1939 NCAA Track and Field Championships
1939 NCAA Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | June 1939 |
Host city | Los Angeles, California |
Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Events | 14 |
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The 1939 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 18th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the University of Southern California's Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in June 1939. The University of Southern California won its fifth consecutive team title.[1]
The individual high scorers at the meet were William Watson of Michigan, who scored in three events, and double hurdles champion Fred Wolcott of Rice. Both finished with 20 points.
Additionally, the NCAA hosted the first ever separate cross country national championships during the 1938–39 season. The 1938 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships were held in November 1938 in East Lansing, Michigan; Indiana won the team event and Greg Rice, from Notre Dame, won the individual event.
Team scoring[]
Rank | Team | Points |
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Southern California | 86 |
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Stanford | 44½ |
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Michigan | 31 |
4 | Washington State | 24 |
5 | Wisconsin | 22 |
6 | Rice Institute | 20 |
7 | Kansas State | 18 |
8 | Oregon | 16 |
Track events[]
100-yard dash
1. , Tuskegee - 9.8 seconds[2]
2. , Stanford
3. Willis, USC
4. Jordan, USC
5. Ledford, Washington State
120-yard high hurdles
1. Fred Wolcott, Rice - 14.2 seconds
2. Smith, Wisconsin
3. Corpening, North Carolina
4. Wright, Oklahoma A&M
5. Kinzle, Duke
6. Gatewood, Texas
220-yard dash
1. , Stanford - 21.1 seconds
2. Ledford, Washington State
3. Pettichord, Washington State
4. Jordan, USC
5. Ohl, Pitt
220-yard low hurdles
1. Fred Wolcott, Rice - 23 seconds
2. Earl Vickery, USC
3. Cochran, Indiana
4. Marshall, Butler
5. Hawkins, Stanford
440-yard dash
1. , USC - 47.5 seconds
2. Watts, California
3. Simmons, Nebraska
4. Upton, USC
5. Breidenbach, Michigan
880-yard run
1. John Woodruff, Pitt - 1:51.3
2. Giddings, NYU
3. Dale, Washington State
4. Moore, Stanford
5. Storli, Oregon
One-mile run
1. Louis Zamperini, USC - 4:13.6
2. , Wisconsin
3. , Missouri
4. Holderman, Purdue
5. Girard, Stanford
Two-mile run
1.Gregory Rice, Notre Dame - 9:02.6 (NCAA record)
2. , Michigan
3. Efaw, Oklahoma A&M
4. Dodds, Ashland
5. Garner, Washington State
Field events[]
Broad jump
1. , Texas - 24 feet, 9¼ inches
2. Billy Brown, LSU - 24 feet, 8 inches
3. Turner, UCLA - 24 feet, 5½ inches
4. William Watson, Michigan - 24 feet, 1/2 inch
5. Manuel, California - 24 feet
High jump
1. , USC - 6 feet, 6 inches
2. Mallery, USC
2. Diefenthaler, Illinois
4. Burke, Marquette
4. Arrington, Michigan State
4. Lincoln, Stanford
4. Du Fresne, Oregon State
Pole vault
1. Ganslen, Columbia - 14 feet, 5 inches
2. Day, USC
2. Padway, Wisconsin
2. Varoff, Oregon
Discus throw
1. , Stanford - 164 feet, 1/4 inch
2. William Watson, Michigan - 161 feet, 9¾ inches
3. Harris, Indiana
4. White, Tulane
5. Faymonville, Notre Dame
Javelin
1. Bob Peoples, USC - 220 feet, 6½ inches
2. Boyd Brown, Oregon
3. DeGroot, USC
4. Vukmanic, Penn
5. Graham, Texas
Shot put
1. Elmer Hackney, Kansas State - 55 feet, 10⅜ inches (NCAA and American record)
2. William Watson, Michigan - 54 feet, 6½ inches
3. Williams, Xavier New Orleans
4. Andersen, Stanford
5. Wohl, Stanford
See also[]
References[]
- NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship