The 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the third 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 1923. The University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 won the team title, and six NCAA records were set at the two-day meet.

Overview

The 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 15 and 16, 1923. The University of Michigan won the team title, accumulating more than twice as many points as the second-place team. Michigan's dominant performance in the NCAA championships led the Associated Press

Associated Press

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 to report:

"Seventeen men from the University of Michigan nailed the leaders' flag to their masthead today by scooping the championship track and field games of the national collegiate athletic association from a fighting array of picked men from sixty-two institutions of America. The Wolverine stars, with 31 points, far outdistanced the field, often leaving dust in the eyes of competitors with teams twice her size pitted against her."

Michigan's victory in the track and field championship was the school's seventh collegiate athletic championship in nine months. The Atlanta Constitution reported on the unusual accomplishment as follows:

"With the winning of the National Collegiate Athletic association championship track meet at Chicago last week, the University of Michigan brought to a close one of the most successful athletic years that has been the lot of any major institution in the country, winning a total of 7 championships in the 9 months of competition. ... Michigan's track team, in addition to winning the national collegiate meet, won the conference indoor and outdoor track titles and these, coupled with the cross country championship made four championships that were brought to Michigan by the track squad."

In the opening event of the meet, 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....

 of the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

 set a new world record of 23.9 seconds in the 220-yard low hurdles around one turn.

Six NCAA records were set in the broad jump, pole vault, hammer throw, shot put, half-mile run and 220-yard low hurdles.

DeHart Hubbard, an African-American athlete competing for the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

, broke the NCAA record in the broad jump with a distance of 25 feet, 2 inches. He broke the previous NCAA mark by 13 inches. Hubbard's jump was one inch short of the world record set by E.O. Gourdin in 1921.

Anderson of the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 broke the NCAA record in the shot put with a toss of 46 feet, 8 inches.

Team scoring

1. Michigan

Michigan Wolverines

The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which...

 – 31

2. Stanford

Stanford Cardinal

The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University.-Nickname and mascot history:Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams...

 14½

3. Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins Blue Jays

The Johns Hopkins University's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Blue Jays , and they compete in the NCAA's Division III, except for the lacrosse teams that compete in Division I. They are primarily members of the Centennial Conference. The team colors are Columbia blue and black, and...

 – 14

3. Iowa

Iowa Hawkeyes

The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports, 11 for men and 13 for women. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the...

 – 14

5. Penn State – 13½

6. Illinois – 13

6. Mississippi A&M – 13

8. University of Southern California – 12

9. Chicago – 11-1/10

10. Kansas State Aggies – 8½

Track events

100-yard dash

1. Lou Clarke, Johns Hopkins – 9.9 seconds (tied NCAA record)

2. Fred Tykle, Purdue

3. Lester Wittman, Michigan

4. 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

5. Anderwert, Washington Univ., St. Louis

120-yard high hurdles

1. Ivan Riley

Ivan Riley

Ivan Harris Riley was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal.-References:...

, Kansas State Aggies (Kansas State) – 15.2 seconds

2. Hugo "Swede" Leistner, Stanford

3. Taylor, Grinnell

4. F. Johnson, Illinois

5. DeHart Hubbard, Michigan

220-yard dash

1. 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 – 21.9 seconds

2. Lou Clarke, Johns Hopkins

3. Erwin, Kansas State Aggies

4. Anderwert, Washington Univ., St. Louis

5. Lester Wittman, Michigan

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 – 23.6 (new world record)

2. Taylor, Grinnell

3. O. Anderson, Univ. South. Calif.

4. Hugo "Swede" Leistner, Stanford

5. Frazier, Baylor

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)- 49.2 seconds

2. T. Smith, Kalamazoo State Normal (Western Michigan)

3. Sweet, Illinois

4. Fitch, Illinois

5. Williamson, Stanford

Half-mile run

1. Heiffrich, Penn State – 1:56.5 (new NCAA record)

2. William Homer Hattendorf, Michigan

3. 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

4. Reese, Texas

5. Morrow, Iowa

One-mile run

1. 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 – 4:27.4

2. Robbins, Wabash

3. Brandes, Hamlin College

4. Schneider, Wisconsin

5. Krogh, Chicago

Two-mile run

1. Vern Booth, Johns Hopkins – 9:32.2

2. Crippen, Northwestern

3. Egbert Isbell, Michigan

4. Bourke, Chicago

5. Phelps, Iowa

Field events

Broad jump

1. DeHart Hubbard, Michigan – 25 feet, 2 inches (new NCAA record)

2. Van Arsdale, Wabash

3. Perry, Miami

4. F. Johnson, Illinois

4. O. Anderson, Univ. South. Calif.

High jump

1. Tom Poor

Tom Poor

Tom Woodson Poor was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bismarck, Missouri and died in Grove, Oklahoma....

, Kansas – 6 feet, 1 inch

2. Ray W. Smith, Michigan

2. Weeks, Notre Dame

2. Weatherdon, NYU

2. David MacEllven, Michigan

2. Dickson, Chicago

Pole vault

1. James Brooker

James Brooker

James Kent Brooker was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze, behind fellow American polevaulters Lee Barnes and Glen Graham, who won gold and silver medals respectively.Brooker attended the...

, Michigan – 13 feet, 1 inch (new NCAA record)

1. McKowan, Kansas State Teachers – 13 feet, 1 inch (new NCAA record)

3. Rogers, Kansas

4. Hammann, Wisconsin

4. Rueherwain, YMCA College, Chicago

4. Kirkpatrick, YMCA College, Chicago

4. Mason, Washington

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 – 143 feet, 4 inches

2. Gatchell, Mississippi A&M

3. Arthur, Stanford

4. N. Anderson, Univ. South. Calif.

5. Gross, Minnesota

Javelin

1. Harry Frieda, Chicago – 193 feet, 6 inches

2. Priester, Mississippi A&M – 189 feet, 9½ inches

3. Welchel, Georgia Tech – 187 feet, 9 inches

4. Schjoll, Minnesota – 184 feet, 8½ inches

5. Hartley, Nebraska – 178 feet, 3 inches

Shot put

1. Norm Anderson, Univ. South. Calif. – 40 feet, 6 inches (new NCAA record)

2. Beers, Maryland

3. Keen, Texas Aggies

4. Arthur, Stanford

5. Gross, Minnesota

Hammer throw

1. Tootell, Bowdoin – 175 feet, 1 inch

2. Hill, Illinois

3. Howard Hindes, Michigan

4. Ludeke, Stanford

5. Carl Schmidt, Michigan