1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

International athletics championship event

1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Dates| June 15–17
Host city| Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Venue| IUPUI Track and Soccer Stadium

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The 1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 15–17 at IUPUI Track and Soccer Stadium on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress. The decathlon and heptathlon were held the two days after the main meet. Marathon National Championships were held at the California International Marathon in December.

The most notable event at this meet was Willie Banks' world record in the triple jump. The jump occurred almost by accident as the always exuberant Banks took his attempt and rushed out of the pit in order to cheer for his Athletics West teammate Louise Romo, who was finishing her 800 meters race.[1]

## Results

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### Men track events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 meters
(+0.0 m/s) | Kirk Baptiste | 10.11  | Lee McNeill | 10.17  | Calvin Smith | 10.18
200 meters
(+0.3 m/s) | Kirk Baptiste | 20.11  | Roy Martin | 20.13  | Calvin Smith | 20.26
400 meters | Mark Rowe | 44.87  | Darrell Robinson | 44.94  | Roddie Haley | 45.06
800 meters | Johnny Gray | 1:44.01  | John Marshall | 1:44.53  | Earl Jones | 1:44.58
1500 meters | Jim Spivey | 3:39.54  | Steve Scott | 3:39.61  | Tim Hacker | 3:39.63
5000 meters | Doug Padilla | 13:16.42  | Sydney Maree | 13:17.13  | Matt Centrowitz | 13:33.92
10,000 meters | Bruce Bickford | 28:00.10  | Mark Nenow | 28:12.60  | Pat Porter | 28:12.90
110 meters hurdles
(+1.1 m/s) | Roger Kingdom | 13.26  | Cletus Clark | 13.43  | Keith Talley | 13.59
400 meters hurdles | Andre Phillips | 47.67  | Danny Harris | 48.65  | Tony Rambo | 49.29
3000 meters steeplechase | Henry Marsh | 8:18.35  | Brian Diemer | 8:20.64  | Farley Gerber | 8:21.99
10 kilometres race walk | Tim Lewis | 28:26.46  | Marco Evoniuk | 29:28.12  | Todd Scully | 30:12.16

### Men field events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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High jump | Brian Stanton | 7 ft 61⁄2 in (2.29 m)  | Lee Balkin | 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m)  | Darren Burton | 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m)
Pole vault | Joe Dial | 18 ft 91⁄4 in (5.72 m)  | Mike Tully | 18 ft 51⁄4 in (5.61 m)  | Billy Olson | 18 ft 51⁄4 in (5.61 m)
Long jump | Mike Conley | 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)w  | Jason Grimes | 27 ft 103⁄4 in (8.5 m)w  | Mike Powell | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)w
Triple jump | Willie Banks | 58 ft 111⁄2 in (17.97 m) WR, AR, CR | Mike Conley | 58 ft 11⁄4 in (17.71 m)  | Charlie Simpkins | 57 ft 53⁄4 in (17.51 m)
Shot put | Dave Laut | 68 ft 113⁄4 in (21.02 m)  | John Brenner | 68 ft 93⁄4 in (20.97 m)  | Jesse Stuart | 68 ft 1 in (20.75 m)
Discus throw | John Powell | 214 ft 4 in (65.32 m)  | Art Burns | 211 ft 10 in (64.56 m)  | Judd Binley | 210 ft 3 in (64.08 m)
Hammer throw | Jud Logan | 250 ft 2 in (76.25 m)  | Dave McKenzie | 232 ft 4 in (70.81 m)  | Ken Flax | 230 ft 3 in (70.18 m)
Javelin throw | Tom Petranoff | 286 ft 1 in (87.19 m)  | Tom Jadwin | 284 ft 6 in (86.71 m)  | Duncan Atwood | 276 ft 10 in (84.37 m)
Decathlon | John Sayre | 8381w  | Mike Ramos | 8156w  | Tim Bright | 8068

### Women track events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 meters | Merlene Ottey-Page | 10.98[2] | Pam Marshall[3] | 11.21  | Diane Williams | 11.23
200 meters | Merlene Ottey-Page | 21.93  | Pam Marshall | 22.39  | Grace Jackson | 22.57
400 meters | Lillie Leatherwood | 50.64[4] | Diane Dixon | 50.79  | Ilrey Oliver | 51.96
800 meters | Claudette Groenendaal | 1:59.48  | Louise Romo | 1:59.63  | Delisa Walton | 2:00.17
1500 meters | Diana Richburg | 4:04.73  | Darlene Beckford | 4.06.46  | Ruth Wysocki | 4.07.42
3000 meters | Cathy Branta | 8:49.64[5] | Cindy Bremser | 8.49.6  | Mary Knisely | 8.52.54
5000 meters[6] | Suzanne Girard | 15:57.50  | Jan Merrill | 15:57.83  | Annie Schweitzer | 15:58.39
10,000 meters[7] | Francie Larrieu Smith | 32:18.29  | Kirsten O'Hara | 32:40.76  | Lynn Jennings | 32:48.88
Marathon | Nancy Ditz | 2:31:36  | Janis Klecker | 2:31:53  | Maureen Roben | 2:34:17
100 meters hurdles | Rhonda Blanford[8] | 12.85  | Stephanie Hightower | 12.92  | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | 13.04
400 meters hurdles | Judi Brown-King | 55.10  | LaTanya Sheffield | 55.53  | Tonia Brown | 56.34
10K racewalk | Maryanne Torrellas | 48:38.16  | Teresa Vaill | 49:25.43  | Debbi Lawrence | 50:25.43

### Women field events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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High jump | Louis Ritter | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Coleen Sommer | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Phyllis Blunston | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Long jump | Carol Lewis | 6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in)w  | Sabrina Williams | 6.46 m (21 ft 2+1⁄4 in)w  | Esmerelda Garcia | 6.39 m (20 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[9]
Triple jump | Wendy Brown | 13.17 m (43 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  | Donna Thomas | 13.13 m (43 ft 3⁄4 in)  | Terri Turner | 13.11 m (43 ft 0 in)
Shot put | Ramona Pagel | 18.40 m (60 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  | Peggy Pollock | 17.56 m (57 ft 7+1⁄4 in)  | Regina Cavanaugh | 16.94 m (55 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
Discus throw | Carol Cady | 61.19 m (200 ft 9 in)  | Penny Neer | 56.44 m (185 ft 2 in)  | Lorna Griffin | 54.66 m (179 ft 3 in)
Javelin throw | Cathy Sulinski | 60.25 m (197 ft 8 in)  | Lori Mercer | 57.50 m (188 ft 7 in)  | Linda Sutfin | 57.12 m (187 ft 4 in)
Heptathlon | Jane Frederick | 6587[10] | Jolanda Jones | 5765  | Lana Zimmerman | 5606

## See also

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* United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

## References

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1. ^ "Willie Banks smashed the world record in the triple".
2. ^ "Winners of Individual and Team Championships During 1985". The New York Times. December 29, 1985.
3. ^ "Track and Field Statistics".
4. ^ Litsky, Frank (June 17, 1985). "Banks Triple Jumps to World Record". The New York Times.
5. ^ "Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois on June 17, 1985 · Page 14".
6. ^ "ARRS - Race: TAC/USA Championships".
7. ^ "ARRS - Race: TAC/USA Championships".
8. ^ "Track Results;NEWLN:U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Indianapolis, June 15".
9. ^ "Track and Field Statistics". Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
10. ^ "The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on June 19, 1985 · Page 22".

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