record between 2,000 and 10,000 meters. His personal best times over each distance, including those records, are below. Conversions: , , , Competition record Notable performances US National Championships Third fastest 3-mile time ever run by an American high schooler; Prefontaine's first non-high school track meet US National championships meet record; fifth fastest 3-mile time ever run and the second fastest by an American; Prefontaine's first sub-13 minute 3-mile Broke his own 1971 US National championships meet record; second fastest 3-mile time ever run by an American NCAA championships While at Oregon Prefontaine won seven NCAA national titles: three in cross country, '70, '71 and '73; and four in track, '70, '71, '72 and '73. He was the first athlete to win four NCAA track titles in the same event. Cross country Prefontaine redshirted the Fall of 1972 after the Olympics which made him eligible to run cross country in the fall of 1973. Track and field NCAA meet record A 5000 m race was held this year rather than a 3 mile race NCAA meet record for 5000 m; broke Gerry Lindgren's 1968 record of 13:57.2 Broke his own NCAA meet record and set a stadium record Oregon State high school championships During his junior and senior years at Marshfield High School, Prefontaine went undefeated in both cross country and track. Cross country Track and field References External links Prefontaine Classic University of Oregon Athletics: Steve Prefontaine, bio & pix The Steve Prefontaine Story 1951 births 1975 deaths American male middle-distance runners American male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Sportspeople from Eugene, Oregon Road incident deaths in Oregon Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States People from Coos Bay, Oregon Burials in Oregon Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Oregon Ducks men's cross country runners Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games