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Intercollegiate Records in Past

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The intercollegiate records are as follows:

100 yards dash--9 and 4-5 seconds, B. J. Wefers, Georgetown University, New York City, May 31, 1896; R. C. Craig, Michigan, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1911; J. E. Patterson, Pennsylvania, Cambridge, Mass., May 31, 1913.

220 yards dash--21 and 1-5 seconds. B. J. Wefers, Georgetown University, New York City, May 30, 1896; R. C. Craig, Michigan, Philadelphia, Pa., May 28, 1910, and Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1911; D. F. Lippincott, Pennsylvania, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1916.

440 yards run--47 and 2-5 seconds. James E. Meredith, Pennsylvania, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1916.

Half-mile run--1 minute, 53 seconds. James E. Meredith, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1916.

One-mile run--4 minutes, 14 and 2-5 seconds. J. P. Jones, Cornell, Cambridge, Mass., May 31, 1913.

Two-mile run--9 minutes, 23 and 4-5 seconds. J. L. Hoffmire, Cornell, Cambridge, Mass., May 30, 1914.

Running broad jump--24 feet, 4 and 1-2 inches. A. C. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania, New York City, May 27, 1899.

Running high jump--6 feet, 4 and 1-2 inches. W. M. Oler, Yale, Philadelphia, Pa., May 29, 1915.

Putting the shot 48 feet, 10 and 3-4 inches. R. L. Beatty, Columbia, Philadelphia, Pa., June 1. 1912.

Throwing the hammer--165 feet, 3-4 inches. Harold P. Bailey, Maine, Philadelphia, Pa., May 29, 1915.

Pole vault--13 feet, 1 inch. R. A. Gardner, Yale, Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1912.

120 yards hurdles--15 seconds. F. S. Murray, Leland Stanford, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1916.

220 yards hurdles--23 and 3-5 seconds. A. C. Kraenzlein. Pennsylvania, New York City, May 28, 1898; J. L. Wendell, Wesleyan, Cambridge, Mass., May 31. 1913.

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