1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host City:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Dates:	June 15–17
Stadium:	IUPUI Track and Soccer Stadium
Previous:	1984
Next:	1986

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

Men track events

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

High jump
Pole vault
Long jump		w		w		w
Triple jump		WR, AR, CR
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon		8381w		8156w		8068

Women track events

100 meters		10.98^[2]	Pam Marshall^[3]	11.21		11.23
200 meters		21.93		22.39		22.57
400 meters		50.64^[4]		50.79		51.96
800 meters		1:59.48		1:59.63		2:00.17
1500 meters		4:04.73		4.06.46		4.07.42
3000 meters		8:49.64^[5]		8.49.6		8.52.54
5000 meters^[6]	Suzanne Girard	15:57.50	Jan Merrill	15:57.83		15:58.39
10,000 meters^[7]	Francie Larrieu Smith	32:18.29	Kirsten O'Hara	32:40.76		32:48.88
Marathon		2:31:36		2:31:53		2:34:17
100 meters hurdles	Rhonda Blanford^[8]	12.85	Stephanie Hightower	12.92	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	13.04
400 meters hurdles		55.10		55.53		56.34
10K racewalk	Maryanne Torrellas	48:38.16	Teresa Vaill	49:25.43	Debbi Lawrence	50:25.43

Women field events

High jump
Long jump		w		w		^[9]
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon		6587^[10]		5765		5606

See also

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References

• Results from T&FN
• results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Willie Banks smashed the world record in the triple.
2. News: Winners of Individual and Team Championships During 1985. The New York Times. 29 December 1985.
3. Web site: Track and Field Statistics.
4. News: Banks Triple Jumps to World Record. The New York Times. 17 June 1985. Litsky. Frank.
5. Web site: Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois on June 17, 1985 · Page 14.
6. Web site: ARRS - Race: TAC/USA Championships.
7. Web site: ARRS - Race: TAC/USA Championships.
8. Web site: Track Results;NEWLN:U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Indianapolis, June 15.
9. Web site: Track and Field Statistics . 2018-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415070552/http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1985&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= . 2015-04-15 . dead .
10. Web site: The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on June 19, 1985 · Page 22.