| Doug Brown | |
| Sport: | Sport of athletics |
| Event: | 5000 metres 10,000 metres |
| Updated: | 20 February 2024 |
Doug Brown (born 31 May 1944) is an American long-distance runner. He won the 6-mile run and 3-mile run (imperial equivalents of the 10,000 metres and 5000 metres) at the 1965 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting championship records in both events. He has been called Montana's greatest distance runner ever.[1]
Brown won his first ever race, a half-mile run as a child in the 7th grade. He ran 2:21 for the half-mile as an 8th-grader, and the following year at Red Lodge High School he broke the school record in the mile run with a 4:42 time as a freshman.
In 1965, Brown won two titles at the 1965 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, competing for the Montana Grizzlies track and field team. Running with a "full-throttle" strategy, he set meeting records in the 6-mile run and 3-mile run.[2]
Brown won the U.S. 15K championship title in 1966 with a time of 45:11.0. It was the only time the championship was held on a running track.[3]
Brown was originally from Carbon County, Montana, where he attended Red Lodge High School. He later moved to Missoula, Montana, and became a track and field coach at Sentinel High School.