| IHSAA BOYS STATE T&F MEET CHAMPIONS | R1 = Race 1, R2 = Race 2 | ||||||||
| 440 YARD (1904-1979; two races held 1921-1948 with co-champions crowned) | * Meet Record | ||||||||
| 400 METER (1980-2025) | ** Tied Record | ||||||||
| 440 Yard (One Turn) | |||||||||
| 1904 | George Zimmer | 12 | Bloomington | 54.4 | * | ||||
| 1905 | Sherlie Deming | 10 | Indpls. Manual | 54.6 | |||||
| 1906 | Sherlie Deming | 11 | Indpls. Manual | 54.8 | |||||
| 1907 | Sherlie Deming | 12 | Indpls. Manual | 56.4 | |||||
| 1908 | Robert Hendrickson | 12 | Indpls. Shortridge | 55.0 | |||||
| 1909 | Ralph Hamilton | 12 | Indpls. Manual | 54.6 | |||||
| 1910 | Ira Daggy | 12 | Wolcott | 54.4 | ** | ||||
| 1911 | Emerson Applegate | 12 | Kokomo | 55.4 | |||||
| 1912 | Hayworth Woodgate | 12 | Greenwood | 55.4 | |||||
| 1913 | Don Sims | 11 | Bloomfield | 54.8 | |||||
| 1914 | Don Sims | 12 | Bloomfield | 53.6 | * | ||||
| 1915 | Byron Heuring | 12 | Petersburg | 53.8 | |||||
| 1916 | Lawrence Butler | 12 | Indpls. Shortridge | 55.6 | |||||
| 1917 | Bernard Szold | 12 | Gary Emerson | 52.4 | * | ||||
| 1918 | Cecil Morris | 11 | Bainbridge | 54.2 | |||||
| 1919 | Maurice Kennedy | 12 | Crawfordsville | 54.8 | |||||
| 1920 | Kenneth Thompson | 12 | South Bend | 54.0 | |||||
| 1921 | Donald Stamatis | 10 | Warsaw | 53.8 | R1 | ||||
| Mason Evans | 9 | Elkhart | 55.2 | R2 | |||||
| 1922 | Sam Horrall | 10 | Connersville | 54.0 | R1 | ||||
| Elmer Sweeney | 12 | Rensselaer | 53.0 | R2 | |||||
| 1923 | Firman Wampler | 11 | Vincennes | 53.3 | R1 | ||||
| Merle Luckett | 12 | Connersville | 53.3 | R2 | |||||
| 1924 | Firman Wampler | 12 | Vincennes | 52.6 | R1 | ||||
| Ober Keene | 12 | Elkhart | 54.0 | R2 | |||||
| 1925 | Russell Walter | 11 | Kokomo | 51.0 | * | R1 | |||
| Ed Denzler | 12 | Scottsburg | 53.4 | R2 | |||||
| 1926 | Lee Showalter | 11 | Wabash | 53.5 | R1 | ||||
| Homer Davidson | 11 | Marion | 52.5 | R2 | |||||
| 1927 | Homer Davidson | 12 | Marion | 51.4 | R1 | ||||
| Gordon Johnson | 11 | Elkhart | 51.6 | R2 | |||||
| 1928 | Ivan Fuqua | 10 | Brazil | 52.4 | R1 | ||||
| Bill Exum | 12 | Gary Froebel | 51.8 | R2 | |||||
| 1929 | Ivan Fuqua | 11 | Brazil | 52.0 | R1 | ||||
| John Mullins | 10 | Gary Froebel | 54.5 | R2 | |||||
| 1930 | Ivan Fuqua | 12 | Brazil | 50.2 | * | R1 | |||
| Carl Williams | 10 | Lebanon | 54.5 | R2 | |||||
| 1931 | Edgar Harvey | 12 | Kokomo | 50.5 | R1 | ||||
| Carl Williams | 11 | Lebanon | 50.3 | R2 | |||||
| 1932 | John Pustik | 11 | Gary Froebel | 51.8 | R1 | ||||
| Carl Williams | 12 | Lebanon | 50.7 | R2 | |||||
| 1933 | Jim Parsons | 12 | Plymouth | 49.6 | * | R1 | |||
| Sherman Ford | 12 | Gary Froebel | 50.0 | R2 | |||||
| 1934 | Melverne Trutt | 12 | Hammond | 51.0 | R1 | ||||
| Jerry Mason | 11 | South Bend Central | 50.2 | R2 | |||||
| 1935 | Lawrence Fowlkes | 12 | Muncie | 50.6 | R1 | ||||
| Walter Yablonowski | 12 | South Bend Central | 50.5 | R2 | |||||
| 1936 | Kenath Sponsel | 12 | Gary Mann | 50.0 | R1 | ||||
| Herman Carr | 12 | Gary Froebel | 49.3 | * | R2 | ||||
| 1937 | Allen McMeen | 12 | Ft. Wayne North Side | 51.8 | R1 | ||||
| Russell Barnett | 11 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | 52.2 | R2 | |||||
