Sprint hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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The sprint hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships have been contested over a variety of distances. The men's 110 meter hurdles or its imperial equivalent (the 120 yard hurdles) has been present on the schedule since the first edition in 1921. A men's 220 yard hurdles was also held from 1921 to 1959. The women's 100 meter hurdles has been held since the first women's championships in 1982.

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Women's 100 meter hurdles

This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 100 meter hurdles event.

Key
w=wind aided
A=Altitude assisted
YearNameNationalityTeamTime + wind
1982 Benita Fitzgerald Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee13.13
1983 Benita Fitzgerald Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee12.84
1984 Kim Turner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UTEP13.02w
1985 Rhonda Blanford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nebraska12.70w
1986 Rosalind Pendergraft-Council Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Auburn13.03
1987 LaVonna Martin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee13.05
1988 Lynda Tolbert Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona St12.82
1989 Tananjalyn Stanley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana St12.70
1990 Lynda Tolbert Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona St12.84w
1991 Dawn Bowles Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana St12.70w
1992 Michelle Freeman Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Florida12.90
1993 Gillian Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Miami Fl13.02
1994 Gillian Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Miami Fl12.97
1995 Gillian Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Miami Fl12.99
1996 Kim Carson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana St12.82w
1997 Astia Walker Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Louisiana St12.85
1998 Angie Vaughn Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas 12.82w
1999 Yolanda McCray Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Miami Fl12.85
2000 Joyce Bates Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana St12.85
2001 Donica Merriman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ohio St12.73w
2002 Perdita Felicien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Illinois12.91
2003 Perdita Felicien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Illinois12.74
2004 Nichole Denby Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas 12.62
2005 Virginia Powell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southern Cal12.80
2006 Virginia Powell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southern Cal12.48
2007 Tiffany Ofili Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan12.80
2008 Tiffany Ofili Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan12.84 -2.8
2009 Tiffany Ofili Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan12.96
2010 Queen Quedith Harrison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Virginia Tech12.67 +1.8
2011 Nia Ali Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States USC12.63
2012 Christina Manning Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ohio State12.89
2013 Brianna Rollins Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Clemson12.39
2014 Sharika Nelvis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arkansas State 12.52
2015 Kendra Harrison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kentucky 12.55 +1.7
2016 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Kentucky 12.54
2017 Tobi Amusan Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria UTEP12.57
2018 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Kentucky12.70
2019 Janeek Brown Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Arkansas12.40
2021 Anna Cockrell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States USC12.58
2022 Alia Armstrong Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU12.57
2023 Ackera Nugent Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Arkansas12.25
2024 Grace Stark Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida12.47

Men's 120 yard hurdles and 110 meter hurdles

This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 120 yard hurdles until 1975, with the metric 110 meter hurdles being contested in Olympic years starting in 1932. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance. Hand timing was used until 1973, while starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used. The height of the hurdles and the spacing between the two races are identical 110 meters is 29 centimetres (11 in) longer from the last hurdle to the finish line.

