1935 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships

The 1935 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 14th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in June 1935. The University of Southern California won the team championship with 74-1/5 points.[1]

Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-yard sprint, the 220-yard sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for more than half of Ohio State's 40 points in the team scoring.[1]

Contents

Team scoring

1. Southern California - 74-1/5 points
2. Ohio State - 40-1/5 points
3. California - 20 points
3. Stanford - 20 points
5. Fresno State - 16 points
5. Pittsburg State Teachers (Kansas) - 16 points
7. LSU - 14 points
7. Michigan - 14 points
7. Notre Dame - 14 points
10. Northwestern - 12 points
10. Purdue - 12 points
10. Temple - 12 points
10. Washington State - 12

Track events

100-yard dash
1. Jesse Owens, Ohio State - 9.7 seconds
2. George Boone, USC

120-yard high hurdles
1. Roy Staley, USC - 14.2 seconds 2. Phil Cope, USC

220-yard dash
1. Jesse Owens, Ohio State - 20.7 seconds
2. Foy Draper, USC
3. Al Fitch, USC

220-yard low hurdles
1. Jesse Owens, Ohio State - 23.1 seconds

440-yard run
1. John McCarthy, USC - 47.5 seconds
2. James Cassin, USC
3. Ed Gazdik, Ohio State

880-yard run
1. Charles Beetham, 1 minute, 52 seconds

Mile run
1. Pete Zamperini, USC - 4:30.4

Two-mile run
1. Francis Benavidez, USC - 9:55.7

Relay race
1. Estel Johnson, Jimmy Cassin, Al Fitch, John McCarthy, USC - 3:12.4 (new world record)

Field events

Broad jump
1. Jesse Owens, Ohio State - 25 feet, 5¾ inches
2. Al Olson, USC

High jump
1. Melvin Walker, Ohio State - 6 feet, 5 inches
2. Randall Spicer, USC
2. Frank Jusek, Ohio State

Pole vault
1. Earle Meadows, USC - 14 feet
2. James Fimple, USC
3. John Wonsowicz, Ohio State

Discus throw
1. Kenneth Carpenter, USC - 156 feet, 5½ inches
2. Owen Hanson, USC
3. Inwood Smith, Ohio State

Javelin
1. Frank Martin,USC - 183 feet, 9½ inches

Shot put
1. Owen Hansen, USC - 48 feet, 9¼ inches
2. George Neal, Ohio State

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bill Henry (1935-06-16). "OWENS WINS FOUR EVENTS BUT TROY TRIUMPHS; OHIO STATE LOSES, 9-6; Owens Fails to Set Records; Trojan Relay Team Cracks World Relay Mark; High Hurdle Standard Tied". Los Angeles Times. 
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