The 1973 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 15–17 at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. This was Bakersfield's third and last time to host the men's division in a sequence every three years since 1967. At this time, Memorial Stadium still had a finely crushed brick surface, the last time the championships was held on a dirt track. They would host the women's division the following year, as they had in 1971. This was also the last time the men's division would compete at imperial distances (though the women would continue for another year). The women's division held their championships separately a little over a hundred fifty miles south at Anteater Stadium on the campus of University of California, Irvine in Irvine, California.
Results
Men track events 100 meters Steve Williams 9.4 Herb Washington 9.4 Ivory Crockett 9.4 220 yards Steve Williams 20.4 Mark Lutz 20.5 Marshall Dill 20.5440 yards Maurice Peoples 45.2 Carl Farmer 45.8 Benny Brown 45.9880 yards Rick Wohlhuter 1.45.6 CR David Wottle 1.46.2 Skip Kent 1.46.51 Mile Leonard Hilton 3.55.9 Martin Liquori 3.56.8 Chuck LaBenz 3.58.03 miles Steve Prefontaine 12.53.4 CRy Richard Buerkle 12.59.8 John HartnettPaul Geis 13.06.413.09.26 miles Gordon MintyTed Castaneda 27.20.827.22.4 Jeff Galloway 27.22.6 Scott Bringhurst 27.23.0Marathon held in San Mateo, California Douglas Schmenk 2.15.48 CR John Vitale 2.19.52 Don Kennedy 2.19.58110 meters hurdles Thomas Hill 13.52 Tommy Lee White 13.70 Charles Foster 13.72 440 yard hurdles Jim Bolding 49.2 CRy Ralph Mann 49.6 Robert Primeaux 50.23000 m steeplechase Douglas Brown 8.26.8 Barry Brown 8.27.2 Jim Johnson 8.33.65000 meters racewalk John Knifton 21:36.4 Ron Laird 21:45.4 Bill Ranney 21:49.0
Men field events High jump Dwight Stones MR Tom Woods Chris Dunn Pole vault Mike Cotton Vic Dias Robert PullardRonald MooersJonathan VaughnFrank RockDave HamerVince StrubleTerry Porter Long jump Randy Williams Al Lanier James McAlister Triple jump John Craft MR Barry McClure Milan Tiff Shot put Al Feuerbach Ron Semkiw Samuel Walker Discus Throw Mac Wilkins John Powell Tim Vollmer Hammer throw Ted Bregar Albert Hall Steve DeAutremont Javelin throw Cary Feldmann Fred Luke Bob Kouvolo All-around decathlon Norm Cyprus 6756 pts Pentathlon Rick Wanamaker 3499 pts Decathlon Jeff Bennett 8121 Steve Gough 7938 Ron Evans 7751
Women track events 100 yards Iris Davis 10.3 Martha Watson 10.4 Fran Sichting 10.4220 yards Mable Fergerson 23.4 Fran Sichting 23.5 Jacqueline Thompson 23.6440 yards Mable Fergerson 54.1 Marilyn NeufvilleKathy Hammond 54.554.9 Chris A'Harrah 55.4880 yards Wendy Koenig 2.04.7 CR Mary Decker 2.05.6 Cheryl Toussaint 2.06.71 Mile Francie Larrieu 4.40.4 CR Kathy Gibbons 4.40.5 Eileen Claugus 4.40.72 miles Eileen Claugus 10.19.4 Kathy Gibbons 10.33.0 Tena Anex 10.34.0100 meters hurdles Patricia Johnson 12.9w Debbie Lansky 13.5w Pat Donnelly 13.8w400 meters hurdles Gail Fitzgerald 61.1 CR Clydine Crowder 61.9 Janet Reusser 63.0Mile walk Esther Marquez 7:54.6 NR Sue Brodock 7:59.0 Cheryl Dotseth 8:06.2
Women field events High jump DeAnne Wilson Audrey ReidKaren Moller Pamela BlackburnJoni Huntley Long jump Martha Watson w Willye White w Jane Frederick wShot put Maren Seidler Denise Wood Jean RobertsJan Svendsen Discus Throw Jean RobertsJosephine de la ViñaMonette Driscoll Joan PavelichCarol Frost Vivian Turner Javelin throw Kathy Schmidt Barbara Friedrich Lynn Cannon Pentathlon Jane Frederick 4281 Gail Fitzgerald 4273 Mitzi McMillin 4109
See also United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
References
Results from T&FN results