Melvin Lister
American long jumper and triple jumper
Melvin "Mel" Lister[1] (born August 29, 1977, in New York City, New York)[2] is an American long jumper and triple jumper.
He finished fifth in long jump at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
His personal best long jump is 8.49 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Baton Rouge. His personal best triple jump is 17.78 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento. He also had 20.51 seconds in the 200 metres.
Lister competed collegiately at track and field powerhouse University of Arkansas.
References
- Melvin Lister at World Athletics
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US National Championship winners in men's long jump
New York Athletic Club
- 1876: Isaiah Frazier
- 1877: William Livingston
- 1878: William Willmer
NAAAA
- 1879: Frank Kilpatrick
- 1880–81: John Voorhees
- 1882: John Jenkins
- 1883–86: Malcolm Ford
- 1887: Alexander Jordan
- 1888Note 1: Victor Schifferstein
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: William Halpin
- 1889: Malcolm Ford
- 1890: Al Copland
- 1891: Charles Reber
- 1892: Eugene Goff
- 1893: Charles Reber
- 1894: Eugene Goff
- 1895–97: Edward Bloss
- 1898: Myer Prinstein
- 1899: Alvin Kraenzlein
- 1900–01: Harry McDonald
- 1902: Myer Prinstein
- 1903: Percival Molson
- 1904: Myer Prinstein
- 1905: Hugo Friend
- 1906: Myer Prinstein
- 1907: Daniel Kelly
- 1908: Platt Adams
- 1909–10: Frank Irons
- 1911–12: Platt Adams
- 1913: Phil Stiles
- 1914: Platt Adams
- 1915–16: Harry Worthington
- 1917: Joseph Irish
- 1918: David Politzer
- 1919: Floyd Smart
- 1920OT: Sol Butler
- 1921: Edward Gourdin
- 1922–27: DeHart Hubbard
- 1928OT: Ed Hamm
- 1929: Edward Gordon
- 1930–31: Al Bates
- 1932OT: Edward Gordon
- 1933–34: Jesse Owens
- 1935: Eulace Peacock
- 1936: Jesse Owens
- 1937: Kermit King
- 1938–39: William Lacefield
- 1940–42: Billy Brown
- 1943: William Christopher
- 1944: William Lund
- 1945: Herb Douglas
- 1946–47: Willie Steele
- 1948: Fred Johnson
- 1949: Gay Bryan
- 1950: Jim Holland
- 1951–53: George Brown
- 1954: John Bennett
- 1955: Greg Bell
- 1956–58: Ernie Shelby
- 1959: Greg Bell
- 1960: Henk Visser (NED) * Joel Wiley
- 1961–66: Ralph Boston
- 1967: Jerry Proctor
- 1968–69: Bob Beamon
- 1970: Bouncy Moore
- 1971–72: Arnie Robinson
- 1973: Randy Williams
- 1974: Bouncy Moore
- 1975–78: Arnie Robinson
- 1979: Larry Myricks
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Larry Myricks
- 1981–83: Carl Lewis
- 1984: Mike McRae
- 1985: Mike Conley Sr.
- 1986–87: Carl Lewis
- 1988: Eric Metcalf
- 1989: Larry Myricks
- 1990: Mike Powell
- 1991: Carl Lewis
- 1992OT: Mike Powell
USA Track & Field
- 1993–96OT: Mike Powell
- 1997: Joe Greene
- 1998: Roland McGhee
- 1999: Kevin Dilworth
- 2000OT: Melvin Lister
- 2001–02: Savanté Stringfellow
- 2003–04OT: Dwight Phillips
- 2005: Miguel Pate
- 2006: Brian Johnson
- 2007: Dwight Phillips
- 2008OT: Trevell Quinley
- 2009–10: Dwight Phillips
- 2011–12OT: Marquise Goodwin
- 2013: George Kitchens
- 2014: Jeff Henderson
- 2015: Marquis Dendy
- 2016: Jeff Henderson
- 2017: Jarrion Lawson
- 2018: Jeff Henderson
- 2019: Ja'Mari Ward
- 20212020 OT: JuVaughn Harrison
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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