Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event started in 1982.

Key

A=Altitude assisted

Women's discus throw winners[1] Year Athlete Team Distance 1982  Meg Ritchie (GBR) Arizona 61.56 m (201 ft 11 in) 1983 Leslie Deniz Arizona St 63.96 m (209 ft 10 in) 1984 Carol Cady Stanford 60.48 m (198 ft 5 in) 1985 Laura DeSnoo San Diego St 58.06 m (190 ft 5 in) 1986 Toni Lutjens UCLA 55.82 m (183 ft 1 in) 1987 Laura Lavine Wash St 56.14 m (184 ft 2 in) 1988 Laura Lavine Wash St 57.34 m (188 ft 1 in) 1989 Carla Garrett Arizona 58.02 m (190 ft 4 in) 1990 Tracie Millett UCLA 56.00 m (183 ft 8 in) 1991  Anna Mosdell (CAN) Brigham Y 56.04 m (183 ft 10 in) 1992  Anna Mosdell (CAN) Brigham Y 54.78 m (179 ft 8 in) 1993 Danyel Mitchell Louisiana St 56.86 m (186 ft 6 in) 1994 Danyel Mitchell Louisiana St 59.08 m (193 ft 9 in) 1995 Dawn Dumble UCLA 57.04 m (187 ft 1 in) 1996  Anna Söderberg (SWE) Northern Ariz 59.52 m (195 ft 3 in) 1997 Seilala Sua UCLA 61.12 m (200 ft 6 in) 1998 Seilala Sua UCLA 64.22 m (210 ft 8 in) 1999 Seilala Sua UCLA 64.26 m (210 ft 9 in) 2000 Seilala Sua UCLA 61.20 m (200 ft 9 in) 2001  Katja Schreiber (GER) Idaho 60.32 m (197 ft 10 in) 2002 Chaniqua Ross UCLA 55.48 m (182 ft 0 in) 2003 Deshaya Williams Penn St 55.40 m (181 ft 9 in) 2004 Becky Breisch Nebraska 62.31 m (204 ft 5 in) 2005 Beth Mallory Alabama 59.35 m (194 ft 8 in) 2006  Dace Ruskule (LAT) Nebraska 55.13 m (180 ft 10 in) 2007 Kelechi Anyanwu California Golden Bears 57.58 m (188 ft 10 in) 2008 Sarah Stevens Arizona State 184 ft 2 in (56.13 m) 2009 D'Andra Carter Texas Tech Red Raiders 55.62 m (182 ft 5 in) 2010 Jeneva McCall Southern Illinois 54.98 m (180 ft 4 in) 2011 Trecey Rew Northwestern Wildcats 58.64 m (192 ft 4 in) 2012 Whitney Ashley San Diego State Spartans 59.99 m (196 ft 9 in) 2013 Anna Jelmini Arizona State Sun Devils 57.95 m (190 ft 1 in) 2014 Shelbi Vaughan Texas A&M Aggies 60.02 m (196 ft 10 in) 2015 Shelbi Vaughan Texas A&M 61.39 m (201 ft 4 in) 2016 Kelsey Card Wisconsin Badgers 63.52 m (208 ft 4 in) 2017  Shadae Lawrence (JAM) Kansas State Wildcats 61.37 m (201 ft 4 in) 2018 Maggie Ewen Arizona State Sun Devils 60.48 m (198 ft 5 in) 2019 Laulauga Tausaga Iowa Hawkeyes 63.26 m (207 ft 6 in) 2021  Jorinde Van Klinken (NED) Arizona State Sun Devils 65.01 m (213 ft 3 in) 2022  Jorinde Van Klinken (NED) Arizona State Sun Devils 62.16 m (203 ft 11 in) 2023  Jorinde Van Klinken (NED) Oregon Ducks 63.97 m (209 ft 10 in)

