Doris Elaine Brown Heritage (born September 17, 1942) is a retired American runner. She won the International Cross Country Championships five times in a row, in 1967–1971.

2025年1月6日 · Director Andy Yardy, a West Seattle resident, shares the inspiring journey of world-class runner, coach, and former longtime West Seattleite Doris Brown Heritage in his documentary “ Last Lap,”...

A pioneer in women's distance running, Doris Brown Heritage won the world cross country championships from 1967 to 1972 -- the first five years in which this international competition took place.

2017年3月21日 · In March 1967, she became the first women’s international cross-country champion. One of America’s greatest distance running talents had one major flaw: She was …

2008年6月10日 · Known as Doris Brown after marrying an SPU classmate, she held every world record for the women from the 440-yard dash to the mile at one point. She won the first five women's world cross country...

2023年2月12日 · Doris Brown, as she was at the time, was a class apart. She prevailed by 37 seconds from England’s Rita Lincoln, who, as Rita Ridley, won the first Commonwealth Games 1500m final for women in 1970.

Pioneer. International star. The First Lady of American distance running. All of these titles belong to Doris Brown Heritage, a fixture at Seattle Pacific for 37 years. She continues to guide the Falcons of today as head cross country coach and assistant in track and field.

2016年8月5日 · Doris Brown Heritage ’64 was a two-time Olympian, five-time world champion, and SPU faculty member and cross-country coach for more than 30 years. By Hope McPherson | Photo by Daniel Sheehan

She ran the first women’s sub-5-min mile: a world record 4:52 in 1966 (on an indoor track much shorter than 200m). Doris represented the U.S. in both the 1968 Mexico City Games (800m) and 1972 Munich Games (1500m).

Doris Brown was one of the first pioneers for women’s distance running in the United States, and for her efforts, she was elected to the US Track & Field Hall of Fame. Brown ran in the International Cross-Country Championship nine times between 1967-77 and won that title five times consecutively, from 1967-71.