This Day In Track & Field, June we, Ralph Metcalfe takes third year in row, wins at 100 yards and 220 yards (1934), by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Track & Field–June 23

1934—For the 3^rd year in a row, Marquette’s Ralph Metcalfe won the sprint double at the NCAA Championships (held this year in Los Angeles/June 22-23), finishing 1^st in the 100y (9.7) and 220y (20.9/straight).  He is still the only athlete to accomplish such a feat.

Princeton senior Bill Bonthron defeated Kansas senior Glenn Cunningham (4:10.6), the 2-time defending champion (1500-1932) in the Mile and set a Meet Record of 4:08.9. Cunningham tried to double back in the 880y, but dropped out (the race was won by Indiana senior Chuck Hornbostel (1:51.9).

Cunningham had set a World Record of 4:06.8 the week before at the Princeton Invitational, with Bonthron finishing a distant 2^nd (4:12.5).

LSU junior Glenn Hardin, the defending champion in both events,  won the 440y (47.0/Meet Record) and the 220y-Hurdles (22.7/straight-equals MR).

LSU senior Jack Torrance won his 2^nd title in the Shot Put with a Meet Record throw of 54-6  ½ (16.62). He had set a World Record of 55-1  ½ (16.80) at the Drake Relays in April and would improve the Record twice more later in the season: 55-5 (16.89/a week after the NCAA meet) and 57-1 (17.40) in Oslo on August 5. The latter mark would stand as the Record for 14 years.

Helped by a late win in the Discus by Gordon Dunn (162-7 [49.56?]), Stanford (63) won the team title over USC (57-1/2). The meet drew a large crowd of 45,000 to the Coliseum.

Results: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1934.pdf

NY Times(for subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/06/24/94544777.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

Mr.Triple-Double: http://www.ustfccca.org/ncaa-100/ralph-metcalfe-marquette-100-200-ncaa-history

1956–Thane Baker edged Andy Stanfield to win the 200-meters at the U.S. Championships in Bakersfield, CA, with both timed in 20.6. Only Baker got credit for the World Record, since Stanfield was only timed with two watches.

            Stanfield was one of 8 future Hall-of-Famers competing at the meet (HOF or Wikipedia bios linked).

Other winners who went on to win Olympic gold were Tom Courtney (won the U.S. 400, gold in the 800), Glenn Davis (400h), Charlie Dumas (High Jump), Bob Richards (Pole Vault), Hal Connolly (Hammer Throw).

             Milt Campbell finished 2^nd to Rafer Johnson in the decathlon, but won the gold in Melbourne. Johnson would…