List of United States community college records in track and field explained

This is a list of records in the sport of Track and Field at the Community 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)

Event	Record	Athlete	School	Meet	Place	Date	Ref	Video
100 m	9.93	Kemarley Brown'	Merritt College		Walnut, California	5/17/14	^[1]
	10.05		Rend Lake College		Hutchinson, Kansas	5/22/09
200 m	19.82	Kenny Bednarek	Indian Hills Community College		Hobbs, New Mexico	5/18/19		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jefAShYy-Jk
	20.08	Aaron Armstrong'	Barton Community College		Norman, Oklahoma	4/10/99
	19.79 (+1.3 m/s)	James Dadzie'	Western Texas	Corky/Crofoot Shootout	Lubbock, Texas	29 April 2023	^[2]
400 m	44.52	Tyree Washington	San Bernardino Valley College		Bakersfield, California	5/03/97
800 m	1:45.15	Boaz Lalang'	Rend Lake College		Eugene, Oregon	5/09/08
	1:46.60	George Kersh	Taft College		Walnut, California	4/23/89
1500 m	3:37.62	Boaz Lalang'	Rend Lake College		Hillsdale, Michigan	4/25/08
	(unknown)
Mile	4:00.0	Reggie McAfee	Brevard Community College		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	4/16/71
3000 m steeplechase	8:29.4	Julius Kariuki'	Riverside City College		Walnut, California	4/23/88
	8:49.7	Nathan Morris	Lane Community College		Eugene, Oregon	5/14/83
5000 m	13:25.20	Noureddine Morceli'	Riverside City College		Walnut, California	4/21/90
	13:59.20	Mark Ruelas	Citrus College		Bakersfield, California	5/15/82
10000 m	28:35.0	Mark Roberts'	Central Arizona College		Walnut, California	4/25/87
	29:03.0	Kirk Pfeffer	Grossmont College		Irvine, California	3/28/76
110 m hurdles	13.32	Ryan Brathwaite'	Barton Community College		Austin, Texas	4/04/09
400 m hurdles	49.29	Eric Thomas	Blinn College		Odessa, Texas	5/21/94
4 × 100 m relay	38.86	Odessa College (Jon Drummond, James Law, Rodney Eleby, Pat Drake)			Odessa, Texas	5/16/87
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.79	Central Arizona College (Richard Butler, Garfield Campbell' , Patrick O'Connor' , Howard Davis' )			Walnut, California	4/24/88
4 × 400 m relay
	3:01.32	South Plains College (Alistair Moona' , Daniel Harper' , Vernon Norwood, Bralon Taplin)			Lubbock, Texas	5/05/12
4 × 800 m relay	7:19.24	Blinn College (Jimmy Pierre-Louis 1:51.5, Jean Destine' 1:50.7, Cliff Beckford 1:51.3, Savieri Ngidhi' 1:45.7)			Austin, Texas	4/03/92
4 × 1500 m relay	15:41.66	Blinn College (Junior Mitchell 3:55.1, Godfrey Siamusiye' 3:52.5, Richie Dikstall 3:54.8, Herbert Habyarimana' 3:59.3)			Brenham, Texas	4/20/94
4×Mile relay	16:31.0	Allegheny College (Tarald Lindvigsmoen' 4:08.6, Malcolm East' 4:06.4, Amos Korir' 4:00.2, James Rotich' 4:15.8)			Knoxville, Tennessee	4/14/78
Sprint medley relay	3:12.67	Blinn College (James Dibble, Jason Hendrix, LaMont Smith 45.7, Savieri Ngidhi' 1:45.9)			Austin, Texas	4/02/93
Distance medley relay	9:41.65	Ranger College (Ricky Roberts, George Bullard, Zak Gwandu', Pat Chester')			Austin, Texas	4/05/85
4x110 Hurdles	56.52	Blinn College (Henrik Dagård' , Rory Norris, Brian Richardson, Kevin White)			Lafayette, Louisiana	3/27/93
High jump		Dennis Lewis	Long Beach City College		Los Angeles, California	3/30/85
Pole vault		Dason Phelps	Paradise Valley Community College		Glendale, Arizona	3/18/00
Long jump		Vernon George	Odessa College		Odessa, Texas	5/17/85
Triple jump		James Beckford'	Blinn College		Odessa, Texas	5/20/95
			Barton Community College		Baton Rouge, Louisiana	5/19/00
Shot put		Ron Semkiw	Mesa Community College		Mesa, Arizona	3/05/74
Discus throw		Andrey Kokhanovskiy'	Blinn College		Pasadena, Texas	4/26/95
		Brian Williams	Iowa Central Community College		Mt. Vernon, Iowa	4/26/86
Hammer throw		Branislav Daniš'	Central Arizona College		Mesa, Arizona	5/08/07
		Remy Conatser	Saddleback College		Los Angeles, California	4/07/12
Javelin throw		Tom Pukstys	College of DuPage		Tallahassee, Florida	3/18/88
Decathlon	7532	David Lemen	Clackamas Community College		Spokane, Washington	5/1-2/00

