CollegeSpokane, Washington5/1-2/00

Women

EventRecordAthleteSchoolPlaceDate100 m 11.12Natasha Mayers LA Southwest CollegeWalnut, California5/12/0111.23Zelda JohnsonMt. San Antonio CollegeBakersfield, California5/26/84200 m22.39Veronica Campbell Barton Community CollegeOdessa, Texas5/18/0222.86Ashton PurvisLaney CollegeNorwalk, California19 May 2012400 m50.92Sandie Richards San Jacinto CollegeOdessa, Texas5/16/8752.68Gwen GardnerWest Los Angeles CollegeWestwood, California5/16/82800 m2:01.92Claudine Williams Barton Community CollegeEdwardsville, Illinois5/16/982:03.9Ruth WysockiCitrus CollegeFresno, California5/06/781500 m4:17.82Sylvia MosquedaEast Los Angeles CollegeStanford, California3/29/863000 m9:13.0 Trina PainterPhoenix CollegeWalnut, California4/26/863000 m steeplechase5000 m15:52.5 Sylvia MosquedaEast Los Angeles CollegeWalnut, California5/16/8610,000 m34:29.36Jessica Mildes Community Colleges of SpokaneWalnut, California4/17/14100 hurdles13.13Nichole BelcherEssex County CollegeOdessa, Texas5/20/95400 hurdles56.92Tanya Jarrett Central Arizona CollegeWalnut, California4/20/9758.96Margaret HemmansEl Camino CollegeBakersfield, California5/26/84High jumpShaunette Davidson Barton Community CollegeLevelland, Texas5/08/04Phyllis BluntsonEl Camino CollegeBakersfield, California5/16/79Kathy Raugust Hartnell CollegePorterville, California5/10/81Shenell SearcyOdessa CollegeOdessa, Texas5/18/91Hyleas FountainBarton Community CollegeOdessa, Texas5/16/02Pole vault Becky HollidayClackamas Community CollegeSpokane, Washington5/24/01Long jump 22-6¼Elva Goulbourne Central Arizona CollegeTucson, Arizona5/03/01 21-3½Sheila Nicks College of the SequoiasModesto, California5/21/83Triple jump 46-3½Yuliana PerezPima Community CollegeOdessa, Texas5/18/02Shot put 55-3¾Grace Apiafi Mt. San Antonio CollegeSanta Barbara, California5/19/90Janeah Stewart Iowa Central Community CollegeDes Moines, Iowa4/30/16Discus throw 183-2Ilona RutgesCentral Arizona CollegeTucson, Arizona3/16/02 181-2Stacy AinlayGlendale Community CollegeOdessa, Texas5/16/91Hammer throwJessika ByrdRiverside City CollegeAntelope Valley, California4 May 2013Javelin throw 169-5Trina Rogers Clackamas Community CollegeEugene, Oregon5/27/99Heptathlon5687 ptsLisa Wright Barton Community CollegeOdessa, Texas5/15-16/965673 ptsHyleas FountainBarton Community CollegeOdessa, Texas5/16-17/024 × 100 m relay43.83Barton Community College (Dionne Rose , Juliet Campbell , Beverly McDonald , Cheryl Ann Phillips )Austin, Texas4/05/91 4 × 200 m relay1:33.63Barton Community College(Natalee Sterling , Sonia Williams , Mikessis Triplett, Aleen Bailey )Lawrence, Kansas4/21/004 × 400 m relay3:30.66San Jacinto College(Jackie Gayle 52.0, Karlene Haughton 52.2, Avia Morgan 53.3, Lorieann Adams 53.2)Austin, Texas5/08/924 × 800 m relay8:37.75Barton Community College(Nancy Torres 2:15.0, Karen Bennett 2:08.5, Mardrea Hyman 2:09.5, Inez Turner 2:04.8)Austin, Texas4/03/93Sprint Medley Relay(1-1-2-4)1:38.93San Jacinto College(Karlene Haughton , Avia Morgan , Merlene Frazer 22.6, Lorieann Adams 51.5)Austin, Texas4/03/93Sprint Medley Relay(2-2-4-8)3:46.37San Jacinto College(Andrea Giscombe 24.0, Avia Morgan 23.5, Ellen Grant 52.3, Lorrieann Adams 2:06.6)Austin, Texas4/09/94Distance Medley Relay11:37.17Barton Community College(Inez Turner , Karen Bennett , Janice Turner , Mardrea Hyman )Lawrence, Kansas4/17/93

See also List of CCCAA Championship records in track and field

References General Track & Field News: Men's Junior College Records 31 August 2024 Track & Field News: Women's Junior College Records 31 August 2024 Specific