Javelin throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

This is a list of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field champions in the javelin throw. Measurements were conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. In 1986, international javelin design regulations were changed and the center of gravity of the implement moved forward. As a result, throwing distances were in general shorter, flat landings fewer, and legal throws (tip-down) easier to attain post-1985. The women's event began in 1982.

Winners

Key

  Set with original javelin before worldwide specification change

A=Altitude assisted

* = Old javelin

Women's javelin throw winners[1] Year Athlete Team Distance 1982 Karin Smith Cal Poly SLO 63.02 m (206 ft 9 in) 1983  Denise Thiémard (SUI) Nebraska 54.50 m (178 ft 9 in) 1984  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) Alabama 56.14 m (184 ft 2 in) 1985  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) Alabama 57.20 m (187 ft 7 in) 1986  Helena Uusitalo (FIN) Washington 58.86 m (193 ft 1 in) 1987  Laverne Eve (BAH) Louisiana St 55.60 m (182 ft 4 in) 1988 Jill Smith Oregon 55.08 m (180 ft 8 in) 1989 Kim Engel Georgia 59.94 m (196 ft 7 in)A 1990 Ashley Selman Southern Cal 56.78 m (186 ft 3 in) 1991 Paula Berry Oregon 57.44 m (188 ft 5 in) 1992  Valerie Tulloch (CAN) Rice 58.26 m (191 ft 1 in) 1993 Ashley Selman Oregon 57.44 m (188 ft 5 in) 1994  Valerie Tulloch (CAN) Rice 57.18 m (187 ft 7 in) 1995  Valerie Tulloch (CAN) Rice 58.54 m (192 ft 0 in) 1996 Windy Dean Southern Meth 56.72 m (186 ft 1 in) 1997 Windy Dean Southern Meth 58.28 m (191 ft 2 in) 1998 Windy Dean Southern Meth 56.28 m (184 ft 7 in) 1999  Vigdís Gudjónsdóttir (ISL) Georgia 55.54 m (182 ft 2 in) 2000  Angeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) UTEP 60.24 m (197 ft 7 in) 2001  Inga Stasiulionyté (LTU) Southern Cal 52.52 m (172 ft 3 in) 2002 Serene Ross Purdue 59.64 m (195 ft 8 in) 2003  Irina Kharun (UKR) Indian 61.82 m (202 ft 9 in) 2004 Katy Doyle Texas A&M 56.57 m (185 ft 7 in) 2005 Dana Pounds Air Force 56.48 m (185 ft 3 in) 2006 Dana Pounds Air Force 58.00 m (190 ft 3 in) 2007 Lindsey Blaine Purdue Boilermakers 55.56 m (182 ft 3 in) 2008 Rachel Yurkovich Oregon 56.57 m (185 ft 7 in) 2009 Rachel Yurkovich Oregon Ducks 59.62 m (195 ft 7 in) 2010  Evelien Dekkers (NED) Florida 58.99 m (193 ft 6+1⁄4 in) 2011 Brittany Borman Oklahoma Sooners 54.32 m (178 ft 2 in) 2012 Brittany Borman Oklahoma Sooners 56.27 m (184 ft 7 in) 2013  Freya Jones (GBR) Georgia Bulldogs 54.95 m (180 ft 3 in) 2014 Fawn Miller Florida Gators 58.13 m (190 ft 8 in) 2015  Irena Sediva (CZE) Virginia Tech 192 ft 9 in (58.75 m) 2016 Maggie Malone Texas A&M Aggies 62.19 m (204 ft 0 in) 2017  Irena Gillarová (CZE) Virginia Tech Hokies 58.76 m (192 ft 9 in) 2018  Mackenzie Little (AUS) Stanford Cardinal 60.36 m (198 ft 0 in) 2019  Mackenzie Little (AUS) Stanford Cardinal 59.44 m (195 ft 0 in) 2021  Marie-Therese Obst (NOR) Georgia Bulldogs 59.69 m (195 ft 10 in) 2022 Ashton Riner BYU Cougars 58.24 m (191 ft 0 in) 2023  Rhema Otabor (BAH) Nebraska Cornhuskers 59.49 m (195 ft 2 in)

