1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates2–3 July (men)
25 September (women)
Host city Milwaukee, Wisconsin (men)
Trenton, New Jersey (women)
Venue Marquette Stadium (men)
Trenton High School (women)
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The 1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.

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The men's edition was held at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it took place 2–3 July. The women's meet was held separately at Trenton High School in Trenton, New Jersey, on 25 September.

The men's championships marked the first time (other than the 1936 United States Olympic trials) that the meet was held over two days. [1] In the women's competition, the 16-year-old athlete Claire Isicson, described as "unknown", won the 50 m and 100 m and finished 4th in the long jump. [2]

Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m Perrin Walker 10.7 Ben Johnson inches behind Ray Dean 1 yd behind 2nd
200 m Jack Weiershauser 20.9 Mack Robinson Norwood Ewell
400 m Ray Malott 47.1 Robert Young 5 yards behind Charles Belcher 1 ft behind 2nd
800 m John Woodruff 1:50.0 Elroy Robinson 1:50.5 e Ross Bush 1:50.8 e
1500 m Glenn Cunningham 3:51.8 James Smith 3:54.0 Charles Fenske
5000 m Joseph McCluskey 15:04.1 Thomas Deckard 150 yards behind Raymond Sears
10,000 m Eino Pentti 32:02.0 William Feiler John A. Kelley
Marathon Melvin Porter 2:44.22 Pat Dengis 2:46.36Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  James Bartlett  (CAN)2:47.09
110 m hurdles Allan Tolmich 14.5 Roy Staley Forrest Towns
400 m hurdles Jack Patterson 52.3 James Hucker 52.5 e Tom Moore
3000 m steeplechase Floyd Lochner 9:26.6 Eino Pentti Walter Stone
High jump David Albritton 2.05 m Cornelius Johnson 2.00 mnone awarded
Melvin Walker
Pole vault William Sefton 4.46 m Cornelius Warmerdam 4.46 m Earle Meadows 4.46 m
Long jump Kermit King 7.66 m John Brooks 7.55 m Arnold Nutting 7.34 m
Triple jump Billy Brown 15.12 m Hiney Kent 14.90 m Dick Ganslen 14.83 m
Shot put James Reynolds 15.73 m Dimitri Zaitz 15.34 m Ray Allee 15.28 m
Discus throw Phil Levy 49.85 m Ken Carpenter 49.82 m Gordon Dunn 48.62 m
Hammer throw Irving Folwartshny 52.93 m William Lynch 50.79 m Anton Kishon 50.00 m
Javelin throw William Reitz 68.51 m Robert Peoples 67.08 m Alton Terry 65.93 m
200 m hurdles [3] Allan Tolmich 23.3
3000 m walk [3] Max Beutel 14:15.0
Pentathlon [3] Eulace Peacock 3030 pts
Weight throw for distance [3] Louis Lepis 10.24 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Claire Isicson 6.8 Lula Mae Hymes Josephina Warren
100 m Claire Isicson 12.8 Josephina Warren Esther Dennis
200 m Gertrude Johnson 26.0 Fanny Vitale Rose Cea
80 m hurdles Cora Gaines 12.8 Sylvia Rothenberg Anna Lebo
High jump Margarete Bergman 1.51 m Cora Gaines 1.48 m Rose Harley 1.36 m
Lucile Harris
Long jump Lula Mae Hymes 5.40 m Mabel Blanch 5.28 m Esther Dennis 5.15 m
Shot put Margarete Bergman 11.45 m Florence Wright 11.40 mFlag of Poland.svg  Florence Blasch  (POL)10.80 m
Discus throw Elizabeth Lindsay 32.89 m Florence Wright 32.28 m Betty McLaughlin 30.68 m
Javelin throw Rose Auerbach 37.63 m Sylvia Broman 33.09 mFlag of Poland.svg  Florence Blasch  (POL)32.22 m
Baseball throw [4] Rose Cea 249 ft 81⁄4 in (76.1 m)

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References

  1. ↑ "Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News . 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News . Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1937 usa track and field championships". Athletics Podium  [ d ].
  4. ↑ "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field . Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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