Bill Reifsnyder

American long-distance runner

William P. Reifsnyder (born April 13, 1962, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is a retired American long-distance runner, who twice (1989 and 1991) won the American national title in the men's marathon race. In 1991 he was ranked the second road racer in the world by "Runner's World" magazine. In 1985 he finished in second place in the Honolulu Marathon, clocking 2:14:39 behind Kenya's Ibrahim Hussein (2:12:08). While at Bucknell University, Reifsnyder was a three-time All-American in cross country.

External links

  • Bucknell Bison profile
  • National Marathon Champions for the United States
  • Statistics[permanent dead link]
  • Honolulu Marathon
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US National Championship winners in men's Marathon
1925-1979
Amateur Athletic Union
  • 1925: Charles Mellor
  • 1926–29: Clarence DeMar
  • 1930: Karl Koski
  • 1931: William Agee
  • 1932: Clyde Martak
  • 1933–34: Melvin Porter
  • 1935: Pat Dengis
  • 1936: Billy McMahon
  • 1937: Melvin Porter
  • 1938–39: Pat Dengis
  • 1940: Lou Gregory
  • 1941: Bernard Smith
  • 1942–43: Frederick McGlone
  • 1944–45: Charles Robbins, Jr.
  • 1946: Johnny Kelley
  • 1947: Ted Vogel
  • 1948: Johnny Kelley
  • 1949: Victor Dyrgall
  • 1950: Johnny Kelley
  • 1951: Jesse Van Zant
  • 1952: Victor Dyrgall
  • 1953: John Lafferty
  • 1954: Ted Corbitt
  • 1955: Nicholas Costes
  • 1956–63: John J. Kelley
  • 1964: Buddy Edelen
  • 1965: Garnett Williams
  • 1966: Norm Higgins
  • 1967: Ron Daws
  • 1968: George Young
  • 1969: Tom Heinonen
  • 1970: Robert Fitts
  • 1971: Kenny Moore
  • 1972: Edmund Norris
  • 1973: Douglas Schmenk
  • 1974: Ronald Wayne
  • 1975–76: Gary Tuttle
  • 1977: Edward Schelegle
  • 1978: Carl Hatfield
  • 1979: Tom Antczak
1980–1992
The Athletics Congress
1993–present
USA Track & Field


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