Greatest Men’s Empire Adult Track & Field Marks Ranked

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Compare equivalent performances across different athletics events. Note, scores aren’t designed to compare men’s and women’s performances.
The formula used by this calculator closely matches the official 2017 IAAF Scoring Tables – which are the most recent as of 2019.
These points are different from the Decathlon tables.

First number is the points from scoring table

1193 400 44.80 Chris Whitlock, Washington St. (Cardinal Newman ’77, SRJC ’80) at Colorado 7/2/83
1179 400 45.00A Corey Nelson, Nike (Rancho Cotate ‘95, SRJC ’97) at Mexico City 5/3/03
1177 400H 49.06 Ron Whitney, USA Olympic Team (SRJC coach ’92-?) at Mexico City 10/13/68
1160 110H 13.49 Richard Benoy, Springco AC (Ukiah ’86) at Walnut wind +1.9, 4/5/95
1159 Dec. 8215 pts Jake Arnold, Arizona (Maria Carrillo ’02) 2007
1148 800 1:45.83* Jerry Siebert, ? (Willits ’56) in 1962 1:46.3y
1145 PV 18-3 Tim McDonald, ? (St. Helena ’76, SRJC ’78) at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1131 200 20.57 Corey Nelson, Boise State (Rancho Cotate ‘95, SRJC ’97) NCAA Division I 6/5/99 +1.4
1130 400 indoors 46.65i Herbie Polk, Arizona State (Maria Carrillo ’13) NAU Friday Night Duals 1/13/17
1127 3k 7:48.02 Dan Aldridge, Athletics West (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Oslo, Norway 7/9/83
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1124 1500 3:38.70 Dan Aldridge, Sub 4 TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Sacramento 6/21/81
1121 200 20.64+ Mel Gray, Missouri (Montgomery ’67) at Lawrence, KS 5/16/70
1107 HJ 7-3½ Ron Kamaka, Arizona State Univ. (Rancho Cotate ’81, SRJC ’83) (2.22m) 1984
1103 SP 64-7¾ Andy Gillam, Kansas State (SRJC ’82) (19.70m) 1985
1102 PV 17-8¾ John Gash, ?Stanford (Santa Rosa H.S.)
1099 5k 13:30.95 Dan Aldridge, Asics Tiger TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR 6/1/85
1095 100 10.33 Luiz Mello, SRJC 2001
1094 Mile 3:58.44+ Dan Aldridge, Athletics West (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR 5/81
1091 100 10.34+ Mel Gray, Missouri (Montgomery ’67) at Lawrence, KS 5/1/70
1090 2k 5:04.41 Dan Aldridge, Sub 4 TC (Petaluma H.S. ’75, SRJC ’77) at Edinburg 6/26/85
1090 HJ 7-2½ Jon Willison, SRJC (Montgomery) 2001
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1088 10k 28:28.94+ Dan Aldridge, Asics Tiger TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR in 1984
1088 Mile 4:03.24i J.K. Withers, Oregon (Cardinal Newman ’04) at HUSKY CLASSIC, Seattle 2/14/09
1086 400 46.38 Curtis Byrd, Cal Poly (Cardinal Newman ’73) 1974
1085 DT 201-4 Cameron Bolles, (Montgomery ’82, SRJC ’96) at Salinas 5/22/01
1085 200 20.88 Luiz Mello, SRJC 2001
1084 2 mile 8:32.04+i Dan Aldridge, Athletics West (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at San Diego in 1983
1083 800 1:48.02 Geoff Ramsey, U. of Oklahoma (Montgomery ‘73, SRJC) 1976
1080 800 1:48.14+ Ron Whitney, Occidental (SRJC coach ’92-), 1963, may have better
1079 5k 13:36.76 Celedonia Rodriguez, Reebok (Elsie Allen ‘99) 4/13/06
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1074 PV 17-4½ Jake Arnold, Arizona (Maria Carrillo ’02) at Arkansas 3/07
1070 1500 3:42.74+ Marc Spina, Reebok (Montgomery ’86) VO2 Max, Los Angeles 5/16/98
1066 1500 3:43.04+ Dan Held, Indiana TC (SRHS, SSU) Met Twi 3, Dedham 6/1/96
1063 800 1:48.71 Marc Spina, Reebok (Montgomery ’86) Oxy Inv, Eagle Rock 5/10/97
1060 HT 233-11 Jan DeSoto (Santa Rosa H.S. ’72, SRJC ’74) at Stanford (71.30m) 6/14/86
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Other Event Leaders
1050 JT 250-9 Jason Bender, Stars & Stripes (Casa Grande ’78, SRJC) at Durhan (76.42m) 7/25/87
1045 Marathon 2:16:41 Steve Palladino, Santa Rosa resident since 1999, 1979 Boston Marathon
1043 Steeple 8:48.20 Steve Guerrini, Wake Forest (Santa Rosa H.S. ’91) at Madisom, WI 5/94
1014 1600R 3:11.94 SRJC 1981
1010 LJ 25-11¾ Mel Gray, Missouri (Montgomery ’67) at Lawrence, KS 5/17/70
1005 400R 40.97 SRJC 1979 Humphrey Garrett-Jim Flores-Ricky Jackson-Chris Whitlock
996 ½ Marathon 1:04:54 Steve Laurie, Team Eugene (Maria Carrillo ’99) Half Marathon, Austin 1/28/07
955 TJ 49-3½ Tim Young, SSU 1992