Steve Spence

American long-distance runner and coach

Steve Spence
Medal record
Representing United States
Men’s athletics
World Championships
	1991 Tokyo	Marathon

Steve Spence (born May 9, 1962, in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania) is a United States long-distance runner and coach. One of his many accomplishments was winning a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. He graduated from Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, where he ran track. He then attended Shippensburg University, where he won numerous NCAA Division Two national titles in the 5000m run. Spence is now the head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Shippensburg University.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the United States
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Marathon	2:15:36
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	12th	Marathon	2:15:21

References

In-depth article from MileSplit
Steve Spence's Accomplishments and Coaching Achievements
Shippensburg University Women's Cross Country Program
Shippensburg University Men's Cross Country Program

USA Championship winners in the men's half marathon

1987: Paul Cummings
1988: Mark Stickley
1989: Not held
1990: Mark Curp
1991: Jon Sinclair
1992: Don Janicki
1993: Ed Eyestone
1994: Rod DeHaven
1995: Steve Spence
1996: Alfredo Vigueras
1997: David Morris
1998: Rod DeHaven
1999: Todd Williams
2000: Rod DeHaven
2001: Dan Browne
2002: Peter de la Cerda
2003–04: Ryan Shay
2005: Dan Browne
2006: Brian Sell
2007: Ryan Hall
2008: James Carney
2009: Meb Keflezighi
2010: Antonio Vega
2011: Mo Trafeh
2012: Abdihakem Abdirahman
2013–14: Meb Keflezighi
2015: Diego Estrada
2016: Christo Landry
2017: Leonard Korir
2018: Chris Derrick
2019: Leonard Korir
2020: Not held

v t e US National Championship winners in men's Marathon
1925-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1925: Charles Mellor 1926–29: Clarence DeMar 1930: Karl Koski 1931: William Agee 1932: Clyde Martak 1933–34: Melvin Porter 1935: Pat Dengis 1936: Billy McMahon 1937: Melvin Porter 1938–39: Pat Dengis 1940: Lou Gregory 1941: Bernard Smith 1942–43: Frederick McGlone 1944–45: Charles Robbins, Jr. 1946: Johnny Kelley 1947: Ted Vogel 1948: Johnny Kelley 1949: Victor Dyrgall 1950: Johnny Kelley 1951: Jesse Van Zant 1952: Victor Dyrgall 1953: John Lafferty 1954: Ted Corbitt 1955: Nicholas Costes 1956–63: John J. Kelley 1964: Buddy Edelen 1965: Garnett Williams 1966: Norm Higgins 1967: Ron Daws 1968: George Young 1969: Tom Heinonen 1970: Robert Fitts 1971: Kenny Moore 1972: Edmund Norris 1973: Douglas Schmenk 1974: Ronald Wayne 1975–76: Gary Tuttle 1977: Edward Schelegle 1978: Carl Hatfield 1979: Tom Antczak
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Frank Richardson 1981: Robert Johnson 1982: Joel Menges 1983: Pete Pfitzinger 1984–85: Ken Martin 1986: Bill Donakowski 1987: Ric Sayre 1988: Mark Conover 1989: Bill Reifsnyder 1990: Steve Spence 1991: Bill Reifsnyder
1993–present USA Track & Field	1992: Steve Spence 1993: Ed Eyestone 1994: Paul Pilkington 1995: Keith Brantly 1996: Bob Kempainen 1997: Dave Scudamore 1998: Keith Brantly 1999: Alfredo Vigueras 2000: Rod DeHaven 2001: Scott Larson 2002: Dan Browne 2003: Ryan Shay 2004: Alan Culpepper 2005–06: Mbarak Hussein 2007: Ryan Hall 2008: Fernando Cabada 2009: Meb Keflezighi 2010: Sergio Reyes 2011: Not held 2012: Meb Keflezighi 2013: Nicholas Arciniaga 2014: Tyler Pennel 2015: Jared Ward 2016: Galen Rupp 2017: Tim Ritchie 2018: Brogan Austin 2019: Not held 2020: Galen Rupp 2022: Futsum Zeinasellassie

v t e 1992 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1992 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Michael Bates Arthur Blake Leroy Burrell Mark Croghan Tony Dees Brian Diemer Danny Everett Mark Everett Marco Evoniuk Ed Eyestone Johnny Gray Darnell Hall (r) Terrance Herrington Steve Holman Allen James Chip Jenkins James Jett (r) Michael Johnson Bob Kempainen Bob Kennedy Carl Lewis (r) Steve Lewis Daniel Lopez Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell McClinton Neal Herm Nelson José Parrilla David Patrick Jack Pierce Steve Plasencia Aaron Ramirez Reuben Reina Carl Schueler Steve Spence Jim Spivey John Trautmann Andrew Valmon (r) Quincy Watts Todd Williams Mark Witherspoon Kevin Young
Men's field athletes	Charles Austin Ron Backes Mike Barnett Brian Blutreich Tim Bright Mike Buncic Mike Conley Hollis Conway Brian Crouser Lance Deal Jim Doehring Ken Flax Joe Greene Dave Johnson Carl Lewis Jud Logan Aric Long Rob Muzzio Darrin Plab Mike Powell Tom Pukstys Charles Simpkins Mike Stulce Kory Tarpenning John Tillman Dave Volz Anthony Washington
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Tonja Buford Joetta Clark Gwynneth Coogan Gail Devers Sandra Farmer-Patrick Michelle Finn Carlette Guidry Suzy Hamilton Victoria Herazo Denean Hill (r) Regina Jacobs Julie Jenkins Lynn Jennings Esther Jones (r) Natasha Kaiser Janis Klecker Francie Larrieu-Smith Debbi Lawrence LaVonna Martin Jearl Miles Cathy O'Brien Annette Peters PattiSue Plumer Meredith Rainey Michelle Rohl Shelly Steely Rochelle Stevens Judi St. Hilaire Lynda Tolbert Gwen Torrence Janeene Vickers Dannette Young (r)
Women's field athletes	Paula Berry Kym Carter Sharon Couch Bonnie Dasse Pam Dukes Sheila Echols Carla Garrett Cindy Greiner Tanya Hughes Jackie Joyner-Kersee Donna Mayhew Penny Neer Ramona Pagel Connie Price-Smith Sue Rembao Amber Welty
Coaches	Mel Rosen (men's head coach) Harry Groves (men's assistant coach) Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach) Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach) Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach) Fred Samara (men's assistant coach) Barbara Jacket (women's head coach) Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach) Lance Harter (women's assistant coach) Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)