Steve Plasencia

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Steven ("Steve") Micael Plasencia (born October 28, 1956 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former American long-distance runner. Plasencia competed in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the closest 1-2 finish in the race's history, Plasencia edged out Keith Brantly by one second to win the 1992 California International Marathon (2:14:14).^[1] His 14:02.86 5000 metres at the Drake Relays at the age of 40 is still pending as the American Masters record.

Plasencia is currently the head cross-country and track and field coach at the University of Minnesota where he has won three Indoor Big Ten Track and Field Championships (2009, 2010, 2011) and two Outdoor Big Ten Track and Field Championships (2009, 2010) .^[2]

Achievements

All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Representing the United States
1992	California International Marathon	California State Capitol, United States	1st	2:14:14
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th	2:16:56

Personal records

5000 m - 13:19.37 (Oslo, Norway, July 27, 1985)
10000 m - 27:45.20 (Seattle, Washington, July 25, 1990)
Marathon - 2:12.51
2 time Olympian

References

External links

v t e Masters athletics

Events	World Masters Athletics Championships European Veterans Athletics Championships Senior Olympics World Masters Games

Records	World Records American Records

Federations	World Masters Athletics European Athletics Veterans Association

Athletes	List of Masters Athletes USATF Masters Hall of Fame

v t e US National Championship winners in Men's 10000m

1876-1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-79: Not held

1879-1888 NAAAA	1880: James Gifford 1881: W.C. Davies 1882-83: Tom Delaney 1884: Geo. Stonebridge 1885: Peter Skillman 1886-87: Edward Carter 1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888-91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff 1892-93: William Day 1894: Charles Bean 1899: Alex Grant 1900: Arthur Newton 1901: Frank Kanahy 1902: Alex Grant 1903: Not held 1904: John Joyce 1905: Frank Verner 1906: Wm. Nelson 1907: John Daly 1908: Fred Bellars 1909: Harry McLean 1910: William Kramer 1911: George Bonhag 1912-13: Hannes Kolehmainen 1914: Ville Kyrönen 1915: Hannes Kolehmainen 1916: Joie Ray 1917-19: Charles Pores 1920^OT: Not held 1921-23: Earle Johnson 1924: Ilmar Prim 1925: George Lermond 1926: Phillip Osif 1927: Willie Ritola 1928^OT: Joie Ray 1929-31: Lou Gregory 1932^OT: Tom Ottey 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Eino Pentti 1935: Tom Ottey 1936: Don Lash 1937-38: Eino Pentti 1939: Lou Gregory 1940: Don Lash 1941: Lou Gregory 1942: Joe McCluskey 1943: Lou Gregory 1944: Norman Bright 1945: Ted Vogel 1946-48: Edward O'Toole 1949: Fred Wilt 1950: Horace Ashenfelter 1951-54: Curt Stone 1955: Dick Hart 1956: Max Truex 1957: Doug Kyle 1958: John Macy 1959: Max Truex 1960: Al Lawrence 1961: John Gutknecht 1962: Bruce Kidd 1963-64: Peter McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Tracy Smith 1967: Van Nelson 1968: Tracy Smith 1969-70: Jack Bacheler 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Greg Fredericks 1973: Gordon Minty 1974-75: Frank Shorter 1976: Ed Leddy 1977: Frank Shorter 1978-79: Craig Virgin 1980: Rodolfo Gomez - Garry Bjorklund

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Alberto Salazar 1982: Craig Virgin 1983: Alberto Salazar 1984: Jon Sinclair 1985: Bruce Bickford 1986-87: Gerard Donakowski 1988: Steve Taylor 1989: Pat Porter 1990: Steve Plasencia 1991: Shannon Butler 1992^OT: Todd Williams

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Todd Williams 1994: Tom Ansberry 1995-96: Todd Williams 1997: Michael Mykytok 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Alan Culpepper 2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi 2001: Abdi Abdirahman 2002: Mebrahtom Keflezighi 2003: Alan Culpepper 2004: Meb Keflezighi 2005: Abdi Abdirahman 2006: Jorge Torres 2007-08: Abdi Abdirahman 2009-12: Galen Rupp

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925-27 and from 1929-31 it was over 6 miles.

Persondata
Name	Plasencia, Steve
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor, long distance runner, marathoner
Date of birth	October 28, 1956
Place of birth	Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of death
Place of death

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