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This Day in Track & Field–June 17
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By Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission.
1922—Illinois’ Harold Osborn tied for first in the High Jump with Notre Dame’s Johnny Murphy, the defending champion, at the 2nd NCAA Championships held in Chicago. Osborn would win Olympic gold in the High Jump and the Decathlon in 1924 and is a U.S. Hall of Fame charter member.
Georgetown’s Bob LeGendre won the Long Jump (24-3 [7.39]) and went on to win the bronze medal in the Pentathlon at the 1924 Olympics
Two winners who were Olympic medalists in 1920 were the Penn State duo of Larry Shields (Mile), the bronze medalist in the 1500, and Harold Barron (120y-Hurdles), the silver medalist in the 110m-Hurdles.
Grinnell’s Len Paulu (9.9) won the 100-yard dash for the 2nd year in a row and also won the 220y (21.8).
Cal-Berkeley (28-1/2) won the team title over Penn State (19-1/2)
Results: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1922.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Osborn
1933–At the NCAA Championships, held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Indiana’s Chuck Hornbostel edged Kansas’ Glenn Cunningham in the 880y, both timed in 1:50.9. It was the second of Hornbostel’s three NCAA titles in the event. Cunningham won the Mile in 4:09.8, and Marquette’s Ralph Metcalfe won the 100y (9.4) and 220y on the straightaway (20.4).
LSU, with only 5 men on its squad (including two future Hall-of-Famers), won its first team title, edging perennial
powerhouse USC, 58-54 (Top 6 scored 10-8-6-4-2-1).
The Tigers’ scorers
Sophomore Glenn “Slats” Hardin–won the 440y (47.1/Meet Record) and the 220y-Hurdles (22.9)
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