USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships : Women : 3000 m/2 mile
1994 Jun 22 Knoxville, TN 3000 m 1. Annette Peters 9:01.69 2. Libbie Hickman 9:07.25 3. Joan Nesbit 9:14.74 4. Polly Plumer 9:15.99 5. Liz Wilson 9:17.23 6. Becky Spies-Swain 9:20.97 7. Cassie McWilliam 9:22.25 8. Cheri Kenah 9:24.10 1993 Jun 17 Eugene, OR 3000 m 1. Annette Peters 8:48.59 2. Shelly Steely 8:52.99 3. Sheila Carrozza 8:55.03 4. Gina Procaccio 8:56.80 5. Kathy Fleming 9:02.17 6. Libbie Hickman 9:04.41 7. Clare Taylor 9:05.93 8. Rosalind Taylor 9:06.41 1992 Jun 22 New Orleans, LA 3000 m 1. PattiSue Plumer 8:40.98 2. Shelly Steely 8:41.28 3. Annette Peters 8:42.31 4. Joan Nesbit 8:51.92 5. Sabrina Dornhoefer 8:55.57 6. Mary Slaney 9:02.60 7. Fran ten Bensel 9:03.69 8. Laurie Henes 9:08.12 1991 Jun 15 New York, NY 3000 m 1. Shelly Steely 8:49.00 2. Annette Peters 8:52.07 3. Judi St. Hilaire 8:52.66 4. Sabrina Dornhoefer 8:54.49 5. Sammie Gdowski 9:02.10 6. Rosalind Taylor 9:06.48 7. Nicole Birk 9:09.07 8. Gwyn Coogan 9:11.87 1990 Jun 16 Norwalk, CA 3000 m 1. Lynn Jennings 8:51.97 2. Annette Peters 8:54.64 3. Valerie McGovern 8:57.73 4. Trina Painter 9:07.04 5. Kathy Kanes 9:09.97 6. Libbie Hickman 9:11.16 7. Gwyn Coogan 9:12.78 8. Carmen Ayala-Troncoso 9:15.75 1989 Jun 17 Houston, TX 3000 m 1. PattiSue Plumer 9:00.05 2. Sabrina Dornhoefer 9:00.23 3. Gwyn Coogan 9:12.17 4. Sammie Gdowski 9:16.58 5. Annette Peters 9:19.15 6. Shelly Steely 9:20.61 7. Libbie Hickman 9:23.49 8. Trina Painter 9:25.75 1988 Jun 18 Tampa, FL 3000 m 1. Lynn Jennings 8:55.42 2. Joan Nesbit 9:05.68 3. Trina Painter 9:08.95 4. Lori Bearson 9:10.98 5. Eleanor Simonsick 9:13.39 6. Darlene Beckford 9:14.40 7. Shelly Steely 9:17.79 8. Sammie Gdowski 9:18.28 1987 Jun 27 San Jose, CA 3000 m 1. Mary Knisely 8:57.60 2. Cindy Bremser 8:58.80 3. Leslie Seymour 9:02.64 4. Brenda Webb 9:04.51 5. Annie Schweitzer 9:05.26 6. Annette Peters 9:10.90 7. Sabrina Dornhoefer 9:12.85 8. Suzanne Girard-Eberle 9:14.10 1986 Jun 21 Eugene, OR 3000 m 1. Mary Knisely 8:46.18 2. Cindy Bremser 8:46.56 3. PattiSue Plumer 8:52.27 4. Lesley Lehane 8:52.60 5. Leslie Seymour 8:53.10 6. Brenda Webb 8:56.08 7. Cathie Twomey 9:02.38 8. Shelly Steely 9:03.95 1985 Jun 16 Indianapolis, IN 3000 m 1. Cathy Branta 8:49.64 2. Cindy Bremser 8:49.66 3. Mary Knisley 8:52.54 4. Kathy Hayes 9:02.14 5. Lesley Welch 9:02.29 [.92] 6. Cathie Twomey 9:05.06 7. Janice Merrill 9:12.75 8. Liz Natale 9:13.12 1984 Jun 09 San Jose, CA 3000 m 1. Jan Merrill 9:01.31 2. Shelly Steely 9:07.56 3. Suzanne Girard 9:17.22 4. Paula Renzi 9:17.90 5. Margaret Wynne 9:23.97 6. Avril McClung 9:25.03 7. Monica Joyce 9.25.87 8. Sheila Ralston 9:35.90 1983 Jun 19 Indianapolis, IN 3000 m 1. Mary Decker 8:38.36 2. Brenda Webb 8:48.09 3. Maggie Keyes 8:49.96 4. Kathy Hayes 8:50.79 5. Francie Larrieu 8:53.47 6. Joan Benoit 8:53.49 