The 1922 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the second NCAA track and field championship

NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

The NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate outdoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It has three divisions: Division I, II, and III. Athlete's individual performances earn points for their institution and...

. The event was held at Stagg Field

Stagg Field

Amos Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two different football fields for the University of Chicago. The earliest Stagg Field is probably best remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement by Enrico Fermi during the Manhattan Project. The site of the first nuclear reaction received...

 in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. The University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

 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 scoring

1. California – 28-1/18

2. Penn State - 19½

3. Notre Dame - 16-7/10

4. Illinois - 15-7/10

5. Iowa - 11-34/35

6. Grinnell - 10

6. Michigan - 10

8. Pennsylvania - 9
9. Georgetown - 8
10. Mississippi - 7

Track events

100-yard dash

1. Leonard Paulu

Leonard Paulu

Leonard Theodore Paulu was an American sprinter for Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Despite losing an eye and suffering serious injuries to his right leg and hip while serving in World War I, he won the 100 yard dash competition at the first two NCAA track and field championships in 1921 and...

, Grinnell – 9.9 seconds (new NCAA record)

2. Hayes, Notre Dame

3. Erwin, Kansas Aggies

4. Eric Wilson

Eric Wilson (athlete)

Eric Colquhoun Wilson was an American track and field athlete. He won the first NCAA championship in the 220-yard dash in 1921 and competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was the sports information director at the University of Iowa from 1923 to 1968.-Biography:Wilson was...

, Iowa

5. Smith, Nebraska

120-yard high hurdles

1. Barron, Penn State – 15.4 seconds

2. Coow, Wesleyan Union

3. Ivey, Earlham

4. Brickman, Chicago

5. 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 Dame

5. Erwin, Kansas Aggies

220-yard low hurdles

1. Charles Brookins

Charles Brookins

Charles Robert Brookins was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died in Des Moines, Iowa....

, Iowa – 25.2 (new NCAA record)

2. Desch, Notre Dame

3. Ellis, Mississippi A&M

4. Stolley, Wisconsin

5. Barron, Penn State

440-yard dash

1. Commodore Cochran

Commodore Cochran

Commodore Shelton Cochran was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Mississippi and died in San Francisco, California....

, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State)- 49.7 seconds

2. McDonald, California

3. Fessenden, Illinois

4. Pyott, Chicago

5. Brickman, Chicago

880-yard run

1. Helffrick, Penn State - 1:58.1 seconds

2. Brown, Penn

3. Morrow, Iowa

4. Hales, Illinois

5. Gardner, Nebraska

One-mile run

1. Shields, Penn State – 4:20.4 (new NCAA record)

2. Patterson, Illinois

3. Connolly, Georgetown

4. Wickoff, Ohio State

5. Furnas, Purdue

Two-mile run

1. Rathbun, Iowa State – 9:32.1

2. Doolittle, Butler

3. Thompson, Hamilton College

4. Schuyler Enck

Schuyler Enck

Schuyler Colfax Enck was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 800 metres where he won the bronze medal....

, Penn State

5. Swanson, Illinois

Field events

Broad jump

1. Legendre, Georgetown – 24 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA record)

2. Muller, California

3. Jones, Depauw

4. Merchant, California

5. Osborne, Illinois

High jump

1. Osborne, Illinois – 6 feet, 2⅝ inches

1. Murphy, Notre Dame – 6 feet, 2⅝ inches

3. Muller, California

4. Clark, Amherst

4. Treyer, California

4. Darling, Amherst

4. Campbell, Minnesota

4. Hoffman, Iowa

4. Turner, Nebraska

4. Jones, Depauw

4. Woods, Butler

4. Platten, Wisconsin

4. Shideker, Chicago

Pole vault

1. Landowski, Michigan – 12 feet, 6 inches

1. Norris, California – 12 feet, 6 inches

3. A. Devine, Iowa

3. Rogers, Kansas

3. Merrick, Wisconsin

3. Hogan, Notre Dame

3. Collins, Illinois

Discus throw

1. Thomas Lieb

Thomas Lieb

Thomas John "Tom" Lieb was an American Olympic track and field athlete, an All-American college football player and a multi-sport collegiate coach. Lieb was a Minnesota native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played college football...

, Notre Dame – 144 feet, 2½ inches (new NCAA record)

2. MacGowan, Montana

3. Gross, Minnesota

4. Muller, California

5. Friday, Chicago

Javelin

1. Hoffman, Michigan – 202 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA record)

2. Bronder, Penn

3. Sorrell, California

4. Angler, Illinois

5. 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 State

5. Carl Schmidt, Michigan