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1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships

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Date(s)
  
June 16–17, 1922

Events
  
14

Main stadium
  
Stagg Field

Host city
  
Chicago, Illinois University of Chicago

The 1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the second NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. The University of California won the team title, and nine NCAA records were set at the two-day meet.

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Overview

The 1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 16 and 17, 1923. The University of California won the team championship with 28-1/18 points. Penn State finished in second place with 19½ points.

New NCAA records were set in nine events at the meet—100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, low hurdles, mile, broad jump, discus, hammer throw, javelin and pole vault.

Team Result

  • (H) = Hosts
  • Track events

    100-yard dash
    1. Leonard Paulu, Grinnell – 9.9 seconds (new NCAA record)
    2. Hayes, Notre Dame
    3. Erwin, Kansas Aggies
    4. Eric Wilson, Iowa
    5. Smith, Nebraska

    120-yard high hurdles
    1. Barron, Penn State – 15.4 seconds
    2. Coow, Wesleyan Union
    3. Ivey, Earlham
    4. Brickman, Chicago
    5. Sargent, Michigan

    220-yard dash
    1. Leonard Paulu, Grinnell – 21.8 seconds (new NCAA record)
    2. Eric Wilson, Iowa
    3. Spetz, Wisconsin
    4. Hayes, Notre Dame
    5. Erwin, Kansas Aggies

    220-yard low hurdles
    1. Charles Brookins, Iowa – 25.2 (new NCAA record)
    2. Desch, Notre Dame
    3. Ellis, Mississippi A&M
    4. Stolley, Wisconsin
    5. Barron, Penn State

    440-yard dash
    1. Commodore Cochran, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State)- 49.7 seconds
    2. McDonald, California
    3. Fessenden, Illinois
    4. Pyott, Chicago
    5. Brickman, Chicago

    880-yard run
    1. Helffrick, Penn State - 1:58.1 seconds
    2. Brown, Penn
    3. Morrow, Iowa
    4. Hales, Illinois
    5. Gardner, Nebraska

    One-mile run
    1. Shields, Penn State – 4:20.4 (new NCAA record)
    2. Patterson, Illinois
    3. Connolly, Georgetown
    4. Wickoff, Ohio State
    5. Furnas, Purdue

    Two-mile run
    1. Rathbun, Iowa State – 9:32.1
    2. Doolittle, Butler
    3. Thompson, Hamilton College
    4. Schuyler Enck, Penn State
    5. Swanson, Illinois

    Field events

    Broad jump
    1. Legendre, Georgetown – 24 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA record)
    2. Muller, California
    3. Jones, Depauw
    4. Merchant, California
    5. Osborne, Illinois

    High jump
    1. Osborne, Illinois – 6 feet, 2⅝ inches
    1. Murphy, Notre Dame – 6 feet, 2⅝ inches
    3. Muller, California
    4. Clark, Amherst
    4. Treyer, California
    4. Darling, Amherst
    4. Campbell, Minnesota
    4. Hoffman, Iowa
    4. Turner, Nebraska
    4. Jones, Depauw
    4. Woods, Butler
    4. Platten, Wisconsin
    4. Shideker, Chicago

    Pole vault
    1. John Landowski, Michigan – 12 feet, 6 inches
    1. Norris, California – 12 feet, 6 inches
    3. A. Devine, Iowa
    3. Rogers, Kansas
    3. Merrick, Wisconsin
    3. Hogan, Notre Dame
    3. Collins, Illinois

    Discus throw
    1. Thomas Lieb, Notre Dame – 144 feet, 2½ inches (new NCAA record)
    2. MacGowan, Montana
    3. Gross, Minnesota
    4. Muller, California
    5. Friday, Chicago

    Javelin
    1. Howard Hoffman, Michigan – 202 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA record)
    2. Bronder, Penn
    3. Sorrell, California
    4. Angler, Illinois
    5. Welchel, Georgia Tech

    Shot put
    1. Merchant, California – 44 feet, 0½ inches
    2. Bronder, Penn
    3. Witter, California
    4. Hulscher, Western State Normal (Western Michigan)
    5. Keen, Texas A&M

    Hammer throw
    1. Merchant, California – 161 feet, 4 inches (new NCAA record)
    2. Palm, Penn State
    3. Hill, Illinois
    4. White, Ohio State
    5. Carl Schmidt, Michigan

    References

    1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships Wikipedia