7. Joan Hansen 8:53.74 8. PattiSue Plumer 8:53.81 9. Alison Wiley 8:55.79 1982 Jun 20 Knoxville, TN 3000 m 1. Francie Larrieu 8:58.66 2. Jan Merrill 8:59.07 3. Cindy Bremser 9:00.38 4. Brenda Webb 9:03.12 5. PattiSue Plumer 9:03.14 6. Ceci Hopp 9:04.18 7. Lesley Welch 9:09.54 8. Debbie Eide 9:09.58 9. Ann Pewe 9:11.16 1981 Jun 21 Sacramento, CA 3000 m 1. Brenda Webb 9:04.54 2. Joan Hansen 9:07.57 3. Carol Urish 9:19.50 4. Margaret Groos 9:20.28 5. Jan Merrill 9:21.90 6. Debbie Eide 9:21.90 7. Ceci Hopp 9:25.63 8. Cindy Bremser 9:26.30 9. Mary Shea 9:26.9 1980 Jun 15 Walnut, CA 3000 m 1. Julie Brown 9:07.90 2. Julie Shea 9:11.33 3. Rose Thomson 9:26.07 4. Mary Shea 9:27.47 5. Jenifer White 9:30.02 6. Sabrina Peters 9:32.02 7. Rocky Racette 9:32.89 8. Michele Bush 9:32.92 1979 Jun 16 Walnut, CA 3000 m 1. Francie Larrieu 8:53.8 2. Jan Merrill 8:54.0 3. Julie Brown 8:58.3 4. Cindy Bremser 9:00.0 5. Joan Benoit 9:02.8 6. Margaret Groos 9:07.6 7. Brenda Webb 9:11.5 8. Mary Shea 9:13.6 1978 Jun 10 Los Angeles, CA 3000 m 1. Jan Merrill 8:56.39 2. Kathy Mills 9:03.31 3. Cindy Bremser 9:11.80 4. Sue Kinsey 9:12.63 5. Brenda Webb 9:16.13 6. Kris Bankes 7. Ellison Goodall 8. Ann Wotherspoon 9. Diane Eillman 1977 Jun 11 Los Angeles, CA 3000 m 1. Jan Merrill 9:00.2 2. Cindy Bremser 9:04.0 3. Francie Larrieu 9:16.7 4. Brenda Webb 9:17.7 5. Julie Shea 9:18.5 6. Aileen O’Connor 9:22.7 7. Sue Kinsey 9:29.2 8. Cindy Dalrymple 9:38.5 1976 Jun 12 Los Angeles, CA 3000 m 1. Jan Merrill 8:57.17 2. Teri Anderson 9:19.55 3. Peggy Neppel 9:22.65 4. Julie Brown 9:26.54 5. Kate Keyes 9:31.95 6. Carol Cook 9:33.31 7. Joan Benoit 9:39.00 8. Debbie Quatier 9:39.59 1975 Jun 28 White Plains, NY 3000 m 1. Lynn Bjorklund 9:10.6 2. Cindy Bremser 9:13.4 3. Peggy Neppel 9:17.4 4. Julie Brown 9:19.4 5. Jan Merrill 9:19.8 6. Carol Cook 9:25.0 7. Kate Keyes 9:26.6 8. Debbie Quatier 9:37.2 1974 Jun 29 Bakersfield, CA 2 mile 1. Lynn Bjorklund 10:11.1 2. Clare Choate 10:21.1 3. Marlene Harewicz 10:31.0 4. Debbie Johnson 10:40.3 5. Nadia Garcia 10:43.6 6. Julie Brown 10:49.0 7. Teri Anderson 10:57.1 1973 Jun 23 Irvine, CA 2 mile 1. Eileen Claugus 10:19.4 2. Kathy Gibbons 10:33.0 3. Teena Anex 10:34.0 4. Nancy Irhman 10:42.4 5. Brenda Webb 10:46.6 6. Jackie Hanson 10:49.0 7. Dana Lavaty 10:49.0 8. Nadia Garcia 10:50.8 9. Amy Haberman 10:57.2 1972 Jul 02 Canton, OH 3000 m 1. Tena Anex 9:42.6 2. Brenda Webb 9:50.3 3. Ellyn Cornish 9:59.3 4. Lynn Lovat 10:02.0 5. Cheryl Bridges 10:03.4 6. Valerie Eberly 10:06.5 7. Debbie Johnson 10:19.1 8. Sonia Gerth 10:20.6 1971 Jul 10 Bakersfield, CA 2 mile 1. Doris Brown 10:07.0 2. Vicki Foltz 10:34.1 3. Beth Bonner 10:34.4 4. Pam Bagian 10:48.1 5. Nancy Ihrman 10:48.7 6. Cheryl Bridges 10:50.8 1970 Jul 04 Los Angeles, CA 3000 m 1. Beth Bonner 9:48.1 2. Caroline Walker 9:56.2 3. Jackie Dixon 10:19.5 4. Sandy Dean 10:22.0 5. Lucille Jones 10:27.2 3. Ronnie Rivett 10:32.0
