1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships

The 1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the sixth NCAA track and field championship. The meet was held at Soldier's Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1927.^[1]

Team scoring[]

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 - 14¾ points
3. Washington - 14⅓ points
4. Iowa - 13¾ points
5. Pittsburgh - 13 points
6. Michigan - 11 points
6. Michigan State - 11 points
7. Northwestern - 10-6/10 points

Track events[]

100-yard dash
1. Fred Alderman, Michigan St. - 9.9 seconds
2. Dean Anderson, Washington
3. Hermansen, Northwestern
4. , Texas
5. Wibecan, Pittsburgh
6. Lowell Grady, Kansas

120-yard high hurdles
1. , Alabama Poly - 14.9 seconds
2. Frank Cuhel, Iowa
3. , Oklahoma
4. , Illinois
5. , Minnesota
6. , Kansas

220-yard dash
1. Fred Alderman, Michigan St. - 21.1 seconds
2. , Kansas
3. , Notre Dame
4. John Everingham, Iowa
5. , Michigan St.
6. , Texas

220-yard low hurdles
1. , 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. , New Hampshire

440-yard dash
1. , Butler 48.5 (NCAA record)
2. , Denver
3. Butler, Geneva
4. , Georgia Tech
5. , Southwest Texas State Teachers
6. , Washington

880-yard run
1. John Sittig, Illinois - 1:54.2 (NCAA record)
2. , Washington
3., Chicago
4. , Iowa St.
5. Glenn Johnson, Nebraska
6. , Rice Institute

One-mile run
1. Ray Conger, Iowa St. - 4:17.6 (NCAA record)
2. , North Carolina
3. , Rice Institute
4. Burke, Utah Aggies
5. Hooper, SMU
6. Jim Little, Purdue

Two-mile run
1. , Marquette - 9:34.4
2. Harold Kennedy, Ohio St.
3. , Kansas
4. , Montana
5. Ray Hall, Illinois
6. , Indiana

Field events[]

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, 5½ inches
1. , Texas - 6 feet, 5½ inches
3. , Drake
5. Geer, Doane
5. Nolder, Illinois Normal
6. McCormick, Hendrix
6. John Kingerly, Iowa St.
6. Rettig, Northwestern
6. , 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. , Nebraska
2. , 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. , Iowa
6. Peter Rasmus, Ohio St.

Javelin
1. Doral Pilling, Utah - 199 feet, 8 inches
2. , 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, 7⅝ inches
2. Daniel Lyon, Illinois
3. , 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

See also[]

• NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

References[]