James Munyala

James Munyala (born November 2, 1952) is a Kenyan athlete, known for running the steeplechase.^[1] Running for the University of Texas, El Paso he won three straight NCAA Championships 1975-1977. His 1976 win set the Franklin Field record that stood for 32 years. He was part of the controversial beginning wave of imported, older Kenyan athletes who allowed UTEP and Washington State University to dominate NCAA distance running. At the time, Craig Virgin suggested these athletes displaced opportunities for American athletes.^[2]^[3] Another star athlete mentioned was Washington State's Henry Rono who succeeded Munyala as NCAA Champion, with Munyala as runner-up, in 1978, blocking his attempt to win four straight. Later in 1978, Rono and Munyala went 1-2 for Kenya at both the African Games and the Commonwealth Games. Munyala won the Indoor Mile for UTEP in 1978 and is in the university's Hall of Fame when they ran the triple crown of the Men's Indoor, Outdoor and Cross Country Championships all in the same year.^[4]

References

↑ "Profile of James MUNYALA | All-Athletics.com". www.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (1977-06-23). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company.
↑ "The Michigan Daily - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
↑ "UTEP Official Athletic Site - Hall of Fame". www.utepathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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) * George Malley 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 2012–16: 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, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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