1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Introduction The '''1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships''' was the second NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922.The University of California won the team title, and nine NCAA records were set at the two-day meet.
Overview The 1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 16 and 17, 1923.The University of California won the team championship with 28-1/18 points. Penn State finished in second place with 19½ points.New NCAA records were set in nine events at the meet—100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, low hurdles, mile, broad jump, discus, hammer throw, javelin and pole vault.
Team Result * '''(H)''' = HostsRank   Team  Points   '''California'''  '''28'''   Penn State  19   Notre Dame  16    Illinois  15   Iowa  11   GrinnellMichigan  10   Penn  9   Georgetown  8   Ole Miss  7
Track events '''100-yard dash'''  1.Leonard Paulu, Grinnell – 9.9 seconds (new NCAA record) 2.Hayes, Notre Dame 3.Erwin, Kansas Aggies 4.Eric Wilson, Iowa5.Smith, Nebraska'''120-yard high hurdles''' 1.Barron, Penn State – 15.4 seconds 2.Coow, Wesleyan Union 3.Ivey, Earlham 4.Brickman, Chicago5.Sargent, Michigan'''220-yard dash''' 1.Leonard Paulu, Grinnell – 21.8 seconds (new NCAA record) 2.Eric Wilson, Iowa 3.Spetz, Wisconsin 4.Hayes, Notre Dame5.Erwin, Kansas Aggies'''220-yard low hurdles''' 1.Charles Brookins, Iowa – 25.2 (new NCAA record)2.Desch, Notre Dame3.Ellis, Mississippi A&M 4.Stolley, Wisconsin5.Barron, Penn State'''440-yard dash''' 1.Commodore Cochran, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State)- 49.7 seconds 2.McDonald, California 3.Fessenden, Illinois 4.Pyott, Chicago5.Brickman, Chicago'''880-yard run'''1.Helffrick, Penn State - 1:58.1 seconds2.Brown, Penn3.Morrow, Iowa4.Hales, Illinois5.Gardner, Nebraska'''One-mile run''' 1.Shields, Penn State – 4:20.4 (new NCAA record) 2.Patterson, Illinois 3.Connolly, Georgetown 4.Wickoff, Ohio State5.Furnas, Purdue'''Two-mile run'''  1.Rathbun, Iowa State – 9:32.1 2.Doolittle, Butler 3.Thompson, Hamilton College 4.Schuyler Enck, Penn State5.Swanson, Illinois
Field events '''Broad jump''' 1.Legendre, Georgetown – 24 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA record) 2.Muller, California 3.Jones, Depauw 4.Merchant, California5.Osborne, Illinois'''High jump''' 1.Osborne, Illinois – 6 feet, 2⅝ inches 1.Murphy, Notre Dame – 6 feet, 2⅝ inches 3.Muller, California 4.Clark, Amherst4.Treyer, California4.Darling, Amherst4.Campbell, Minnesota4.Hoffman, Iowa4.Turner, Nebraska4.Jones, Depauw4.Woods, Butler4.Platten, Wisconsin4.Shideker, Chicago'''Pole vault''' 1.John Landowski, Michigan – 12 feet, 6 inches1.Norris, California – 12 feet, 6 inches  3.A. Devine, Iowa 3.Rogers, Kansas3.Merrick, Wisconsin3.Hogan, Notre Dame3.Collins, Illinois'''Discus throw''' 1.Thomas Lieb, Notre Dame –  144 feet, 2½ inches (new NCAA record) 2.MacGowan, Montana 3.Gross, Minnesota 4.Muller, California5.Friday, Chicago'''Javelin''' 1.Howard Hoffman, Michigan – 202 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA record) 2.Bronder, Penn 3.Sorrell, California 4.Angler, Illinois5.Welchel, Georgia Tech'''Shot put''' 1.Merchant, California – 44 feet, 0½ inches 2.Bronder, Penn 3.Witter, California 4.Hulscher, Western State Normal (Western Michigan)5.Keen, Texas A&M'''Hammer throw''' 1.Merchant, California –  161 feet, 4 inches (new NCAA record) 2.Palm, Penn State  3.Hill, Illinois 4.White, Ohio State5.Carl Schmidt, Michigan
See also * NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship* 1921–22 NCAA championships
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