| 1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 1927 |
| Host city | Chicago, Illinois University of Chicago |
| Venue | Soldier Field |
| Events | 14 |
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The 1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the sixth NCAA track and field championship. The meet was held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1927. [1]
No team championship was recognized at the 1927 event. However, the Associated Press reported that, if team points had been counted, the following universities would have been the points leaders:
1. Illinois - 17-7/10 points
2. Texas - 14+3⁄4 points
3. Washington - 14+1⁄3 points
4. Iowa - 13+3⁄4 points
5. Pittsburgh - 13 points
6. Michigan - 11 points
6. Michigan State - 11 points
7. Northwestern - 10-6/10 points
100-yard dash
1. Fred Alderman, Michigan St. - 9.9 seconds
2. Dean Anderson, Washington
3. Hermansen, Northwestern
4. Aubrey Cockrell, Texas
5. Wibecan, Pittsburgh
6. Lowell Grady, Kansas
120-yard high hurdles
1. Weems Baskin, Alabama Poly - 14.9 seconds
2. Frank Cuhel, Iowa
3. Ray Dunson, Oklahoma
4. Don McKeever, Illinois
5. George Otterness, Minnesota
6. Charles Doorbos, Kansas
220-yard dash
1. Fred Alderman, Michigan St. - 21.1 seconds
2. Lowell Grady, Kansas
3. Della Maria, Notre Dame
4. John Everingham, Iowa
5. Bohn Grim, Michigan St.
6. Aubrey Cockrell, Texas
220-yard low hurdles
1. Edwin Spence, College of City of Detroit (Wayne State) - 23.4 seconds (NCAA record)
2. Frank Cuhel, Iowa
3. Reay, Carelton
4. Goeriz, Hillsdale
5. William Shelley, Washington
6. Paul Toolin, New Hampshire
440-yard dash
1. Herman Phillips, Butler 48.5 (NCAA record)
2. Ed Haynes, Denver
3. Butler, Geneva
4. Ernest Knotz, Georgia Tech
5. Ben Brite, Southwest Texas State Teachers
6. Ed Peltret, Washington
880-yard run
1. John Sittig, Illinois - 1:54.2 (NCAA record)
2. Jim Charteris, Washington
3.Virgil Gist, Chicago
4. Lindus Caulum, Iowa St.
5. Glenn Johnson, Nebraska
6. Emmett Brunson, Rice Institute
One-mile run
1. Ray Conger, Iowa St. - 4:17.6 (NCAA record)
2. Galen Elliott, North Carolina
3. Emmett Brunson, Rice Institute
4. Burke, Utah Aggies
5. Hooper, SMU
6. Jim Little, Purdue
Two-mile run
1. Melvin Shimek, Marquette - 9:34.4
2. Harold Kennedy, Ohio St.
3. Poco Frazier, Kansas
4. Arnold Gillette, Montana
5. Ray Hall, Illinois
6. Harold Fields, Indiana
Broad jump
1. Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech - 24 feet, 1 inch
2. Joseph Simon, Illinois
3. C.B. Smith, Texas
4. McCormick, Hendrix
5. Arthur Meislahn, Illinois
6. Williams Mullins, Oklahoma
High jump
1. Anton Burg, Chicago - 6 feet, 5+1⁄2 inches
1. Garland Shepherd, Texas - 6 feet, 5+1⁄2 inches
3. Summerfield Brunk, Drake
5. Geer, Doane
5. Nolder, Illinois Normal
6. McCormick, Hendrix
6. John Kingerly, Iowa St.
6. Rettig, Northwestern
6. Ted Wachowski, Illinois
Pole vault
1. William Droegemueller, Northwestern 13 feet
2. J.B. O'Dell, Clemson
2. Claude Dailey, SW Texas St Teachers
2. Frank Glaser, Marquette
2. Frank Wirsig, Nebraska
2. Xavier Boyles, Iowa
2. Ralph Hammons, Texas
Discus throw
1. James Corson, College of Pacific - 144 feet, 2 inches
2. Welch, Pittsburgh
3. Tiny Gooch, Texas
4. Jack Taylor, Baylor
5. Cecil Mau, Iowa
6. Peter Rasmus, Ohio St.
Javelin
1. Doral Pilling, Utah - 199 feet, 8 inches
2. Jack Lovette, Michigan
3. Lee Bartlett, Albion
4. Wilmer Rinehart, Indiana
5. Dunkak, South Dakota
6. Fred Stuttle, Illinois
Shot put
1. Herman Brix, Washington - 48 feet, 7+5⁄8 inches
2. Daniel Lyon, Illinois
3. Forest Rinefort, Grinnell
4. Leland Lewis, Northwestern
5. Jack Lovette, Michigan
6. Karsten, Northwestern
Hammer throw
1. Dan Gwinn, Pittsburgh - 155 feet, 8 inches
2. Holly Campbell, Michigan
3. Howard Linn, Pittsburgh
4. Wilford Ketz, Michigan
5. Vern Lapp, Iowa
6. Olwin, Chicago
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