# Stan Mavis

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{{Short description|American distance runner (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Stan Mavis
| country = {{USA}}
| event = [5 km](/source/5K_run), [10 km](/source/10_km), [Half Marathon](/source/Half_Marathon), [Marathon](/source/Marathon)
| birth_date = February 26, 1955
| birth_place = [United States](/source/United_States)
| height = 
| weight = 
| turnedpro = 
| retired = 
| pb = '''5&nbsp;km''': 13:43<br>
'''10000&nbsp;m''': 28:13<br>
'''10k&nbsp;road''': 28:47<br>
'''15k&nbsp;road''': 44:15<br>
'''Half&nbsp;Marathon''': 1:04:07<br>
| highestranking = 
| coaching = 
| updated = 
}}
'''Stan Mavis''' (born February 26, 1955), is an American former professional [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner).

Mavis attended [Michigan State University](/source/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](/source/Half_marathon_world_record_progression). Mavis placed 10th in the 1980 US Olympic Trials despite the fact that the US boycotted the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Half_marathon)
|[Saugatuck MI, USA](/source/Saugatuck%2C_Michigan)
|1:05:01
|1st
|-
|27 January 1980
|Natural Light Half Marathon
|[Half Marathon](/source/Half_marathon)
|[Saugatuck MI, USA](/source/Saugatuck%2C_Michigan)
|1:02:16
|1st
|-
|3 July 1982
|Pepsi Challenge National Championships
|[10 km](/source/10_km)
|[New York NY, USA](/source/New_York_City)
|29:00
|7th
|-
|5 April 1980
|Nike Club Championships
|[10 km](/source/10K_run)
|[San Diego CA, USA](/source/San_Diego)
|29:01
|5th
|-
|16 June 1979
|National AAU Championships
|[5 km](/source/5K_run)
|[Walnut CA, USA](/source/Walnut%2C_California)
|13:43.1
|4th
|-
|26 September 1981
|KFWB South Coast Classic
|[10 km](/source/10K_run)
|[Irvine CA, USA](/source/Irvine%2C_California)
|28:47
|1st
|-
|4 July 1980
|Chicago Distance Classic
|[20 km](/source/20%2C000_metres)
|[Chicago IL, USA](/source/Chicago)
|1:01:23
|2nd
|-
|21-29 July 1980
|[US Olympic Trials](/source/United_States_Olympic_Trials_(track_and_field))
|[10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres)
|[Eugene OR, USA](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon)
|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}}

== References ==
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{{succession box
| title = [Men's Half Marathon World Record Holder](/source/Half_marathon)
| years = 27 January 1980 – 20 September 1981
| before = [Kirk Pfeffer](/source/Kirk_Pfeffer)
| after = [Herb Lindsay](/source/Herb_Lindsay)
}}
{{s-end}}
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{{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

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