The 1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the fourth 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

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 in Chicago, Illinois in June 1925. Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

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

Overview

The 1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 13 and 14, 1925. In a field of more than 400 athletes from 62 colleges and universities, Stanford University won the team title with 39½ points, and 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...

 finished second with 33-1/5 points.

The track team from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 won the Eastern Inter-collegiate meet, but the school did not send its team to the NCAA meet. Stanford had previously beaten the USC team in that year's Pacific Coast championship.

One of the highlights of the 1925 NCAA meet was the performance of DeHart Hubbard, an African-American athlete from 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...

. In his final collegiate meet, Hubbard set a new world record in the broad jump with a jump of 25 feet, 10⅞ inches. Hubbard had set the world record in the event in 1923, but Robert LeGendre

Robert LeGendre

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 had surpassed Hubbard's record at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

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 in Paris. At the 1925 NCAA meet, Hubbard broke LeGendre's record by more than four inches. The Associated Press

Associated Press

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 wrote that the crowd was thrilled by DeHart's leap, which experts predicted would "Stand for All Time":

"Competing under the colors of the University of Michigan for the last time, Dehart Hubbard ... today achieved the ambition of his athletic career when he smashed the world's record for the running broad jump ... Hubbard achieved his record breaking leap on his very last jump as he had reached the end of his trials. ... Pulling off his sweater, the 21 year old negro flash swiftly got away to a perfect start, cleared the take-off with perfect form, and sent his body hurdling thru space kicking his legs in scissor fashion just before his feet hit the earth.

Hubbard also won the 100-yard dash at the 1925 NCAA meet with a time of 9.8 seconds to set a new NCAA record in that event.

In the shot put event, Hartranft of Stanford broke the NCAA and international collegiate record with a toss of 55 feet—one foot short of the world record. Hoffman of Stanford also set a new record in the discus with a throw of 148 feet, 4 inches.

In the half-mile race, J. Charteris of Washington State set a new NCAA record with a time of 1:55.8.

Team scoring

1. Stanford

Stanford Cardinal

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 - 39½

2. Michigan

Michigan Wolverines

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 - 33-1/5

3. California - 19-1/6

4. Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes

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 - 19

5. Grinnell College

Grinnell College

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 - 18

6. Iowa

Iowa Hawkeyes

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 - 16

6. Missouri - 16

8. Montana - 14

9. Butler - 12

9. Oklahoma - 12

9. Illinois - 12

Track events

100-yard dash

1. DeHart Hubbard - 9.8 seconds (new NCAA record)
2. Sweet, Montana

3. Wittman, Michigan

4. Foster, Virginia Military

5. Roberta, Iowa

120-yard high hurdles

1. Hugo Leistner, Stanford, 14.6

220-yard dash

1. Glen Gray

Glen Gray

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, Butler - 21.9 seconds

2. Sweet, Montana

3. Alderman, Michigan Aggies

4. Barber, California

5. Foster, Virginia Military

220-yard low hurdles

1. Morgan Taylor

Morgan Taylor

Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler, winner of three Olympic medals. Morgan Taylor, from Sioux City, Iowa, competed in both track and field and football at Grinnell College...

, Grinnell - 24 seconds

2. Leistner, Stanford

3. Guthrie, Ohio State

4. Kinsey, Illinois

5. Maxwell, Pomona

440-yard dash

1. Hermon Phillips, Butler - 49.4 seconds

2. Johnson, California

3. Miller, Stanford

4. Schoch, Illinois

5. Coulter, Iowa

880-yard run

1. James Charteris, Washington - 1:55.4 (new NCAA record)

2. Richardson, Stanford

3. Martin Northwestern

4. Frank, Oklahoma

5. Boyden, California

One-mile run

1. Jim Reese

Jim Reese

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, Texas - 4:18.8 (new NCAA record)

2. Carter, Occidental

3. Gillette, Montana

4. Conger, Ames

5. Kimport, Kansas Aggies

Two-mile run

1. John Devine

John Devine

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, Washington State - 9:32.8

Field events

Broad jump

1. DeHart Hubbard, Michigan - 25 feet, 10⅞ inches (new world record)

2. Taylor, Grinnell - 24 feet, 2⅜ inches

3. Wallace, Illinois - 23 feet 8¾ inches

4. Jones, Iowa - 23 feet, 1½ inches

5. Fell, Illinois - 22 feet, 4½ inches

High jump

1. Thomas Bransford, Pittsburgh - 6 feet, 2 inches

1. Justin Russell, Chicago - 6 feet, 2 inches

1. Oather Hampton, California - 6 feet, 2 inches

4. Pohr, Kansas - 6 feet

4. Work, Stanford - 6 feet (1.8 m)

Pole vault

1. Phil Northrup

Phil Northrup

Philip Northrup was an American track and field athlete. He won the NCAA javelin championship in 1925 and 1926 and tied for the NCAA championship in the pole vault in 1925.-Biography:...

, Michigan - 12 feet, 4 inches

1. Frank Potts

Frank Potts

Frank C. Potts was a pole vaulter and coach of American football, cross country, and track. He served as the head cross country and track coach at of the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1927 to 1968...

, Oklahoma - 12 feet, 4 inches

1. Earl McKown, Kansas State - 12 feet, 4 inches

1. Royal Bouschor, Northwestern - 12 feet, 4 inches

1. Kenneth Lancaster, Missouri - 12 feet, 4 inches

Discus throw

1. Clifford Hoffman

Biff Hoffman

Clifford Ellsworth "Biff" Hoffman was an American football player.-Early life:Hoffman attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California, and then went on to attend Stanford University.-Track and field:...

, Stanford - 148 feet, 4 inches (new NCAA record)

2. Hartranft,Stanford - 143 feet, 2 inches

3. Doyle, Michigan - 139 feet, 9 inches

4. Richerson, Missouri - 130 feet, 7 inches

5. Reinefort, Grinnell - 130 feet, 2 inches

Javelin

1. Phil Northrup

Phil Northrup

Philip Northrup was an American track and field athlete. He won the NCAA javelin championship in 1925 and 1926 and tied for the NCAA championship in the pole vault in 1925.-Biography:...

, Michigan - 201 feet, 11 inches

2. Cox, Oklahoma - 197 feet

3. Good, McKendree - 187 feet, 3 inches

4. Eaton, Pomona - 186 feet, 10 inches

5. Kreuze Washington - 182 feet, 7 inches


Shot put

1. Glenn Hartranft

Glenn Hartranft

Samuel Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft was an American athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw....

, Stanford - 50 feet (new intercollegiate record)

2. Gerkin, California - 47 feet, 3 inches

3. Scharze, Wisconsin - 46 feet, 11¾ inches

4. Richerson, Missouri - 45 feet, 0¾ inches

5. Rinefort, Grinnell - 45 feet, 1¼ inches

Hammer throw

1. Ray Bunker, Ohio State - 150 feet, 1 1-2 inches

2. Cox, Minnesota - 138 feet, 2 inches

3. Herritt, Pomona - 135 feet 2½ inches

4. Lyons, Amherst - 131 feet, 6½ inches

5. Handy, Iowa - 130 feet, 4 inches