1923 NCAA Track And Field Championships
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The 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the third NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at
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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.


Overview

The 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 15 and 16, 1923. 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:
"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."
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."
In the opening event of the meet,
Charles Brookins Charles Robert Brookins (September 17, 1899 – August 15, 1960) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa ...
of the University of Iowa set a new world record of 23.9 seconds in the 220-yard low hurdles around one turn. Six NCAA records were set in the broad jump, pole vault, hammer throw, shot put, half-mile run and 220-yard low hurdles. 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. Hubbard's jump was one inch short of the world record set by E.O. Gourdin in 1921. Anderson of the University of Southern California broke the NCAA record in the shot put with a toss of 46 feet, 8 inches.


Team standings

* (H) = Hosts


Track events


100-yard dash

1.
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,
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– 9.9 seconds (tied NCAA record)
2. Fred Tykle,
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3. Lester Wittman, Michigan
4.
Charles Brookins Charles Robert Brookins (September 17, 1899 – August 15, 1960) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa ...
, Iowa
5. Anderwert, Washington University in St. Louis


120-yard high hurdles

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


220-yard dash

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


220-yard low hurdles

1.
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, Iowa – 23.6 (new world record)
2. Taylor, Grinnell
3. O. Anderson, University of Southern California
4. Hugo "Swede" Leistner,
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5. Frazier, Baylor


440-yard dash

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


One-mile run

1.
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, 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.
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, 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.
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, 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.
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, 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


See also

* NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship * 1922–23 NCAA championships


References

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