1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships

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 points. Penn State finished in second place with 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 ft (new NCAA record)

2. Muller, California

3. Jones, Depauw

4. Merchant, California

5. Osborne, Illinois

High jump

1. Osborne, Illinois – 6 ft

2. Murphy, Notre Dame – 6 ft

3. Muller, California

4. Clark, Amherst

5. Treyer, California

6. Darling, Amherst

7. Campbell, Minnesota

8. Hoffman, Iowa

9. Turner, Nebraska

10. Jones, Depauw

11. Woods, Butler

12. Platten, Wisconsin

13. Shideker, Chicago

Pole vault

1. John Landowski, Michigan – 12 ft

2. Norris, California – 12 ft

3. A. Devine, Iowa

4. Rogers, Kansas

5. Merrick, Wisconsin

6. Hogan, Notre Dame

7. Collins, Illinois

Discus throw

1. Thomas Lieb, Notre Dame – 144 ft (new NCAA record)

2. MacGowan, Montana

3. Gross, Minnesota

4. Muller, California

5. Friday, Chicago

Javelin

1. Howard Hoffman, Michigan – 202 ft (new NCAA record)

2. Bronder, Penn

3. Sorrell, California

4. Angler, Illinois

5. Welchel, Georgia Tech

Shot put

1. Merchant, California – 44 ft

2. Bronder, Penn

3. Witter, California

4. Hulscher, Western State Normal (Western Michigan)

5. Keen, Texas A&M

Hammer throw

1. Merchant, California – 161 ft (new NCAA record)

2. Palm, Penn State

3. Hill, Illinois

4. White, Ohio State

5. Carl Schmidt, Michigan

References

References

1. (1922-06-18). "Bears Win in National Meet: California, Illinois and Notre Dame Lead on Stagg Field". Ogden Standard-Examiner.