Here is a quick look at best track & field marks ever produced by someone who has lived here in Redwood Empire.
Here is the deeper top 10 list
100m
10.33 Luiz Mello, Santa Rosa JC 2001
200m
20.64+ Mel Gray, Missouri (Montgomery ’67) at Lawrence, KS 5/16/70
400m
44.80 Chris Whitlock, Washington St. (Cardinal Newman ’77, SRJC ’80) at Colorado Springs 7/2/83
800m
1:45.83* Jerry Siebert, ? (Willits ’56) in 1962 1:46.3y
US ranked #1 1960, 61, 62 & 64, 1964 Olympics 6th 800m, 64′ & ’62 National Champion
In 1958 Jerry Siebert ran on a Cal Berkeley relay team that broke the world record for 4x880y.
In 1960 he again ran on a world-record setting 4x880y relay team.
Competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
1500m
3:38.70 Dan Aldridge, Sub 4 TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Sacramento 6/21/81
Mile
3:58.44+ Dan Aldridge, Athletics West (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR 5/81
Aldridge first broke the 4 minute mile on April 11, 1981 in San Jose becoming the 111th American to do so.
2000m
5:04.41 Dan Aldridge, Sub 4 TC (Petaluma H.S. ’75, SRJC ’77) at Edinburg 6/26/85
3000m
7:48.02 Dan Aldridge, Athletics West (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Oslo, Norway 7/9/83
2 Mile
8:32.04+i Dan Aldridge, Athletics West (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at San Diego in 1983
5000m
13:30.95 Dan Aldridge, Asics Tiger TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR 6/1/85
10,000
28:28.94+ Dan Aldridge, Asics Tiger TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR in 1984
HALF-MARATHON
1:04:54 Steve Laurie, Team Eugene (Maria Carrillo ’99) 3M Half Marathon, Austin 1/28/07
MARATHON
2:16:41 Steve Palladino, Santa Rosa resident since 1999, 1979 Boston Marathon
110m (42 inch) High Hurdles (14.99)
13.49 Richard Benoy, Springco AC (Ukiah ’86) at Walnut wind +1.9, 4/5/95
400m Intermediate Hurdles
49.06 Ron Whitney, USA Olympic Team (SRJC coach ’92-?) at Mexico City 10/13/68
World ranked #1 1967, 7th in 1967 for overall World Track Athlete of Year
US ranked 7th in ’71, 37th ’70, 5th ’69, 2nd ’68, 1st ’67, 2nd ’66, 2nd ’65, 10th ’64, 6th ‘63
3000m Steeplechase
8:48.20 Steve Guerrini, Wake Forest (Santa Rosa H.S. ’91) at Madisom, WI 5/94
4×100 METER RELAY
40.97 SRJC 1979 Humphrey Garrett-Jim Flores-Ricky Jackson-Chris Whitlock
4×400 METER RELAY
3:11.94 SRJC 1981
Steve Gullickson(48.4)-Terrance Kirkland(48.1)-Les Stevenson(48.1)-Kim Sykes(47.1)
3:10.22 Tim Murphy, UC Irvine (Healdsburg ’06) at San Jose State 5/16/09
2 Mile Relay
Ron Whitney part of a 7:21.6, 1963
HIGH JUMP (6-10)
7-3½ Ron Kamaka, Arizona State Univ. (Rancho Cotate ’81, SRJC ’83) (2.22m) 1984
POLE VAULT (15-0¼)
18-3 Tim McDonald, ? (St. Helena ’76, SRJC ’78) at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
LONG JUMP
25-11¾ Mel Gray, Missouri (Montgomery ’67) at Lawrence, KS 5/17/70
TRIPLE JUMP
49-3½ Tim Young, SSU 1992
SHOT PUT 16lb
64-7¾ Andy Gilliam, Kansas State (SRJC ’82) (19.70m) 1985
DISCUS 2k
201-4 Cameron Bolles, (Montgomery ’82, SRJC ’96) at Salinas 5/22/01
HAMMER
233-11 Jan DeSoto (Santa Rosa H.S. ’72, SRJC ’74) at Stanford (71.30m) 6/14/86
US ranked #6 ’85, #8 ‘84
JAVELIN
250-9 Jason Bender, Stars & Stripes (Casa Grande ’78, SRJC) at Durhan (76.42m) 7/25/87
US ranked #6 ’93, #7 ’87, ’92 & ’97, #8 ‘84, #10 ’96
