Bill Ashenfelter

William Nyman "Bill" Ashenfelter (born October 16, 1924 in Collegeville, Pennsylvania - June 4, 2010^[1]) is an American track and field athlete known for long distance events. He is the younger brother of Horace Ashenfelter. In the Steeplechase at the 1952 Olympic Trials, both brothers ran together, with Horace edging ahead to take the win in the last lap. Both brothers broke the American record that had been held for 16 years by Harold Manning and both brothers qualified to run in the 1952 Olympics.^[2] While Bill was unable to finish his trial heat, Horace went on to win the gold medal in world record time. But Bill was not left out of making the world record book. A month earlier, Bill joined Reggie Pearman, John Barnes, and Mal Whitfield to set the world record in the 4 × 800 metres relay at 7:29.2.^[3]

Bill was the 1954 American champion in the 2 mile steeplechase.^[4]

References

↑ Ashenfelter, William (15 June 2010). "William Nyman Ashenfelter". Main Line Media News. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/bill-ashenfelter-1.html
↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/3000mSC.aspx

US National Championship winners in men's steeplechase

1889–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1889: Albert George (GBR) 1890: William Young 1891–92: Ernie Hjertberg (SWE) 1893–94: George Orton (CAN) 1895: not held 1896–99: George Orton (CAN) 1900: Alexander Grant 1901: George Orton (CAN) 1902: Arthur Newton 1903: not held 1904: John Daly (IRL) 1905: Harvey Cohn 1906–15: not held 1916: Michael Devaney 1917–18: not held 1919: Michael Devaney 1920: Patrick Flynn 1921–22: Michael Devaney 1923: Ville Ritola (FIN) 1924: Marvin Rick 1925: Russell Payne 1926–27: Ville Ritola (FIN) 1928: William Spencer 1929: David Abbott 1930–33: Joe McCluskey 1934: Harold Manning 1935: Joe McCluskey 1936: Harold Manning 1937: Floyd Lochner 1938–40: Joe McCluskey 1941: Forrest Efaw 1942: George DeGeorge 1943: Joe McCluskey 1944: Forrest Efaw 1945: James Wisner 1946: James Rafferty 1947–48: Forrest Efaw 1949: Curt Stone 1950: Warren Druetzler 1951: Horace Ashenfelter 1952: Robert McMullen 1953: Horace Ashenfelter 1954: Bill Ashenfelter 1955: Ken Reiser 1956: Horace Ashenfelter 1957–58: Deacon Jones 1959–60: Phil Coleman 1961: Deacon Jones 1962: George Young 1963: Pat Traynor 1964: Jeff Fishback 1965: George Young 1966–67: Pat Traynor 1968: George Young 1969: Mike Manley 1970: Bill Reilly 1971: Sid Sink 1972: Jim Dare 1973: Doug Brown 1974: Jim Johnson 1975–76: Randy Smith 1977: James Munyala (KEN) 1978–79: Henry Marsh

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Doug Brown 1981–87: Henry Marsh 1988–90: Brian Diemer 1991: Mark Croghan 1992: Brian Diemer

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Marc Davis 1994–97: Mark Croghan 1998–2000: Pascal Dobert 2001: Tom Chorny 2002: Anthony Famiglietti 2003: Steve Slattery 2004–06: Daniel Lincoln 2007: Joshua McAdams 2008: Anthony Famiglietti 2009: Joshua McAdams 2010: Daniel Huling 2011: William Nelson 2012–15: Evan Jager

Notes	2 mile steeplechase in 1889–1919, 1921–27, 1929–31, 1953–55 and 1957; 3000 m steeplechase otherwise. The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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