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Wheaton College Athletics

Men's Track and Field Records

Wheaton College Men's Indoor Track and Field Records

Event

Record

Record Holder

Year

55 meters

6.43

Kermit Ellison '94

1994

60 yards

6.2

Richard Hollatz '56

1956

200 meters

22.51

Kermit Ellison '94

1994

300 yards

31.5

John Aldridge '65

1965

440 yards

48.9

John Aldridge '65

1965

400 meters

48.45

Nils Eastburg '16

2016

880 yards

1:56.0

Dick Taylor '64

1964

800 meters

1:52.40

Luke Vance

2013

1000 yards

2:12.1

Jim Hanchett '57

1954

Mile

4:03.9

Dan Henderson '80

1980

1500 meters

3:55.56

Todd Moxley '86

1986

Two Mile

8:39.9

Dan Henderson '80

1979

3000 meters

8:04.70

Dan Henderson '80

1979

5000 meters

14:48.83

Seth Massot '20

2020

60-yard high hurdles

7.69

Brent Nelson '81

1981

55-meter high hurdles

7.51

Ryan Rogers '03

2001

800-meter relay

1:31.38

Ben Berg, Cole Armerding, Jason Norem and Ian Peebles

2007

Mile Relay

3:22

Dick Patterson; Ray Davies, Al Clapp; Jim Rust

1949

Chicago Daily News Relays, Chicago Stadium

1600-meter relay

3:18.45

Sam Bertram, Mark Hiben, Nils Eastburg and Tommy Cole

2016

Two Mile Relay

7:48.7

Gross, Scott, Hansen, Jim Hanchett

1957

3200-meter relay

7:58.71

Dan Reinhold, Matt Field, Jason Henry and Matt Davis

2004

Distance Medley Relay 9:59.50 Luke Vance,Mark Phillips, Kyle Williams and James Waterman 2013

Shot Put

15.53 m

Christian Hollinger '16

2015

35-pound weight

16.30 m

Noah Miller '15

2015

Pole Vault

4.95 m

Christian Cryder '91

1991

High Jump

2.10 m
(6' 10-3/4")

Collin Gray '18

2018

Long Jump

7.09 m

Brendan Cole '17

2015

Triple Jump

14.38 m

Sola Olateju '18

2017

Heptathlon 5,115 pts Leif Van Grinsven ' 19 2019

Useful metric conversions:

1/4" = 0.00635 m

1/2" = 0.0127 m

3/4" = 0.01905 m

1" = 0.0254 m

3" = 0.0762 m

6" = 0.1524 m

1' = 0.3048 m

5' = 1.524 m

10' = 3.048 m

50' = 15.24

100' = 30.48 m

200' = 60.96 m


Wheaton College Men's Outdoor Track and Field Records

Event

Record

Record Holder

Year

100 yards

9.3

Jim Adare '67

1967

100 meters

220 yards

21.4

Richard Hollatz '56

1955

200 meters

21.54

Richard Hollatz '56

1955

440 yards

47.7

John Aldridge '65

1965

400 meters

47.59

Nils Eastburg '16

2016

880 yards

1:53.2

Dick Taylor '64

1963

800 meters

1:49.91

Luke Vance '13

2013

Mile

4:11.4

Dan Henderson '80

1977

1,500 meters

3:46.9

Dan Henderson '80

1977

Two Mile

8:55.8

Dan Henderson '80

1979

5,000 meter run

13:50.0

Dan Henderson '80

1978

Six-mile Run

30:27.0

Dale Thompson '76

1974

10,000 meter run

29:23.2

Dan Henderson '80

1979

Marathon

2:25:28.00

Dan Henderson '80

1979

110 meter hurdles

14.36

Ryan Rogers '03

2001

400 meter int. hurdles

51.30

Ted Carlson '81

1981

3,000 meter steeplechase

8:58.12

Sam Elsen

2023

Decathlon

7,067 points

Paul Elsen '97

1997

7,067 points

Greg Gorsuch '76

1976

440-yard relay

41.9

Jim Adare, Tim Ziemer, Steve Clark, Dave Wardle

1967

400-meter relay

41.86

Peter Van Os, Nico Bradley, Chris Albert, Ben Jackson

2021

880-yard relay

1:28.2

Lyle Huff, Jim Craigie, Herb Wagemaker

1952

Cleburne Price

1,600-meter relay

3:13.46

Eli Odell, Andrew Lauber, Peter Van Os, Max Veth

2021

4x800 meter relay

7:39.45

Will Lingle; Matt Davis; Ian Lovett and Dan Reinhold

2004

Four Mile Relay

18:08.3

Dave Martinez, Glenn Gunderson, Jim Whitnah and Dan Henderson

1977

Sprint Medley

3:28.6

John Aldridge, Ted Atkinson, Sonny Kee, Dick Taylor

1963

Distance Medley

9:57.1

Ed Wentz, Mark McClure, Glenn Gunderson, Dan Henderson

1977

Shot Put

16.24 m

Jeremy Clark '99

1999

Discus

51.31 m

Phil Canada '82

1981

Hammer

55.23 m

Phil Canada '82

1981

Javelin old weight

62.87 m

Jim Clousing '73

1973

Javelin new weight

57.91 m
(190' 0")

Bob Clinton '92

1992

Pole Vault

5.06 m
(16' 7-1/4")

Brendan Cole '16

2016

High Jump

2.08 m
(6' 9-3/4")

Collin Gray '18

2017 and 2018

Long Jump

7.20 m
(23' 7-1/2)"

Brendan Cole '16

2015

Triple Jump

14.48 m

Laine Malmquist '72

1971