JAVELIN (OLD)
270-10 Jason Bender, Stars & Stripes (Casa Grande ’78, SRJC) at Mt. Sac Relays (82.56m) 4/28/85
DECATHLON
8215 pts Jake Arnold, Arizona (Maria Carrillo ’02) 2007
11.12 w+2.0, 22-6.75 (6.88m w+2.2), 46-5.25 (14.15m), 6-7.5 (2.02m), 48.38, 14.20 w+1.8, 145-9 (44.42m), 17-4.5 (5.30m), 192-11 (58.80m), 4:34.22
Arnold is only the second athlete in NCAA Division I history to win consecutive titles in the decathlon
Wikipedia info on Arnold
WOMEN
100 METERS
11.62w Tamika Brown, Washington St. (Fort Bragg ’94) at Stanford 1998, 12.13 legal at Eugene 4/22/95
200 METERS
23.48 Tamika Brown, Washington St. (Fort Bragg ’94) at Pullman 1998
400 METERS
54.04+ Wendi Simmons, Nike Coast (Santa Rosa HS ’87) at Los Angeles 1993
800 METERS
2:02.16 Lauren Wallace, (Ukiah ’08) 6/26/14, story
1,500 METERS
4:05.70 Kim Conley, New Balance (Montgomery ’04) at New Balance Games in New York 1/25/14
MILE
4:24.54i Kim Conley, New Balance (Montgomery ’04) at New Balance Games in New York 1/25/14
2,000 METERS
5:41.10 Kim Conley, New Balance (Montgomery ’04) at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, MA 2/8/14 Video
3,000 METERS
8:44.11 Kim Conley, USA (Montgomery ’04) at New York, 6/14/14, 8:48.35i
2 MILE
10:14.68c Sara Bei, Montgomery 6/2/01, 10:11.11 3200
5,000 METERS
15:09.57 Kim Conley, (Montgomery ’04) Prefontaine Classic 2013
10,000 METERS
31:48.71 Kim Conley, New Balance (Montgomery ’04) at Stanford 5/4/2014
HALF-MARATHON
1:09:44 Kim Conley (Montgomery ’04) USATF Half Marathon Championships 1/18/15
MARATHON
2:39:43 Alia Gray (Maria Carrillo ’07) NY Marathon 11/3/14
100m HIGH HURDLES (33 inch) sub 15
13.96w Wendi Simmons, Nike Coast (Santa Rosa HS ’87) at Azusa 4/20/96, 14.12 legal in 1993
400m HURDLES
58.61 Kyra Johnson, Fresno State (Piner ’12) Mountain West Championships 5/17/14
3000 m Steeplechase
9:42.10 Sara “Bei” Hall, Asics (Montgomery ‘01) at Stanford 5/4/2014
4×100 METER RELAY
48.45 SSU 1989 Amy Stuart, Jennifer Parker, Jennifer Crockett, Annette Spear
44.78 Tamika Brown, member of Washington St. (Fort Bragg ’94) at Pullman 1998
4×400 METER RELAY
3:51.44 SRJC 1979 Jackie Boriolo (58.4)-Peggy Rogers (1:01.7)-Teresa Philopena (55)-Deanne Neff (56.6)
3:37.56 Lauren Wallace, member of UC Davis (Ukiah ’08) 2013
Distance Medley Relay
11:07.15i Sara Bei part of Stanford team at NCAA Championships 3/13/04
4×1 mile relay
19:25.91 Sara Bei part of Stanford team at Drake Relays 4/3/03
HIGH JUMP
5-11 Mindi Wiley, Sonoma 5/28/05
POLE VAULT
14-0 Shannon Pierson, Sacramento Track Club (El Molino, `92, SRJC) 6/01
LONG JUMP
21-0½w Wendi Simmons, Nike Coast (Santa Rosa HS ’87) at Azusa 4/24/93, 20-8½ legal at Irvine 3/27/93
TRIPLE JUMP
39-3 Tammy Wessendorf, SSU (Piner ’84) 1986
SHOT PUT (42-0)
48-5¾ Jean Lightfoot, UC Santa Barbara (Maria Carrillo ’06) at UW Invitational 1/28 – 1/29/11
DISCUS
162-0 Jean Lightfoot, UC Santa Barbara (Maria Carrillo ’06) at Big West Conference Championships 5/14 – 5/15/10 49.38m
JAVELIN (New Implement)
153-1 Melissa Costa, SSU 2000
HAMMER THROW
192-9 Tia DeSoto, unattached (Montgomery ’99, SRJC) at Viking Twilight 4/15/05
HEPTATHLON
6,078 Wendi Simmons, Nike Coast (Santa Rosa HS ’87) at Atlanta Olympic trials 6/14-15/96
(14.15, 12.92/42-4¾, 173/5-8, 24.31, 6.31/20-8½, 38.10/125-5, 2:09.32 )
14th All-time U.S. as of 1/96, US ranked #7 1993