Men's javelin throw winners[2] Year Athlete Team Distance 1921 Flint Hanner Stanford 58.27* 1922 Howard Hoffman Michigan 61.65* 1923 Harry Frieda Chicago 58.37* 1924 not held 1925 Philip Northrup Michigan 61.54* 1926 Philip Northrup Michigan 61.21* 1927  Doral Pilling (CAN) Utah 60.86* 1928 Lee Bartlett Albion 66.01* 1929 Jess Mortensen Southern Cal 62.07* 1930  Kenneth Churchill (GBR) California 62.23* 1931  Kenneth Churchill (GBR) California 65.53* 1932 George Williams Hampton 65.53* 1933 Duane Purvis Purdue 66.00* 1934 Robert Parke Oregon 67.35* 1935 Charles Gongloff Pittsburgh 67.44* 1936 Alton Terry Hardin-Simmons 68.95* 1937 Lowell Todd San Jose St 65.47* 1938 Nick Vukmanic Penn St 65.74* 1939 Bob Peoples Southern Cal 67.22* 1940 Marty Biles California 62.43* 1941 Marty Biles California 67.08* 1942 Robert Biles California 65.17* 1943 George Gast Iowa St 61.61* 1944 Bob Ray Wisconsin 53.04* 1945 Robert Patton Navy 58.24* 1946 Robert Likins San Jose St 60.62* 1947 Robert Likins San Jose St 63.73A* 1948 Franklin "Bud" Held Stanford 63.91* 1949 Franklin "Bud" Held Stanford 68.48* 1950 Franklin "Bud" Held Stanford 66.06* 1951 Charles Missfeldt Oregon 66.87* 1952 George Roseme California 69.71* 1953 Dick Genther Southern Cal 66.08* 1954 Leo Long Stanford 69.11* 1955 Les Bitner Kansas 75.01* 1956 Phil Conley Cal Tech 73.13* 1957 John Fromm Pacific Lutheran 75.62* 1958 John Fromm Pacific Lutheran 78.36* 1959 Bill Alley Kansas 73.29* 1960 Bill Alley Kansas 81.91* 1961 Chuck Wilkinson Redlands 75.50* 1962 Jan Sikorsky Southern Cal 76.00* 1963 Frank Covelli Arizona St 78.55A* 1964 Les Tipton Oregon 76.16* 1965 John Tushaus Arizona 76.34* 1966 James Stevenson Penn St 78.77* 1967 Delmon McNabb Louisiana St 80.29A* 1968 Carl O'Donnell Wash St 78.92* 1969 Mark Murro Arizona St 81.00* 1970 Bill Skinner Tennessee 82.50* 1971 Cary Feldmann Washington 78.94* 1972  Rick Dowswell (CAN) Ohio 81.05* 1973 Sam Colson Kansas 85.27* 1974 Jim Judd Oregon St 82.68* 1975 Keith Goldie Long Beach St 76.25A* 1976  Phil Olsen (CAN) Tennessee 83.26* 1977 Scott Dykehouse Florida 78.76* 1978 Bob Roggy Southern Illinois 86.48* 1979 Tom Sinclair Washington 79.64* 1980 Curt Ransford San Jose St 82.06* 1981 Mike Juskus Glassboro St 83.26* 1982 Brian Crouser Oregon 83.72A* 1983  Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) Texas 89.34* 1984  Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) Texas 89.62* 1985 Brian Crouser Oregon 85.66* 1986  Dag Wennlund (SWE) Texas 78.86 1987  Dag Wennlund (SWE) Texas 77.06 1988  Kenneth Petersen (DEN) NE Louisiana 76.56 1989  Patrik Bodén (SWE) Texas 77.82A 1990  Patrik Bodén (SWE) Texas 79.82 1991  Patrik Bodén (SWE) Texas 79.34 1992 Art Skipper Oregon 75.78 1993 Erik Smith UCLA 79.20 1994 Todd Riech Fresno St 81.32 1995 Greg Johnson UCLA 74.44 1996  Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) Arizona St 79.16 1997  Mats Nilsson (SWE) Alabama 74.90 1998  Esko Mikkola (FIN) Arizona 81.86 1999  Matti Närhi (FIN) UTEP 79.74 2000  Esko Mikkola (FIN) Arizona 72.62 2001 John Stiegeler Oregon 77.07 2002  Scott Russell (CAN) Kansas 79.85 2003 Brian Chaput Pennsylvania 78.69 2004  Gabriel Wallin (SWE) Boise St 80.71 2005  Gabriel Wallin (SWE) Boise St 78.76 2006 Justin Ryncavage North Carolina 74.18 2007 Justin Ryncavage 2008 Chris Hill Georgia 78.41 m (257 ft 3 in) 2009 Chris Hill 2010 Craig Kinsley Brown 76.29 m (250 ft 3+1⁄2 in) 2011 Tim Glover Illinois State 2012 Tim Glover 2013 Sam Humphreys Texas A&M 2014 Sam Crouser 2015 Sam Crouser Oregon 79.19 m (259 ft 9 in) 2016 Curtis Thompson 2017  Ioannis Kyriazis (GRE) Texas A&M 82.58 m (270 ft 11 in) 2018  Anderson Peters (GRN) Mississippi State Bulldogs 82.82 m (271 ft 8 in) 2019  Anderson Peters (GRN) Mississippi State Bulldogs 86.62 m (284 ft 2 in) 2021 Tzuriel Pedigo LSU Tigers 76.98 m (252 ft 6 in) 2022 Marc Anthony Minichello Penn Quakers 81.17 m (266 ft 3 in) 2023 Tzuriel Pedigo LSU Tigers 79.79 m (261 ft 9 in)

References

• GBR Athletics men
• GBR Athletics women

External links

• NCAA Division I men's outdoor track and field
• NCAA Division I women's outdoor track and field