1940 NCAA track and field championships
The 1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 19th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium in June 1940. The University of Southern California won its sixth consecutive team title.[1]
1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | June 1940 |
Host city | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Venue | Memorial Stadium |
Events | 14 |
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The meet took place during a two-day downpour that flooded the stadium and forced the field events to be moved indoors at the Minnesota field house.
Team result edit
Rank | Team | Points |
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USC | 44 | |
Stanford | 28+2⁄3 | |
California Penn State |
24 | |
4 | LSU | 22 |
5 | Indiana Texas |
20 |
6 | Michigan | 19 |
7 | Nebraska | 18+1⁄3 |
8 | Washington State Tufts Rice |
18 |
Track events edit
100-yard dash edit
- Barney Ewell, Penn State - 9.6 seconds
- Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford
- Bill Brown, LSU
- Harold Stickel, Pitt
- Leo Tarrant, Alabama State
120-yard high hurdles edit
- Ed Dugger, Tufts - 13.9 seconds (NCAA record, tied American record)
- Fred Wolcott, Rice
- Boyce Gatewood, Texas
- Frank Fuller, Virginia
- Jim McGoldrick, Washington
220-yard dash edit
- Barney Ewell, Penn State - 21.1 seconds (American record)
- Billy Brown, LSU
- Mickey Anderson, USC
- Leo Tarrant, Alabama State
- George Koettel, Oklahoma
220-yard low hurdles edit
- Fred Wolcott, Rice - 23.1 seconds
- Ed Dugger, Tufts
- Boyce Gatewood, Texas
- Jim Buck, Oregon
- Harold Stickel, Pitt
440-yard dash edit
- Lee Orr, Washington State - 47.3 seconds
- Gene Littler, Nebraska
- Howard Upton, USC
- Warren Breidenbach, Michigan
- Fred Alliniece, Prairie View Texas State
880-yard run edit
- Campbell Kane, Indiana - 1:51.5
- Ed Burrowes, Princeton
- Paul Moore, Stanford
- James Kehoe, Maryland
- Denzil Wiedil, California
One-mile run edit
- John Munski, Missouri
- Leslie MacMitchell, NYU
- Lou Zamperini, USC
- Mason Chronister, Maryland
- Max Lenover, Loyola of Chicago
Two-mile run edit
- Roy Fehr, Michigan State - 9 minutes, 18.9 seconds
- Dixon Garner, Washington State
- Ralph Scwarzkopf, Michigan
- Tom Quinn, Michigan Normal
- Ray Harris, Kansas
Field events edit
Long jump edit
1. Jackie Robinson, UCLA - 24 feet, 10+1⁄4 inches
2. Billy Brown, LSU
3. Welles Hodgson, Minnesota
4. Pat Turner, UCLA
5. William Lacefield, UCLA
High jump edit
1. Don Canham, Michigan - 6 feet, 6+3⁄8 inches
1. John Wilson, USC - 6 feet, 6+3⁄8 inches
3. Alfred Flechner, Idaho
4. Don Boydston, Oklahoma A&M
4. Joshua Williamson, Xavier of New Orleans
4. Russell Wulff, Stanford
Pole vault edit
1. Kenny Dills, USC - 13 feet, 10 inches
2. Quinn Smith, California
3. George Hoffman, Fresno State
4. Ralph Ross, Army
5. William Williams, Wisconsin
Discus throw edit
1. Archie Harris, Indiana - 162 feet, 4+1⁄2 inches
2. Jack Hughes, Texas - 161 feet, 6 inches
3. Al Blozis, Georgetown - 161 feet, 5 inches
4. A. Cornet, Stanford
5. Edsel Wibbels, Nebraska
Javelin edit
1. Martin Biles, California - 204 feet, 10 inches
2. Herbert Grote, Nebraska
3. Boyd Brown, Oregon
4. Nick Vukmanic, Penn State
5. Clarence Gehrke, Utah
Shot put edit
1. Al Blozis, Georgetown - 56 feet, 1/2 inch
2. Stan Anderson, Stanford
3. Herb Michael, California
4. Don McNeil, USC
5. John Mazyk, Pitt
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Henry, Bill (1940-06-23). "N.C.A.A. Title Kept by Troy". Los Angeles Times.