Top 5 each year
Year Mo Day Location 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th ---- --- --- -------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 1994 Jun 22 Knoxville, TN Annette Peters Libbie Hickman Joan Nesbit Polly Plumer Liz Wilson 1993 Jun 17 Eugene, OR Annette Peters Shelly Steely Sheila Carrozza Gina Procaccio Kathy Fleming 1992 Jun 22 New Orleans, LA PattiSue Plumer Shelly Steely Annette Peters Joan Nesbit Sabrina Dornhoefer 1991 Jun 15 New York, NY Shelly Steely Annette Peters Judi St. Hilaire Sabrina Dornhoefer Sammie Gdowski 1990 Jun 16 Norwalk, CA Lynn Jennings Annette Peters Valerie McGovern Trina Painter Kathy Kanes 1989 Jun 17 Houston, TX PattiSue Plumer Sabrina Dornhoefer Gwyn Coogan Sammie Gdowski Annette Peters 1988 Jun 18 Tampa, FL Lynn Jennings Joan Nesbit Trina Painter Lori Bearson Eleanor Simonsick 1987 Jun 27 San Jose, CA Mary Knisely Cindy Bremser Leslie Seymour Brenda Webb Annie Schweitzer 1986 Jun 21 Eugene, OR Mary Knisely Cindy Bremser PattiSue Plumer Lesley Lehane Leslie Seymour 1985 Jun 16 Indianapolis, IN Cathy Branta Cindy Bremser Mary Knisley Kathy Hayes Lesley Welch 1984 Jun 09 San Jose, CA Jan Merrill Shelly Steely Suzanne Girard Paula Renzi Margaret Wynne 1983 Jun 19 Indianapolis, IN Mary Decker Brenda Webb Maggie Keyes Kathy Hayes Francie Larrieu 1982 Jun 20 Knoxville, TN Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Cindy Bremser Brenda Webb PattiSue Plumer 1981 Jun 21 Sacramento, CA Brenda Webb Joan Hansen Carol Urish Margaret Groos Jan Merrill 1980 Jun 15 Walnut, CA Julie Brown Julie Shea Rose Thomson Mary Shea Jenifer White 1979 Jun 16 Walnut, CA Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Julie Brown Cindy Bremser Joan Benoit 1978 Jun 10 Los Angeles, CA Jan Merrill Kathy Mills Cindy Bremser Sue Kinsey Brenda Webb 1977 Jun 11 Los Angeles, CA Jan Merrill Cindy Bremser Francie Larrieu Brenda Webb Julie Shea 1976 Jun 12 Los Angeles, CA Jan Merrill Teri Anderson Peggy Neppel Julie Brown Kate Keyes 1975 Jun 28 White Plains, NY Lynn Bjorklund Cindy Bremser Peggy Neppel Julie Brown Jan Merrill 1974 2M Jun 29 Bakersfield, CA Lynn Bjorklund Clare Choate Marlene Harewicz Debbie Johnson Nadia Garcia 1973 2M Jun 23 Irvine, CA Eileen Claugus Kathy Gibbons Teena Anex Nancy Irhman Brenda Webb 1972 Jul 02 Canton, OH Tena Anex Brenda Webb Ellyn Cornish Lynn Lovat Cheryl Bridges 1971 2M Jul 10 Bakersfield, CA Doris Brown Vicki Foltz Beth Bonner Pam Bagian Nancy Ihrman 1970 Jul 04 Los Angeles, CA Beth Bonner Caroline Walker Jackie Dixon Sandy Dean Lucille Jones
Multiple-year winners
4 Jan Merrill – 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984
2 Lynn Bjorklund – 1974, 1975
2 Francie Larrieu – 1979, 1982
2 Mary Knisely – 1986, 1987
2 Lynn Jennings – 1988, 1990
2 PattiSue Plumer – 1989, 1992
2 Annette Peters – 1993, 1994