Tracy Smith (long-distance runner)

Tracy Evans Smith (born March 15, 1945, in Altadena, California) is a retired American long distance runner. He represented the United States at the 1968 Olympics.^[1] He won multiple national championships including the 6 mile run in 1966, the 10,000 meters in 1968,^[2] the 3 mile run in 1969,^[3] representing the United States Army outdoors, and the 3 mile run in 1966, 1967 and 1973 indoors.^[4] He ran for Arcadia High School in Arcadia, California and Oregon State University.

US National Championship winners in men's 10,000-meter run

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876–79: Not held

1879–1888 NAAAA	1880: James Gifford 1881: W.C. Davies 1882–83: Tom Delaney 1884: Geo. Stonebridge 1885: Peter Skillman 1886–87: Edward Carter 1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff 1892–93: William Day 1894: Charles Bean 1899: Alex Grant 1900: Arthur Newton 1901: Frank Kanahy 1902: Alex Grant 1903: Not held 1904: John Joyce 1905: Frank Verner 1906: Wm. Nelson 1907: John Daly 1908: Fred Bellars 1909: Harry McLean 1910: William Kramer 1911: George Bonhag 1912: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Harry Smith 1913: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Joie Ray 1914: Ville Kyrönen (FIN) * H.E. Weeks 1915: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Oliver Millard 1916: Joie Ray 1917–19: Charles Pores 1920^OT: Not held 1921–23: Earle Johnson 1924: Ilmar Prim 1925: George Lermond 1926: Phillip Osif 1927: Willie Ritola (FIN) * Russell Payne 1928^OT: Joie Ray 1929-31: Lou Gregory 1932^OT: Tom Ottey 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Eino Pentti 1935: Tom Ottey 1936: Don Lash 1937–38: Eino Pentti 1939: Lou Gregory 1940: Don Lash 1941: Lou Gregory 1942: Joe McCluskey 1943: Lou Gregory 1944: Norm Bright 1945: Ted Vogel 1946–48: Edward O'Toole 1949: Fred Wilt 1950: Horace Ashenfelter 1951–54: Curt Stone 1955: Dick Hart 1956: Max Truex 1957: Doug Kyle 1958: John Macy 1959: 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) * Max Truex 1961: John Gutknecht 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * Peter McArdle 1963–64: Peter McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Tracy Smith 1967: Van Nelson 1968: Tracy Smith 1969–70: Jack Bacheler 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Greg Fredericks 1973: Gordon Minty (GBR) * Ted Castaneda 1974–75: Frank Shorter 1976: Ed Leddy 1977: Frank Shorter 1978–79: Craig Virgin 1980: Rodolfo Gomez Garry Bjorklund

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Alberto Salazar 1982: Craig Virgin 1983: Alberto Salazar 1984: Jon Sinclair 1985: Bruce Bickford 1986–87: Gerard Donakowski 1988: Steve Taylor 1989: Pat Porter 1990: Steve Plasencia 1991: Shannon Butler 1992^OT: Todd Williams

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Todd Williams 1994: Tom Ansberry 1995–96: Todd Williams 1997: Michael Mykytok 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Alan Culpepper 2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi 2001: Abdi Abdirahman 2002: Meb Keflezighi 2003: Alan Culpepper 2004: Meb Keflezighi 2005: Abdi Abdirahman 2006: Jorge Torres 2007–08: Abdi Abdirahman 2009–16: Galen Rupp

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925–27 and from 1929–31 it was over 6 miles.

US National Championship winners in Men's 5000 m, 2 miles or 3 miles

1878–2016

1878: William Duffey
1879: P.J. McDonald
1880–94: Not held
1895: Charles Bean
1896: Ernest Hjertberg
1897–1902: Not held
1903–04: Alex Grant
1905: Sanford Lyon
1906–32: Not held
1933: John Follows
1934: Frank Crowley
1935: Joe McCluskey
1936: Don Lash
1937: Joe McCluskey
1938–42: Greg Rice
1943: Gunder Hägg (SWE) * Greg Rice
1944: Jim Rafferty
1945: John Kandl
1946: Francis Martin
1947–48: Curt Stone
1949–51: Fred Wilt
1952: Curt Stone
1953: Charles Capozzoli
1954–55: Horace Ashenfelter
1956: Dick Hart
1957: John Macy
1958: Alex Henderson
1959–60: Bill Dellinger
1961: László Tábori (HUN) * Max Truex
1962: Murray Halberg (NZL) * Max Truex
1963: Pat Clohessy (AUS) * Jim Keefe
1964–65: Bob Schul
1966: George Young
1967: Gerry Lindgren
1968: Bob Day
1969: Tracy Smith
1970: Frank Shorter
1971: Steve Prefontaine
1972: Mike Keough (IRL) * Dick Buerkle
1973: Steve Prefontaine
1974: Dick Buerkle
1975: Marty Liquori
1976: Dick Buerkle
1977: Marty Liquori
1978: Marty Liquori
1979–82: Matt Centrowitz
1983: Doug Padilla
1984: Sydney Maree
1985–86: Doug Padilla
1987: Sydney Maree
1988: Doug Padilla
1989: Tim Hacker
1990: Doug Padilla
1991–92: John Trautmann
1993–94: Matt Giusto
1995–97: Bob Kennedy
1998: Marc Davis
1999–2000: Adam Goucher
2001: Bob Kennedy
2002: Alan Culpepper
2003–05: Tim Broe
2006–08: Bernard Lagat
2009: Matt Tegenkamp
2010–11: Bernard Lagat
2012: Galen Rupp
2013–14: Bernard Lagat
2015: Ryan Hill
2016: Bernard Lagat

References

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