{{Short description|American distance runner (born 1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Stan Mavis | country = {{USA}} | event = 5 km, 10 km, Half Marathon, Marathon | birth_date = February 26, 1955 | birth_place = United States | height = | weight = | turnedpro = | retired = | pb = '''5 km''': 13:43<br> '''10000 m''': 28:13<br> '''10k road''': 28:47<br> '''15k road''': 44:15<br> '''Half Marathon''': 1:04:07<br> | highestranking = | coaching = | updated = }} '''Stan Mavis''' (born February 26, 1955), is an American former professional long-distance runner.
Mavis attended Michigan State University on a Track and field Scholarship in 1973. After graduating, Mavis turned pro, running for the Athletics West Track Club. In 1980, Stan's time of 1:02:16 at the Natural Light Half Marathon broke the IAAF Half Marathon World Record. Mavis placed 10th in the 1980 US Olympic Trials despite the fact that the US boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics . After Retiring, Mavis became involved in the sporting good business. In 2002, Mavis joined Brooks Running and served as the senior vice president of product there. He co-founded the Pearl Izumi brand and led the Brooks Sports and Sugoi Performance Apparel store. In 2009, Mavis was inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://more.arrs.run/runner/5938|title=ARRS - Runner: Stan Mavis|website=more.arrs.run|language=en|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corunninghalloffame.com/tag/stan-mavis/|title=Stan Mavis {{!}} Colorado Running Hall of Fame|website=corunninghalloffame.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://corunninghalloffame.com/inductees/2009-2/|title=2009|date=2013-01-30|work=Colorado Running Hall of Fame|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=American Men of Olympic Track and Field: Interviews with Athletes and Coaches|last=Holst|first=Donald|publisher=McFarland books|year=2005|pages=154}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://scholar.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=8461&context=bg-news|title=Brooks Takes the Stink out of Exercise|date=August 24, 2005|work=BG News}}</ref>
== Competition record == {| class="wikitable" !Date !Event !Distance !Venue !Time !Finished |- |29 June 1980 |Natural Light Half Marathon |Half Marathon |Saugatuck MI, USA |1:05:01 |1st |- |27 January 1980 |Natural Light Half Marathon |Half Marathon |Saugatuck MI, USA |1:02:16 |1st |- |3 July 1982 |Pepsi Challenge National Championships |10 km |New York NY, USA |29:00 |7th |- |5 April 1980 |Nike Club Championships |10 km |San Diego CA, USA |29:01 |5th |- |16 June 1979 |National AAU Championships |5 km |Walnut CA, USA |13:43.1 |4th |- |26 September 1981 |KFWB South Coast Classic |10 km |Irvine CA, USA |28:47 |1st |- |4 July 1980 |Chicago Distance Classic |20 km |Chicago IL, USA |1:01:23 |2nd |- |21-29 July 1980 |US Olympic Trials |10,000 metres |Eugene OR, USA |28:38.6 |10th |} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://more.arrs.run/runner/5938/1/position/asc|title=ARRS - Runner: Stan Mavis|website=more.arrs.run|language=en|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3615986|title=1980 Olympic Trials 10000m photo|website=www.letsrun.com|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=American Men of Olympic Track and Field: Interviews with Athletes and Coaches|last=Holst|first=Don|publisher=McFarland and Company Inc|year=2005|isbn=0-7864-1930-X|pages=154}}</ref>{{s-start}}
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{{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box | title = Men's Half Marathon World Record Holder | years = 27 January 1980 – 20 September 1981 | before = Kirk Pfeffer | after = Herb Lindsay }} {{s-end}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mavis, Stan}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Track and field athletes from Michigan Category:American men long-distance runners Category:Michigan State Spartans men's track and field athletes Category:World record setters in the sport of athletics Category:20th-century American sportsmen