| 1938 | Robert Delrymple | 12 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | 50.8 | R1 | ||||
| Jack (Richard) Gray | 12 | Terre Haute Garfield | 51.8 | R2 | |||||
| 1939 | Morris Nahmias | 12 | Indpls. Manual | 50.9 | R1 | ||||
| Arnold Olson | 12 | Gary Mann | 51.9 | R2 | |||||
| 1940 | Roy Pearson | 11 | Ben Davis | 51.0 | R1 | ||||
| Arthur Richardson | 11 | Anderson | 50.6 | R2 | |||||
| 1941 | Roger Neighborgall | 12 | Garrett | 51.0 | R1 | ||||
| Roy Pearson | 12 | Ben Davis | 50.5 | R2 | |||||
| 1942 | Edward Pelc | 12 | Hammond | 51.7 | R1 | ||||
| John Shaffer | 10 | Gary Froebel | 51.4 | R2 | |||||
| 1943 | Calvin Martin | 11 | Evansville Lincoln | 50.6 | R1 | ||||
| Ray Ciszek | 12 | Hobart | 52.1 | R2 | |||||
| 1944 | Max Ramsey | 12 | Ft. Wayne Central | 50.0 | R1 | ||||
| Calvin Martin | 12 | Evansville Lincoln | 50.2 | R2 | |||||
| 1945 | Leo Hoffman | 11 | Elkhart | N/A | + | R1 | |||
| Herbert Moody | 12 | Gary Roosevelt | 50.5 | R2 | |||||
| 1946 | Harold Jones | 11 | Gary Roosevelt | 50.6 | R1 | ||||
| Bill Rommel | 12 | Evansville FJ Reitz | 50.6 | R2 | |||||
| 1947 | Harold Jones | 12 | Gary Roosevelt | 49.4 | R1 | ||||
| Donald Crowe | 12 | Gary Wallace | 49.6 | R2 | |||||
| 1948 | Roger Phillips | 12 | Elkhart | 50.4 | R1 | ||||
| Richard Ricker | 11 | Frankfort | 50.6 | R2 | |||||
| 1949 | Malcolm Cook | 12 | Evansville FJ Reitz | 50.3 | |||||
| 1950 | Allen Meyerrose | 12 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | 50.9 | |||||
| 1951 | Ed Bick | 12 | Marion | 50.4 | |||||
| 1952 | John Howe | 12 | Columbus | 49.9 | |||||
| 1953 | Donald Ward | 12 | Marion | 49.2 | * | ||||
| 1954 | Clyde Austin | 11 | South Bend Washington | 50.1 | |||||
| 1955 | Clyde Austin | 12 | South Bend Washington | 49.1 | * | ||||
| 1956 | Richard Johnson | 12 | Gary Tolleston | 51.2 | |||||
| 1957 | Arthur DeBow | 11 | Terre Haute Gerstmeyer | 49.9 | |||||
| 1958 | John Mack | 12 | Gary Froebel | 50.2 | |||||
| 1959 | Richard Greene | 10 | South Bend Central | 49.2 | |||||
| 1960 | Floyd Theus | 12 | Gary Roosevelt | 48.9 | * | ||||
| 1961 | Marvin Morgan | 12 | Anderson | 48.8 | * | ||||
| 1962 | Howard Harris | 12 | Gary Tolleston | 49.9 | |||||
| 1963 | Willie Lewis | 12 | Gary Tolleston | 48.2 | * | ||||
| 1964 | Kenny Head | 11 | New Albany | 47.3 | * | ||||
| 1965 | Kenny Head | 12 | New Albany | 47.8 | |||||
| 1966 | Dan Jones | 11 | Greensburg | 48.8 | |||||
| 1967 | Vaughn Wedeking | 12 | Evansville Harrison | 48.4 | |||||
| 440 Yard (Two Turn) | |||||||||
| 1968 | John Lumpp | 12 | Ft. Wayne South Side | 48.2 | * | ||||
| 1969 | Mike Brown | 12 | Gary West Side | 48.9 | |||||
| 1970 | Chris Read | 11 | Lawrence Central | 49.7 | |||||
| 1971 | Dale Johnson | 12 | East Chicago Washington | 49.1 | |||||
| 1972 | John Henderson | 11 | Richmond | 49.6 | |||||
| 1973 | John Henderson | 12 | Richmond | 48.9 | |||||
| 1974 | Anthony Watkins | 12 | North Central (Indpls.) | 48.9 | |||||
| 1975 | Robert Buckingham | 12 | Gary West Side | 48.6 | |||||
| 1976 | William McCalister | 12 | Gary West Side | 47.8 | * | ||||
| 1977 | Patrick Bush | 12 | Indpls. Northwest | 48.3 | |||||