Men's discus throw winners[2] Year Athlete Team Distance 1921 Gus Pope Washington 43.34 1922 Thomas Lieb Notre Dame 43.95 1923 Thomas Lieb Notre Dame 43.69 1924 not held 1925 Clifford Hoffman Stanford 45.21 1926 Clarence "Bud" Houser Southern Cal 45.41 1927 James Corson Pacific 43.95 1928 Eric Krenz Stanford 45.47 1929 Peter Rasmus Ohio St 48.51 1930 Paul Jessup Washington 49.01 1931 Robert Hall Southern Cal 46.52 1932 Frank Purma Illinois 47.68 1933 Henri LaBorde Stanford 49.78 1934 Gordon Dunn Stanford 49.56 1935 Ken Carpenter Southern Cal 48.14 1936 Ken Carpenter Southern Cal 52.73 1937 Pete Zagar Stanford 47.62 1938 Pete Zagar Stanford 49.46 1939 Pete Zagar Stanford 49.99 1940 Archie Harris Indiana 49.49 1941 Archie Harris Indiana 53.26 1942 Bob Fitch Minnesota 50.2 1943 Howard Debus Nebraska 44.01 1944 Wilfred Bangert Missouri 45.54 1945 Wilfred Bangert Missouri 46.26 1946 Fortune Gordien Minnesota 46.91 1947 Fortune Gordien Minnesota 52.81A 1948 Fortune Gordien Minnesota 50 1949 Victor Frank Yale 51.45 1950 Dick Doyle Montana 52.25 1951 Jim Dillion Auburn 51.05 1952 Sim Iness Southern Cal 52.79 1953 Sim Iness Southern Cal 57.93 1954 Jim Dillion Auburn 53.72 1955 Des Koch Southern Cal 53.65 1956 Ron Drummond UCLA 52.74 1957 Al Oerter Kansas 56.49 1958 Rink Babka Southern Cal 56.74 Al Oerter Kansas 1959 Dick Cochran Missouri 54.25 1960 Dick Cochran Missouri 57.39 1961 Glen Passey Utah St 53.85 1962 Dave Weill Stanford 57.33 1963 Dave Weill Stanford 55.23A 1964 Larry Kennedy New Mexico 56.45 1965 Bob Stoecker Stanford 55.97 1966 Randy Matson Texas A&M 60.05 1967 Randy Matson Texas A&M 58.01A 1968  John van Reenen (RSA) Wash St 59.39 1969  John van Reenen (RSA) Wash St 61.16 1970  John van Reenen (RSA) Wash St 58.14 1971 Mike Louisiana Brigham Y 59.39 1972 Fred DeBernardi UTEP 59.87 1973 Mac Wilkins Oregon 62.15 1974  Zdravko Pecar (YUG) Brigham Y 57.96 1975 Jim McGoldrick Texas 57.94A 1976  Borys Chambul (CAN) Washington 61.65 1977  Svein Inge Valvik (NOR) UTEP 60.62 1978  Kenth Gardenkrans (SWE) Brigham Y 64 1979  Brad Cooper (BAH) Florida St 63.94 1980  Göran Svensson (SWE) Brigham Y 61.72 1981 Scott Crowell Iowa St 62.88 1982 Dean Crouser Oregon 63.22A 1983 Dean Crouser Oregon 65.88 1984 John Brenner UCLA 63.42 1985 Rick Meyer Houston 62.94 1986  Olav Jenssen (NOR) UTEP 60.4 1987 Clifford Felkins Abilene Christian 61 1988  Kari Nisula (FIN) California 58.08 1989 John Nichols Louisiana St 63.42A 1990 Kamy Keshmiri Nevada-Reno 63.12 1991 Kamy Keshmiri Nevada-Reno 66.58 1992 Kamy Keshmiri Nevada-Reno 67.06 1993 Brian Milne Penn St 61.08 1994 John Godina UCLA 60.48 1995 John Godina UCLA 61.68 1996 Andy Bloom Wake Forest 64.34 1997  Jason Tunks (CAN) Southern Meth 59.72 1998 Casey Malone Colorado St 61.02 1999  Gábor Máté (HUN) Auburn 61.6 2000  Gábor Máté (HUN) Auburn 65.74 2001  Tolga Köseoglu (GER) Texas A&M 62.43 2002  Janus Robberts (RSA) Southern Meth 62.37 2003  Hannes Hopley (RSA) Southern Meth 61.25 2004  Hannes Hopley (RSA) Southern Meth 62.01 2005 Michael Robertson Stanford 61.7 2006  Vikas Gowda (IND) North Carolina 60.55 2007  Niklas Arrhenius (SWE) BYU 62.84 2008 Rashaud Scott Kentucky 60.87 2009  Martin Maric (CRO) UC Berkeley 59.82 2010 Ryan Whiting Arizona State 59.06 2011  Julian Wruck (AUS) Texas Tech 61.81 2012  Chad Wright (JAM) Nebraska 62.79 2013  Julian Wruck (AUS) UCLA 64.94 2014 Hayden Reed Alabama 62.74 2015 Sam Mattis Penn 62.48 2017  Filip Mihaljevic (CRO) Virginia 63.76 2018 Luke Vaughn Memphis Tigers 60.41 m (198 ft 2 in) 2019 Eric "Duke" Kicinski Texas Tech Red Raiders 62.53 m (205 ft 1 in) 2021 Turner Washington Arizona State Sun Devils 63.42 m (208 ft 0 in) 2022  Claudio Romero (CHI) Virginia Cavaliers 66.17 m (217 ft 1 in) 2023 Turner Washington Arizona State Sun Devils 66.22 m (217 ft 3 in)

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