13 Bruins Named to Men's All-Century

SAN FRANCISCO – The 52-member Pac-12 All-Century Men's Track & Field team was announced during Pac-12 Networks' flagship show, 'Pac-12 Sports Report.' The UCLA Bruins had the second most selections in the conference with 13.

This team was voted on by a panel of 35 consisting of coaches, former athletes, administrators and members of the media. The top two vote getters in each of the 19 events automatically qualified for the squad. The remaining 12 spots, in addition to ties, were selected from a wildcard ballot consisting of the third, fourth and fifth place vote getters in each event. Athletes with two or more events next to their name finished in the top two in each of those events.

Out of 285 nominees, USC leads all Pac-12 schools with 14 team selections, followed by UCLA (13), Oregon (8), Washington State (7), California (3), Stanford (3), Washington (2), Arizona State (1) and Oregon State (1). Forty-two of the 52 members of the team are Olympians, and represent 10 different decades and nine different countries.

USC's Dean Cromwell earned Pac-12 Men's Track & Field Coach of the Century honors, with Henry Rono from Washington State receiving the Pac-12 Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Century title.

Nicknamed "The Maker of Champions," Cromwell's Trojans won a record 12 NCAA men's championships under his direction as coach from 1909-13 and 1916-1948. Troy won an unprecedented 9 consecutive NCAA crowns from 1935-43. He was 109-48-1 in dual meets, and his athletes won 34 NCAA individual titles. "The Dean" personally tutored champions in every Olympic Games from 1912 to 1948, and he even was selected as head coach of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1948 London Games. Cromwell also coached USC's football team to a 21-8-6 mark in 5 years (1909-10, 1916-18) and was the Trojan basketball coach in 1918. He died on Aug. 3, 1962, at age 82.

Rono established four World, Collegiate, Pac-10 and WSU records in 81 days in 1978. He ran 5000m in 13:08.4 (April 8), 3000m steeplechase in 8:05.4 (May 13), 10,000m in 27:22.47 (June 11) and 3000m in 7:32.1 (June 27). His steeplechase and 5000m times are still the best in collegiate records through 2015 season. He won four Pac-10 titles - steeplechase in 1977, 5k and 10k in 1978 and 5k in 1979. Rono won six NCAA titles, including the 1978 and 1979 steeplechase. In 1978, he was named Track and Field News' World Track & Field Athlete of the Year, Sport Magazine Track Athlete-of-the-Year, AP European Sportswriters Sportsman of the Year and was the North America winner of Helms Athletic Foundation World Trophy. A member of Kenya's 1980 Olympic team, he dropped his 5000m time to 13:06.2 (1981).

See below for the entire team:

PAC-12 MEN'S TRACK & FIELD ALL-CENTURY TEAM

	EVENT
Ato Boldon – UCLA, 1993-96	100m, 200m
Charles Paddock – USC, 1920-23	100m
Lennox Miller – USC, 1967-69	100m
Don Quarrie – USC, 1972-73	200m
Mel Patton – USC, 1946-49	200m
Hal Davis – California, 1942-43	200m
Quincy Watts – USC, 1989-92	400m
Steve Lewis – UCLA, 1988-1990	400m
Danny Everett – UCLA, 1987-88	400m
Archie Williams – California, 1936-38	400m
Joaquim Cruz – Oregon, 1983-84	800m
James Robinson – California, 1975-76	800m
Ben Eastman – Stanford, 1929-32	800m
Bernard Lagat – Washington State, 1996-99	1500m
Matthew Centrowitz – Oregon, 2008-11	1500m
Dyrol Burleson – Oregon, 1959-62	1500m
Louis Zamperini – USC, 1938-40	1500m
Steve Prefontaine – Oregon, 1970-73	5000m
Edward Cheserek – Oregon, 2014-Present	5000m
Gerry Lindgren – Washington State, 1964-68	10000m
Galen Rupp – Oregon, 2005-09	10000m
Meb Keflezighi – UCLA, 1995-98	10000m
Greg Foster – UCLA, 1978-80	110h
Jack Davis – USC, 1951-53	110h
Kevin Young – UCLA, 1986-88	400h
Felix Sanchez – USC, 1999-2000	400h
Andre Phillips – UCLA, 1980-81	400h
Jeshua Anderson – Washington State, 2007-2011	400h
Henry Rono – Washington State, 1976-81	Steeplechase, 5000m, 10000m
Julius Korir – Washington State, 1982-86	Steeplechase
Bob Seagren – USC, 1967-69	Pole Vault
Brad Walker – Washington, 2000-04	Pole Vault
Dick Fosbury – Oregon State, 1967-69	High Jump
Dwight Stones – UCLA, 1972	High Jump
Charlie Dumas – USC, 1958-60	High Jump
Mike Powell – UCLA, 1985-86	Long Jump
Randy Williams – USC, 1972-75	Long Jump
Dwight Phillips – Arizona State, 1999-00	Long Jump
Willie Banks – UCLA, 1977-78	Triple Jump
Joseph Taiwo – Washington State, 1981-84	Triple Jump
Mac Wilkins – Oregon, 1972-73	Discus
John Van Reenen – Washington State, 1967-70	Discus
John Godina – UCLA, 1993-95	Shot Put, Discus
Parry O'Brien – USC, 1951-53	Shot Put
Dallas Long – USC, 1960-62	Shot Put
Balazs Kiss – USC, 1993-96	Hammer Throw
Scott Neilson – Washington, 1976-79	Hammer Throw
Bud Held – Stanford, 1947-50	Javelin
Cy Young – UCLA, 1949-51	Javelin
Ashton Eaton – Oregon, 2007-10	Decathlon
Rafer Johnson – UCLA, 1956-60	Decathlon
Bob Mathias – Stanford, 1949-52	Decathlon

COACH OF THE CENTURY
Dean Cromwell – USC, 1909-48
ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY
Henry Rono – Washington State, 1976-81

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