| 1978 | Leon Tubbs | 12 | Ft. Wayne South Side | 47.4 | * | ||||
| 1979 | Brian Miller | 12 | Southmont | 48.03 | |||||
| Note: the 440 yard meet record of 47.4 by Tubss was converted to 47.1 for 400 meters by the IHSAA | |||||||||
| 400 Meter | |||||||||
| 1980 | Lamont Williams | 12 | Indpls. Washington | 48.14 | |||||
| 1981 | Walter Monagan | 12 | Gary West Side | 48.09 | |||||
| 1982 | Troy Furnivall | 12 | Warsaw | 47.83 | |||||
| 1983 | Victor Brown | 12 | Evansville FJ Reitz | 47.61 | |||||
| 1984 | Lee Bridges | 11 | Columbus North | 48.49 | |||||
| 1985 | Lee Bridges | 12 | Columbus North | 47.42 | |||||
| 1986 | Chris Green | 12 | Lawrenceburg | 48.17 | |||||
| 1987 | Willie Askew | 11 | East Chicago Central | 48.42 | |||||
| 1988 | Charles Harris | 12 | Gary Roosevelt | 48.61 | |||||
| 1989 | Ryan Hayden | 11 | Lawrence North | 47.91 | |||||
| 1990 | Ryan Hayden | 12 | Lawrence North | 47.74 | |||||
| 1991 | Jon Uecker | 12 | Ft. Wayne Dwenger | 48.40 | |||||
| 1992 | Shanon Fields | 12 | Park Tudor | 48.04 | |||||
| 1993 | Chris Merritt | 11 | Indpls. Washington | 48.68 | |||||
| 1994 | Jon Jones | 12 | New Albany | 47.84 | |||||
| 1995 | Tracy Smith | 12 | Evansville Bosse | 47.62 | |||||
| 1996 | Kendall McCroy | 10 | Peru | 47.63 | |||||
| 1997 | Chad Schwartz | 11 | Evansville FJ Reitz | 48.50 | |||||
| 1998 | Andre Franklin | 10 | Lawrence Central | 48.90 | |||||
| 1999 | Reginald Cross | 12 | Indpls. Arlington | 47.77 | |||||
| 2000 | Gustin Smith | 12 | Ft. Wayne Concordia | 47.65 | |||||
| 2001 | Dominique Wilson | 12 | Lawrence Central | 47.63 | |||||
| 2002 | David Neville | 12 | Merrillville | 46.99 | * | ||||
| 2003 | Douglas Dayhoff | 11 | White River Valley | 48.13 | |||||
| 2004 | Jh'Rome Tuggle | 12 | Merrillville | 47.65 | |||||
| 2005 | John Gunnell | 12 | Pike | 47.83 | |||||
| 2006 | Clayton Wilson | 12 | Southport | 47.39 | |||||
| 2007 | Robert Gardner | 11 | Gary Wallace | 47.18 | |||||
| 2008 | Robert Gardner | 12 | Gary Wallace | 47.72 | |||||
| 2009 | Devin Randle | 12 | Marion | 47.72 | |||||
| 2010 | Jarvis McMillian | 11 | Hobart | 47.45 | |||||
| 2011 | Chris Giesting | 12 | Batesville | 47.33 | |||||
| 2012 | Jeron Brown | 12 | Lawrence Central | 48.08 | |||||
| 2013 | Ryan Davis | 12 | Hamilton Southeastern | 47.25 | |||||
| 2014 | Stoney Prowell | 11 | Indpls. Marshall | 48.40 | |||||
| 2015 | Stoney Prowell | 12 | Indpls. Marshall | 47.09 | |||||
| 2016 | Travis Sperry-Allision | 12 | Valparaiso | 47.87 | |||||
| 2017 | Isaiah Ware | 12 | North Central (Indpls.) | 47.91 | |||||
| 2018 | Braden Corzan | 12 | Chesterton | 47.41 | |||||
| 2019 | Jahn Riley | 11 | Pike | 47.53 | |||||
| 2020 | - tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic - | ||||||||
| 2021 | Owen Schafer | 12 | Carmel | 48.36 | |||||
| 2022 | Nayyir Newash-Campbell | 11 | Plainfield | 47.45 | |||||
| 2023 | Nayyir Newash-Campbell | 12 | Plainfield | 46.98 | * | ||||
| 2024 | Cainen Northington | 12 | Evansville North | 48.38 | |||||
| 2025 | Dehnm Holt | 12 | North Central (Indpls.) | 46.80 | * | ||||
| + winner disqualified and runnerup awarded title but time unknown | |||||||||