Longino Welch

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Longino Welch
Known forNCAA champion, pole vault (1921)

Longino Welch was an American track and field athlete for Georgia Tech. He won the pole vault competition at the first NCAA track and field championships in 1921 with a jump of 12 feet.[1][2] Welch graduated from Georgia Tech in 1923 with a degree in electrical engineering.[3] He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966.[4]

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  1. ^ "Outdoor Track and Field Individual Champions, p. 10" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2009-12-07.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Illinois First in Great Meet: Notre Dame Second in National Collegiate Contests". Ogden Standard-Examiner. 1921-06-19.
  3. ^ Jack Copeland (2007-07-17). "Defining Moments - Tracking championships: First NCAA postseason event in 1921 set the standard for the 87 that followed". The NCAA News.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Ramblin' Wreck. Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2009-12-08.


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