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	School	Place	Date	Ref	Video
100 m	11.12	Natasha Mayers'	LA Southwest College	Walnut, California	5/12/01
	11.23	Zelda Johnson	Mt. San Antonio College	Bakersfield, California	5/26/84
200 m	22.39	Veronica Campbell'	Barton Community College	Odessa, Texas	5/18/02
	23.12	Zelda Johnson	Mt. San Antonio College	Bakersfield, California	5/26/84
	22.86p	Ashton Purvis	Laney College	Norwalk, California	5/19/12
400 m	50.92	Sandie Richards'	San Jacinto College	Odessa, Texas	5/16/87
	52.68	Gwen Gardner	West Los Angeles College	Westwood, California	5/16/82
800 m	2:01.92	Claudine Williams'	Barton Community College	Edwardsville, Illinois	5/16/98
	2:03.9	Ruth Wysocki	Citrus College	Fresno, California	5/06/78
1500 m	4:17.82	Sylvia Mosqueda	East Los Angeles College	Stanford, California	3/29/86
3000 m	9:13.0	Trina Painter	Phoenix College	Walnut, California	4/26/86
3000 m steeplechase
5000 m	15:52.5	Sylvia Mosqueda	East Los Angeles College	Walnut, California	5/16/86
10000 m
	34:29.36	Jessica Mildes	Community Colleges of Spokane	Walnut, California	4/17/14
100 hurdles	13.13	Nichole Belcher	Essex County College	Odessa, Texas	5/20/95
400 hurdles	56.92	Tanya Jarrett'	Central Arizona College	Walnut, California	4/20/97
	58.96	Margaret Hemmans	El Camino College	Bakersfield, California	5/26/84
4 × 100 m relay	43.83	Barton Community College (Dionne Rose' , Juliet Campbell' , Beverly McDonald' , Cheryl Ann Phillips' )		Austin, Texas	4/05/91
4 × 200 m relay	1:33.63	Barton Community College (Natalee Sterling' ,^[3] Sonia Williams' , Mikessis Triplett'<		--from what I can find, Triplett is from Hitchcock, Texas-->, Aleen Bailey' )	Lawrence, Kansas	4/21/00
4 × 400 m relay	3:30.66	San Jacinto College (Jackie Gayle' 52.0, Karlene Haughton' 52.2, Avia Morgan' 53.3, Lorieann Adams' 53.2)		Austin, Texas	5/08/92
4 × 800 m relay	8:37.75	Barton Community College (Nancy Torres 2:15.0, Karen Bennett' 2:08.5, Mardrea Hyman' 2:09.5, Inez Turner' 2:04.8)		Austin, Texas	4/03/93
Sprint Medley Relay (1-1-2-4)	1:38.93	San Jacinto College (Karlene Haughton' , Avia Morgan' , Merlene Frazer' 22.6, Lorieann Adams' 51.5)		Austin, Texas	4/03/93
Sprint Medley Relay (2-2-4-8)	3:46.37	San Jacinto College (Andrea Giscombe' 24.0, Avia Morgan' 23.5, Ellen Grant' 52.3, Lorrieann Adams' 2:06.6)		Austin, Texas	4/09/94
Distance Medley Relay	11:37.17y	Barton Community College (Inez Turner' , Karen Bennett' , Janice Turner' , Mardrea Hyman' )		Lawrence, Kansas	4/17/93
High Jump		Shaunette Davidson'	Barton Community College	Levelland, Texas	5/08/04
		Phyllis Bluntson	El Camino College	Bakersfield, California	5/16/79
		Kathy Raugust	Hartnell College	Porterville, California	5/10/81
		Shenell Searcy	Odessa College	Odessa, Texas	5/18/91
		Hyleas Fountain	Barton Community College	Odessa, Texas	5/16/02
Pole Vault		14-4	Becky Holliday	Clackamas Community College	Spokane, Washington	5/24/01
Long Jump	6.86	22-6¼	Elva Goulbourne'	Central Arizona College	Tucson, Arizona	5/03/01
	6.49	21-3½	Sheila Nicks	College of the Sequoias	Modesto, California	5/21/83
Triple Jump	14.10	46-3½	Yuliana Perez	Pima Community College	Odessa, Texas	5/18/02
Shot Put	16.86	55-3¾	Grace Apiafi'	Mt. San Antonio College	Santa Barbara, California	5/19/90
		Janeah Stewart	Iowa Central Community College	Des Moines, Iowa	4/30/16
Discus	55.84	183-2	Ilona Rutges'	Central Arizona College	Tucson, Arizona	3/16/02
	55.22	181-2	Stacy Ainlay	Glendale Community College	Odessa, Texas	5/16/91
Hammer	60.20	197-6	Kate Burton	Clark College	Vancouver, Washington	5/07/05
Javelin	51.64	169-5	Trina Rogers	Clackamas Community College	Eugene, Oregon	5/27/99
Heptathlon	5687	Lisa Wright'	Barton Community College	Odessa, Texas	5/15-16/96
	5673	Hyleas Fountain	Barton Community College	Odessa, Texas	5/16-17/02

See also

• List of CCCAA Championship records in track and field

References

General

• T&FN Men's Junior College Records 3 May 2023
• T&FN Women's Junior College Records

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Merritt's Kemarley Brown's 9.93 cracks into Northern California's Historic Center of Speed! By Fred Baer, PAUSATF Media Chair - RunBlogRun. 23 May 2014 .
2. Web site: 200m Result. Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). 29 April 2023. 29 September 2023.
3. Web site: Talawah, Jamaican track field, ottey, veronica campbell, juliet Cuthbert, grace Jackson, deon Hemmings, sherone simpson, michelle Freeman, kerron Stewart, kenia sinclair.