Melvin Lister

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 profile at IAAF

↑ "Mel Lister". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
↑ "Melvin Lister". USA Track & Field. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

US National Championship winners in men's long jump

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Isaiah Frazier 1877: William Livingston 1878: William Willmer

1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Frank Kilpatrick 1880–81: John Voorhees 1882: John Jenkins 1883–86: Malcolm Ford 1887: Alexander Jordan 1888^{Note 1}: Victor Schifferstein

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: William Halpin 1889: Malcolm Ford 1890: Alfred Copeland 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 1920^OT: Sol Butler 1921: Ed Gourdin 1922–27: DeHart Hubbard 1928^OT: Ed Hamm 1929: Edward Gordon 1930–31: Al Bates 1932^OT: 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

1980–1992 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 1992^OT: Mike Powell

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993–96^OT: Mike Powell 1997: Joe Greene 1998: Roland McGhee 1999: Kevin Dilworth 2000^OT: Melvin Lister 2001–02: Savante Stringfellow 2003–04^OT: Dwight Phillips 2005: Miguel Pate 2006: Brian Johnson 2007: Dwight Phillips 2008^OT: Trevell Quinley 2009–10: Dwight Phillips 2011–12^OT: Marquise Goodwin 2013: George Kitchens 2014: Jeff Henderson 2015: Marquis Dendy

Notes	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.

2004 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Abdihakem Abdirahman Bennie Brazell Derrick Brew Tim Broe Dan Browne James Carter Curt Clausen Shawn Crawford Alan Culpepper Philip Dunn Kevin Eastler Anthony Famiglietti Robert Gary Justin Gatlin Maurice Greene Charlie Gruber Otis Harris Allen Johnson Jonathan Johnson Meb Keflezighi Daniel Lincoln Coby Miller John Nunn Darvis Patton Derrick Peterson Jonathon Riley Dathan Ritzenhein Grant Robison Khadevis Robinson Andrew Rock Duane Ross Tim Seaman Angelo Taylor Terrence Trammell Jeremy Wariner Alan Webb Bernard Williams Darold Williamson Kelly Willie

Men's field athletes	Charles Austin Kenta Bell Bryan Clay Walter Davis John Godina Breaux Greer Tora Harris Matt Hemingway Reese Hoffa A. G. Kruger Melvin Lister Timothy Mack Casey Malone Derek Miles John Moffitt Jamie Nieto Tom Pappas James Parker Dwight Phillips Jarred Rome Toby Stevenson Paul Terek Ian Waltz

Women's track & road athletes	Hazel Clark Jearl Miles Clark LaTasha Colander Crystal Cox Shayne Culpepper Colleen De Reuck Lashinda Demus Gail Devers Elva Dryer Allyson Felix Shalane Flanagan Joanna Hayes Monique Henderson Monique Hennagan Sheena Johnson Marion Jones Deena Kastor Muna Lee LaShauntea Moore Melissa Morrison Kate O'Neill Jennifer Rhines Sanya Richards Moushaumi Robinson Marla Runyan Brenda Taylor Nicole Teter Carrie Tollefson DeeDee Trotter Teresa Vaill Angela Williams Lauryn Williams

Women's field athletes	Amy Acuff Stephanie Brown Shelia Burrell Laura Gerraughty Erin Gilreath Kristin Heaston Aretha Hill Chaunté Howard Tiombe Hurd Jackie Jeschelnig Marion Jones Kim Kreiner Tiffany Lott-Hogan Anna Mahon Yuliana Pérez Michelle Perry Rose Richmond Jillian Schwartz Seilala Sua Kellie Suttle Grace Upshaw Tisha Waller

Coaches	—

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