1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships

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1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Host city Chicago, Illinois
University of Chicago
Date(s) June 1923
Main stadium Stagg Field
Events 14
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The 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the third NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1923. The University of Michigan won the team title, and six NCAA records were set at the two-day meet.

The NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship refers to one of three annual collegiate outdoor track and field competitions for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for athletes from institutions that make up its three divisions: Division I, II, and III. In each event athlete's individual performances earn points for their institution and the team with the most points receives the NCAA team title in track and field.

Stagg Field

Amos Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two different football fields for the University of Chicago. The earliest Stagg Field (1893–1957) is probably best remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement by Enrico Fermi during the Manhattan Project. The site of the first artificial nuclear chain reaction, which occurred within the west viewing stands structure, received designation as a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1965. On October 15, 1966, which is the day that the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 was enacted creating the National Register of Historic Places, it was added to that as well. The site was named a Chicago Landmark on October 27, 1971.

University of Michigan Public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

The University of Michigan, often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The university is Michigan's oldest; it was founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state. The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus, two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn, and a Center in Detroit. The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

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Overview

The 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 15 and 16, 1923. [1] The University of Michigan won the team title, accumulating more than twice as many points as the second-place team. Michigan's dominant performance in the NCAA championships led the Associated Press to report:

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"Seventeen men from the University of Michigan nailed the leaders' flag to their masthead today by scooping the championship track and field games of the national collegiate athletic association from a fighting array of picked men from sixty-two institutions of America. The Wolverine stars, with 31 points, far outdistanced the field, often leaving dust in the eyes of competitors with teams twice her size pitted against her." [2]

Michigan's victory in the track and field championship was the school's seventh collegiate athletic championship in nine months. The Atlanta Constitution reported on the unusual accomplishment as follows:

"With the winning of the National Collegiate Athletic association championship track meet at Chicago last week, the University of Michigan brought to a close one of the most successful athletic years that has been the lot of any major institution in the country, winning a total of 7 championships in the 9 months of competition. ... Michigan's track team, in addition to winning the national collegiate meet, won the conference indoor and outdoor track titles and these, coupled with the cross country championship made four championships that were brought to Michigan by the track squad." [3]

In the opening event of the meet, Charles Brookins of the University of Iowa set a new world record of 23.9 seconds in the 220-yard low hurdles around one turn. [1]

Charles Robert Brookins was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

University of Iowa public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States

The University of Iowa is the flagship public research university of the State of Iowa, United States. Its main campus is in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and the second largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 11 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees.

Six NCAA records were set in the broad jump, pole vault, hammer throw, shot put, half-mile run and 220-yard low hurdles. [2] [4]

DeHart Hubbard, an African-American athlete competing for the University of Michigan, broke the NCAA record in the broad jump with a distance of 25 feet, 2 inches. He broke the previous NCAA mark by 13 inches. [2] Hubbard's jump was one inch short of the world record set by E.O. Gourdin in 1921. [2]

DeHart Hubbard American long jumper

William DeHart Hubbard was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games.

Anderson of the University of Southern California broke the NCAA record in the shot put with a toss of 46 feet, 8 inches. [1]

University of Southern California Private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States

The University of Southern California is an American private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880, it is the oldest private research university in California. USC has historically educated a large number of the nation's business leaders and professionals. The university has also used its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim. An engine for economic activity, USC contributes US$8 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California.

Team standings

Rank Team Points
Michigan 31
Stanford 14​1⁄2
Johns Hopkins
Iowa 		14
Penn State 13​1⁄2
Illinois
Mississippi A&M 		13
USC 12
Chicago (H) 11​1⁄10
Kansas State 8​1⁄2

Track events

100-yard dash

1. Lou Clarke, Johns Hopkins – 9.9 seconds (tied NCAA record)
2. Fred Tykle, Purdue
3. Lester Wittman, Michigan
4. Charles Brookins, Iowa
5. Anderwert, Washington Univ., St. Louis

120-yard high hurdles

1. Ivan Riley, Kansas State Aggies (Kansas State) – 15.2 seconds
2. Hugo "Swede" Leistner, Stanford
3. Taylor, Grinnell
4. F. Johnson, Illinois
5. DeHart Hubbard, Michigan

