- Doris Brown Heritage
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Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for 
United StatesPan American Games Silver 1971 Cali 800 metres Doris Brown was born on September 17, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington.
Brown went to Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor, Washington, graduating in 1960. She then attended Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington where she earned a B.A. in 1964 and a M.S. in 1971.
In 1966, Brown became the first women to run a sub-5 minute mile indoors, clocking 4:52.[1] At one point in her career she held every women’s national and world record from 440 yards up through one mile.[2] Brown is perhaps best remembered for her five victories in the International Cross Country Championships (1967 - 1971), and she also represented the United States at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics games.[3] In 1976, Brown won the Vancouver International Marathon and placed second in the New York City Marathon.[4] She coached track and cross country at Seattle Pacific University for four decades. [3]
Brown was the second female inducted into U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1999 and was inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 2002.
References
- ^ "USATF Hall of Fame: Doris Brown (Heritage)". http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=24. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ "National Distance Running Hall of Fame: Doris Brown Heritage". http://www.distancerunning.com/inductees/2002/heritage.html. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ a b Raley, Dan (June 11, 2008), "Where Are They Now: Doris Heritage, former long distance runner", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://www.seattlepi.com/othersports/366561_where11.html
- ^ Kissane, John A. (November, 2002). "A Commitment to Excellence: The Long Run of Doris Brown Heritage". The Running Times. http://runningtimes.com/Print.aspx?articleID=4374.
- National Distance Running Hall of Fame web page
- SPU cross country web page
- Forman, Ken. The Fragile Champion: Doris Brown Who Always Ran the Extra Mile, Tate Publishing, Mustang OK., 2005. ISBN 1-5988611-9-0.
National Distance Running Hall of Fame inductees 1998: Joan Benoit · Ted Corbitt · Bill Rodgers · Frank Shorter · Kathrine Switzer | 1999: Johnny Kelley · Nina Kuscsik · Francie Larrieu Smith · Billy Mills | 2000: Clarence DeMar · Steve Prefontaine · Alberto Salazar · Grete Waitz | 2001: Bill Dellinger · Lynn Jennings · Fred Lebow · Craig Virgin | 2002: Bill Bowerman · Doris Brown Heritage · John J. Kelley · Browning Ross | 2003: Mary Decker · Jim Ryun · George Young | 2004: No inductees | 2005: Don Kardong · Greg Meyer · Bob Schul | 2006: Patti Catalano · Gerry Lindgren · Marty Liquori | 2007: No inductees | 2008: Amby Burfoot · Johnny Hayes · Priscilla Welch | 2009: No inductees | 2010: Dick Beardsley · Miki Gorman
Categories:- Living people
- 1942 births
- American middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- National Distance Running Hall of Fame inductees
- Seattle Pacific University alumni
- American middle distance runner stubs
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