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The 1939 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 18th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the University of Southern California's Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in June 1939. The University of Southern California won its fifth consecutive team title.[1] The individual high scorers at the meet were William Watson of Michigan, who scored in three events, and double hurdles champion Fred Wolcott of Rice. Both finished with 20 points.
Team scoring 1. University of Southern California - 86 points
2. Stanford - 44 points
3. Michigan - 31 points
4. Washington State - 24 points
5. Wisconsin - 22 points
6. Rice Institute - 20 points 7. Kansas State - 18 ponts 8. Oregon - 16 points Track events 100-yard dash
1. Mozel Ellerbe, Tuskegee - 9.8 seconds[2]
2. Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford
3. Willis, USC
4. Jordan, USC
5. Ledford, Washington State 120-yard high hurdles
1. Fred Wolcott, Rice - 14.2 seconds
2. Smith, Wisconsin
3. Corpening, North Carolina
4. Wright, Oklahoma A&M
5. Kinzle, Duke
6. Gatewood, Texas 220-yard dash
1. Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford - 21.1 seconds
2. Ledford, Washington State
3. Pettichord, Washington State
4. Jordan, USC
5. Ohl, Pitt 220-yard low hurdles
1. Fred Wolcott, Rice - 23 seconds
2. Earl Vickery, USC
3. Cochran, Indiana
4. Marshall, Butler
5. Hawkins, Stanford 440-yard dash
1. Erwin Miller, USC - 47.5 seconds
2. Watts, California
3. Simmons, Nebraska
4. Upton, USC
5. Breidenbach, Michigan 880-yard run
1. John Woodruff, Pitt - 1:51.3
2. Giddings, NYU
3. Dale, Washington State
4. Moore, Stanford
5. Storli, Oregon One-mile run
1. Louis Zamperini, USC - 4:13.6
2. Walter Mehl, Wisconsin
3. John Munski, Missouri
4. Holderman, Purdue
5. Girard, Stanford Two-mile run
1.Gregory Rice, Notre Dame - 9:02.6 (NCAA record)
2. Ralph Schwarzkopf, Michigan
3. Efaw,Oklahoma A&M
4. Dodds, Ashland
5. Garner, Washington State Field events Broad jump
1. Judson Atchison, Texas - 24 feet, 9 inches
2. Billy Brown, LSU - 24 feet, 8 inches
3. Turner, UCLA - 24 feet, 5 inches
4. William Watson, Michigan - 24 feet, 1/2 inch
5. Manuel, California - 24 feet High jump
1. Johnny Wilson, USC - 6 feet, 6 inches
2. Mallery, USC
2. Diefenthaler, Illinois
4. Burke, Marquette
4. Arrington, Michigan State
4. Lincoln, Stanford
4. Du Fresne, Oregon State Pole vault
1. Ganslen, Columbia - 14 feet, 5 inches
2. Day, USC
2. Padway, Wisconsin
2. Varoff, Oregon Discus throw
1. Pete Zagar, Stanford - 164 feet, 1/4 inch
2. William Watson, Michigan - 161 feet, 9 inches
3. Harris, Indiana
4. White, Tulane
5. Faymonville, Notre Dame Javelin
1. Bob Peoples, USC - 220 feet, 6 inches
2. Boyd Brown, Oregon
3. DeGroot, USC
4. Vukmanic, Penn
5. Graham, Texas Shot put
1. Elmer Hackney, Kansas State - 55 feet, 10 inches (NCAA and American record)
2. William Watson, Michigan - 54 feet, 6 inches
3. Williams, Xavier New Orleans
4. Andersen, Stanford
5. Wohl, Stanford See also References
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