220-yard dash

1. Eric Wilson, Iowa – 21.9 seconds
2. Lou Clarke, Johns Hopkins
3. Erwin, Kansas State Aggies
4. Anderwert, Washington Univ., St. Louis
5. Lester Wittman, Michigan

220-yard low hurdles

1. Charles Brookins, Iowa – 23.6 (new world record)
2. Taylor, Grinnell
3. O. Anderson, Univ. South. Calif.
4. Hugo "Swede" Leistner, Stanford
5. Frazier, Baylor

440-yard dash

1. Commodore Cochran, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State)- 49.2 seconds
2. T. Smith, Kalamazoo State Normal (Western Michigan)
3. Sweet, Illinois
4. Fitch, Illinois
5. Williamson, Stanford

Half-mile run

1. Alan Helffrich, Penn State – 1:56.5 (new NCAA record)
2. William Homer Hattendorf, Michigan
3. Schuyler Enck, Penn State
4. Jim Reese, Texas
5. Harry Morrow, Iowa

One-mile run

1. Schuyler Enck, Penn State – 4:27.4
2. Robbins, Wabash
3. Brandes, Hamlin College
4. Schneider, Wisconsin
5. Krogh, Chicago

Two-mile run

1. Vern Booth, Johns Hopkins – 9:32.2
2. Crippen, Northwestern
3. Egbert Isbell, Michigan
4. Bourke, Chicago
5. Phelps, Iowa

Field events

Broad jump

1. DeHart Hubbard, Michigan – 25 feet, 2 inches (new NCAA record)
2. Van Arsdale, Wabash
3. Perry, Miami
4. F. Johnson, Illinois
4. O. Anderson, Univ. South. Calif.

High jump

1. Tom Poor, Kansas – 6 feet, 1 inch
2. Ray W. Smith, Michigan
2. Weeks, Notre Dame
2. Weatherdon, NYU
2. David MacEllven, Michigan
2. Dickson, Chicago

Pole vault

1. James Brooker, Michigan – 13 feet, 1 inch (new NCAA record)
1. McKowan, Kansas State Teachers – 13 feet, 1 inch (new NCAA record)
3. Rogers, Kansas
4. Hammann, Wisconsin
4. Rueherwain, YMCA College, Chicago
4. Kirkpatrick, YMCA College, Chicago
4. Mason, Washington

Discus throw

1. Thomas Lieb, Notre Dame – 143 feet, 4 inches
2. Gatchell, Mississippi A&M
3. Arthur, Stanford
4. N. Anderson, Univ. South. Calif.
5. Gross, Minnesota

Javelin

1. Harry Frieda, Chicago – 193 feet, 6 inches
2. Priester, Mississippi A&M – 189 feet, 9½ inches
3. Welchel, Georgia Tech – 187 feet, 9 inches
4. Schjoll, Minnesota – 184 feet, 8½ inches
5. Hartley, Nebraska – 178 feet, 3 inches

Shot put

1. Norm Anderson, Univ. South. Calif. – 40 feet, 6 inches (new NCAA record)
2. Beers, Maryland
3. Keen, Texas Aggies
4. Arthur, Stanford
5. Gross, Minnesota

Hammer throw

1. Tootell, Bowdoin – 175 feet, 1 inch
2. Hill, Illinois
3. Howard Hindes, Michigan
4. Ludeke, Stanford
5. Carl Schmidt, Michigan

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Michigan in Lead: Cracks Record in Shotput". The Evening State Journal And Lincoln Daily News. 1923-06-16.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "FIRST HONORS WON BY MICHIGAN TEAM: Seventeen Wolverines Scoop Up the Championship Track and Field Crown in the Big Meet On Stagg Field". Sunday State Journal (Associated Press story). 1923-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Univ. of Michigan Closes Successful Athletic Year: All Teams at University Meet With Success The Football Team Went Through Undefeated". The Atlanta Constitution. 1923-06-24.
  4. ↑ Edward C. Derr (1923-06-17). "MICHIGAN TRACK MEN LEAVE FIELD BEHIND, WIN NATIONAL MEET". Wisconsin State Journal.
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