Key
y=yards
w=wind aided
A=Altitude assisted
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1921 Earl Thomson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dartmouth14.4y
1922 Harold Barron Penn St15.4y
1923 Ivan Riley Kansas St15.2y
1924Not held
1925 Hugo Leistner Stanford14.6y
1926 George Guthrie Ohio St14.8y
1927 Weems Baskin Auburn14.9y
1928 Dwight Kane Ohio Wesleyan14.7y
1929 Richard Rockaway Ohio St14.7y
1930 Steve Anderson Washington14.4y
1931 Jack Keller Ohio St14.6y
1932 George Saling Iowa14.2
1933 August Meier Stanford14.2y
1934 Sam Klopstock Stanford14.4y
1935 Sam Allen Oklahoma Baptist14.5y
1936 Forrest "Spec" Towns Georgia14.3
1937 Forrest "Spec" Towns Georgia14.3y
1938 Fred Wolcott Rice14.1y
1939 Fred Wolcott Rice14.2y
1940 Ed Dugger Tufts13.9y
1941 Robert Wright Ohio St14.0y
1942 Robert Wright Ohio St14.2y
1943 Bill Cummins Rice14.6y
1944 David Nichols Illinois15.3y
1945 George Walker Illinois14.9y
1946 Harrison Dillard Baldwin-Wallace14.1y
1947 Harrison Dillard Baldwin-Wallace14.1yA
1948 Clyde Scott Arkansas13.7
1949 Craig Dixon UCLA13.9y
1950 Dick Attlesey Southern Cal14.0y
1951 Jack Davis Southern Cal13.7y
1952 Jack Davis Southern Cal14
1953 Jack Davis Southern Cal14.0y
1954 Willard Thomson Illinois14.2y
1955 Milt Campbell Indiana13.9y
1956 Lee Calhoun NC Central13.7
1957 Lee Calhoun NC Central13.6y
1958 Elias Gilbert Winston-Salem13.9y
1959 Hayes Jones Eastern Mich13.6y
1960 Jim Johnson UCLA14
1961 Jerry Tarr Oregon13.9y
1962 Jerry Tarr Oregon13.5yw
1963 Robert Green Southern Illinois14.1Ay
1964 Bobby May Rice13.7
1965 Paul Kerry Southern Cal13.9y
1966 Ron Copeland UCLA13.73y
1967 Earl McCullouch Southern Cal13.4Ay
1968 Earl McCullouch Southern Cal13.4
1969 Ervin Hall Villanova13.3y
1970 Paul Gibson UTEP13.6y
1971 Rod Milburn Southern-BR13.6y
1972 Jerry Wilson Southern Cal13.4
1973 Rod Milburn Southern-BR13.1y
1974 Charles Foster NC Central13.35yw
1975 Larry Shipp Louisiana St13.91Ay
1976 Dedy Cooper San Jose St13.89
1977 James Owens UCLA13.49
1978 Greg Foster UCLA13.22
1979 Renaldo Nehemiah Maryland12.91w
1980 Greg Foster UCLA13.42
1981 Larry Cowling California13.60w
1982 Milan Stewart Southern Cal13.53A
1983 Roger Kingdom Pittsburgh13.54
1984 Albert Lane Missouri13.61
1985 Henry Andrade Southern Meth13.43w
1986 Keith Talley Alabama13.36
1987 Eric Reid Louisiana St13.51
1988 James Purvis Georgia Tech13.58
1989 Robert Reading Southern Cal13.19Aw
1990 Chris Lancaster Indiana St13.45
1991 Greg Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Texas A&M13.55w
1992 Mark Crear Southern Cal13.49
1993 Glenn Terry Indiana13.43
1994 Robert Foster Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Fresno St13.53
1995 Duane Ross Clemson13.32
1996 Dominique Arnold Wash St13.46
1997 Reggie Torian Wisconsin13.39
1998 Larry Wade Texas A&M13.37w
1999 Terrence Trammell South Carolina13.45
2000 Terrence Trammell South Carolina13.43
2001 Ron Bramlett Alabama13.54w
2002 Ron Bramlett Alabama13.49
2003 Ryan Wilson Southern Cal13.35
2004 Josh Walker Florida13.32
2005 Josh Walker Florida13.39
2006 Aries Merritt Tennessee13.21
2007 Tyron Akins Auburn13.42 -1.0
2008 Jason Richardson South Carolina13.40 -1.0
2009 Ronnie Ash Bethune–Cookman 13.27 -2.0
2010 Andrew Riley Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Illinois13.45 +1.7
2011 Barrett Nugent LSU 13.28w +3.6
2012 Andrew Riley Illinois13.30 -3.5
2013 Wayne Davis II Texas A&M 13.14 +3.8
2014 Devon Allen Oregon 13.16
2015 Omar McLeod Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Arkansas 13.01w +3.9
2016 Devon Allen Oregon 13.50 -0.9
2017 Grant Holloway Florida 13.49 -2.0
2018 Grant Holloway Florida13.42 -1.1
2019 Grant Holloway Florida12.98 +0.8
2020not held
2021 Robert Dunning Alabama13.25 -0.6
2022 Trey Cunningham Florida State13.00 +0.0
2023 Phillip Lemonious Arkansas13.24 +1.8

Men's 220 yard hurdles

This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 220 yard low hurdles until they were discontinued in 1959. Hand timing was used throughout the duration of this event. The event was not held in the Olympic years of 1924, 1948, 1952 and 1956, in favor of the 400 metres hurdles. It was held in the Olympic year of 1936, and was part of Jesse Owens' multi-world-record-breaking meet.

Key
y=yards
w=wind aided
A=Altitude assisted
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1921 August Desch Notre Dame24.8
1922 Charles Brookins Iowa24.2
1923 Charles Brookins Iowa23.6
1924not held
1925 Morgan Taylor Grinnell24
1926 Edward Spence Wayne St MI23.5
1927 Edward Spence Wayne St MI23.4
1928 Frank Cuhel Iowa23.2
1929 Steve Anderson Washington23.5
1930 Lee Sentman Illinois23.2
1931 Jack Keller Ohio St23.8
1932 Jack Keller Ohio St22.7
1933 Glenn Hardin Louisiana St22.9
1934 Glenn Hardin Louisiana St22.7
1935 Jesse Owens Ohio St23.4
1936 Jesse Owens Ohio St23.1
1937 Earl Vickery Southern Cal23.3
1938 Fred Wolcott Rice23.3
1939 Fred Wolcott Rice23
1940 Fred Wolcott Rice23.1
1941 Robert Wright Ohio St23.4
1942 Robert Wright Ohio St23.7
1943 Bill Cummins Rice23.9
1944 Elmore Harris Morgan St23.9
1945 George Walker Illinois24
1946 Harrison Dillard Baldwin-Wallace23
1947 Harrison Dillard Baldwin-Wallace22.3A
1948not held
1949 Craig Dixon UCLA22.7
1950 Bill Albans North Carolina23.8
1951 Charles Moore Cornell22.7
1952not held
1953 Jack Davis Southern Cal23.3
1954 Joe Corley Illinois22.6
1955 Charles Pratt Manhattan23.1
1956not held
1957 Ancel Robinson Fresno St22.2
1958 Charlie Tidwell Kansas22.7
1959 Hayes Jones Eastern Mich22.5w

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