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Track & Field All Americans

* "I owe a big thank you to Don Briggs for compiling the NAIA portion of this list, if anyone can add to the list please contact me!" KW

NAIA (Kearney State College)

Men-Outdoor

1954

2 mile -Clayton Scott (1st) 9:36.3
440 -Don Straney (5th) 49.8

1955

2 mile -Clayton Scott (1st) 9:28.4
Discus -Doyle Fyfe (4th) 140-9

1957

Discus -Leroy Sprague (6th) 140'.5"
Pole Vault -Dale Falter (6th)
Shot Put -Jim Hansen

1958

Discus -Leroy Sprague (4th)
Shot Put -Jim Jacobs (4th)

1959

880 -Martin Mason (2nd) 1:52.5
Mile -Larry Snell (3rd) 4:18.3
Steeplechase -Gary Shubert (4th)
Steeplechase -Ray Mars (5th)
Shot Put -Francis Hircock (3rd) 50-9.75
Mile Relay -(2nd) 3:22.6

1960

1500 -Larry Snell (2nd) 3:52.5
Shot Put -Jim Jacobs (3rd) 53-10.75
Pole Vault -Merlin Lawrence (3rd) 13-6.75
Discus -Jim Jacobs (4th) 151-4.5
5000 -Larry Snell

1961

Pole Vault -Merlin Lawrence (1st) 13-6.5
Steeplechase -Gary Shubert (1st) 9:33.8
880 -Martin Mason (4th) 1:52.7
Mile -Phil Dean (6th) 4:19.5
Shot Put -Francis Hircock (6th) 51-6.75

1962

Steeplechase -Hylke van Der wal (1st) 9:33.8
Mile - Hylke van Der wal (2nd) 4:09.8
Shot Put -Francis Hircock (2nd) 53-11.25
Pole Vault -Merlin Lawrence (2nd) 13-10
880 -Martin Mason (2nd) 1:51.4
Javelin -Gary Mason (5th) 204-4
Mile -Ron Wise (5th) 4:14.0
Mile Relay -(4th)

1963

Mile -Ron Wise (5th) 4:13.6
Steeplechase -Gary Scheerzberg (4th) 9:45.6
440 -Bill Backes (5th) 54.7
Long Jump -Bob Whitehouse (6th) 24-0
Steeplechase -Don Peterson (6th) 9:52.7
Mile Relay -(4th) 3:22.5

1964

400m hurdles -John Curtis (3rd) 52.3
Long Jump -Jerry Studkert (4th)
Long Jump -Bob Whitehouse (5th)
Pole Vault -Fred Williams (5th)

1965

Long Jump -Bob Whitehouse (4th) 23-0.75
High Jump -Dennis McGraw (6th) 6-4
Discus -Charlie Hircock (6th) 154-8.5
Mile Relay -(5th) 3:21.6

1966

Long Jump -Bob Whitehouse (4th) 23-8.5
High Jump -Dennis McGraw (4th) 6-8
Shot Put -Randy Rasmussen (5th) 50-9
Pole Vault -Dennis Dukesherer (5th) 14-6

1967

Pole Vault -Dennis Dukesherer (1st) 15-5.75
High Jump -Dennis McGraw (5th) 6-4

1968

Pole Vault -Dennis Dukesherer (6th) 15-0

1969

Mile Relay -Eckhout, Jensen, Goss, Phipps (5th) 3:17.4

1970

High Jump -Jim Sobieszczyk (1st) 7-0
Javelin -Jim Sobieszczyk (6th) 203-11
Pole Vault -Steve Welch (6th) 15-0

1975

10,000 -Jack Soukup (6th)

1978

Steeplechase -Shane Fruit (5th)

1983

Pole Vault -Scott Foutch (3rd) 15-5

1985

Shot Put -Dan Gushard (5th) 52-11.5
Discus -Dan Gushard (5th) 159-6
Steeplechase -Mike Hamm (5th) 9:16.14

1986

Shot Put -Dan Gushard (3rd) 55-11.75
Discus -Dan Gushard (4th) 165-9
Steeplechase -Mike Hamm (3rd)

1987

Decathlon -Brian Lange (5th) 6596

1989

400 Hurdles -Travis Vallin (6th) 52.66
Pole Vault -Allen Perry (8th) 15-1

1990

Triple Jump -Danny Flemming (8th) 40-2.5
Marathon -Frank Reno (7th) 2:40:15.0

1991 NCAA Division II

Jamie Bolwitt
Travis Vallin
Danny Fleming

1994

Bobby Brindamour

1995

Ivan Ivanov

1996

Ivan Ivanov

1997

Steeplechase -James White (6th) 9:04.88

1998

Steeplechase -Deen Johnson (7th) 9:14.09

1999

Discus -Tyson Bertrand (3rd) 170-04
800 meters -Joe Cooper (5th) 1:51.86

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