The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships is an annual outdoor competition in the sport of athletics organised by USA Track & Field, which serves as the national championship for the sport in the United States. The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis and several events are hosted separately.
The earliest national champions were declared by the New York Athletic Club at their annual men's championships, starting in 1876. The National Association of Amateur Athletes of America was formed and organised the men's national championships from 1879 to 1888, followed by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) from 1888 to 1979. The men's and women's championships have been held jointly since 1976. Following professionalisation of the sport, the running of the national championships was taken over by The Athletics Congress of the USA (TAC) from 1980. TAC rebranded as USA Track & Field (USATF) in 1993. The national championships served as the United States Olympic Trials (track and field) in 1920, 1928, 1932, and from 1992 onwards. Olympic Trials were held separately in other years, and winners at the trial event were not declared national champions.UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN 1943-). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-30.UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN 1876-1942). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-30.UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
The national championships for cross country and road running are held separately from the main track and field competition.
Men 100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
5K run
8K run
10K run
7 miles 2002: Meb Keflezighi
12K run 1987: Dirk Lakeman 1988–92: Not held 1993: Mark Coogan 1994–95: Chris Fox 1996: Mark Coogan
15K run
10 miles
20K run
Half marathon
25K run
30K run
Marathon
50K run Champions from USATFUSA 50 km (Road/Track) Champions. USATF. Retrieved 2021-05-29. 1976: Chuck Smead 1977: Allan Kirik 1978: Jack Brennan 1979: John Cederholm 1980: Bill DeVoe 1981: Richard Holloway 1982–83: Charlie Trayer 1984: Mel Williams 198–88: Not held 1989: John Naslund 1990: Barney Klecker 1991–98: Not held 1999: Mike Harrison 2000–01: Not held 2002: Dan Verrington 2003: Not held 2004: Mike Dudley 2005: Not held 2006: Jason Saitta 2007: Greg Crowther 2008–11: Michael Wardian 2012–13: Joseph Gray
50 miles Champions from USATFUSA 50 mi. Road/Track Champions. USATF. Retrieved 2021-05-29. 1966: Jim McDonagh 1967: Thomas J. Osler 1968: Ted Corbitt 1969: Not held 1970: Bob Deines 1971: Not held 1972: Ross Smith 1973: Not held 1974: Max White 1975: Jim Pearson 1976: Frank Bozanich 1977: Jim Czachor 1978: Ken Moffitt 1979: Frank Bozanich 1980: Barney Klecker 1981: Frank Bozanich 1982: John Raveling 1983: Hector Rodriguez 1984: Christian Pellerin 1985: Michael Fedak 1986–96: Not held 1997–98: Brian Teason 1999: Mark Goodale 2000–03: Not held 2004: Chad Ricklefs 2005: Andrew McDowell 2006: Not held 2007: Mark Lundblad 2008: Eric Grossman 2009–10: Todd Braje 2011: Michael Wardian 2012: Zach Bitter 2013: Matt Flaherty
100K run Champions from USATFUSA 100 km Champions. USATF. Retrieved 2021-05-29. 1987: Charlie Trayer 1988: Rae Clark 1989: Charlie Trayer 1990: Bill Clements 1991: Sean Crom 1992: Robert Perez 1993: Bryan Hacker 1994–95: Rich Hanna 1996–98: Kevin Setnes 1999: Not held 2000: Howard Nippert 2001: Jim Garcia 2002: Chad Ricklefs 2003: Not held 2004: Tim Clement 2005–06: Not held 2007: Greg Crowther 2008: Michael Wardian 2009: Not held 2010: Matt Woods 2011: Andrew Henshaw 2012: Not held 2013: Nick Accardo 2014: Zach Bitter 2015: Mike Bialick
100 miles Champions from GBR AthleticsUSA Championships (Men 1943-). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-29. 1983: Ray Scannell 1984: Lion Caldwell 1985: Don Jewell 1986: Lion Caldwell 1987: Roy Pirrung 1988: Not held 1989: Rae Clark 1990–2002: Not held 2003: Tim Clement 2004: Bob Sweeney 2005: Steve Peterson
24-hour run Champions from USATFUSA 24 hr. (Road/Track) Champions. USATF. Retrieved 2021-05-29. 1988: Roy Pirrung 1989: Scott Demaree 1990: Rae Clark 1991: Roy Pirrung 1992: Not held 1993: Kevin Setnes 1994: Tommy Taylor 1995: Kurt Madden 1996: John Geesler 1997: David Luljak 1998: Kevin Setnes 1999: Mark Godale 2000: John Geesler 2001: Rudy Afanador 2002: John Geesler 2003: Joseph Gaebler 2004–05: Steve Peterson 2006: Alex Swenson 2007: Bob Sweeney 2008: Byron Lane 2009: Philip McCarthy 2010: Serge Arbona 2011: Philip McCarthy 2012: Jon Olsen
3000 metres steeplechase
110 metres hurdles
200 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Pole vault for distance 1893: A.H. Green 1906: Martin Sheridan 1907: Martin Sheridan 1908: W.A. McLeod 1909: Harry Babcock 1910: Platt Adams 1911: Harry Babcock 1912: Not held 1913: Platt Adams 1914: Platt Adams 1915: Platt Adams
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Discus throw – Greek style 1907: Martin Sheridan
Hammer throw
Weight throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
All-Around
Decathlon
References
Champions 1876–2006 UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN 1943-). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-30. UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN 1876-1942). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-30. UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-30.