1956 NCAA MEN Berkeley, California—Edwards Stadium; June 15–16 TEAM SCORES 7/ 1. UCLA...... 57 10 2. Kansas...... 51 3. USC...... 34½ 4. Michigan State...... 29 5. Abilene Christian...... 25 7/ 6. Villanova 24; 7. Oregon 20; 8. Michigan 19 10; 9. Oklahoma State (Oklahoma A&M) 19; 10. Manhattan 17; 11. tie, Cal & Fresno State 14; 13. San José State 1/ 7/ 13 2; 14. Pitt 12; 15. Occidental 11 10; 16. Indiana 11; 7/ 17. tie, NCC (North Carolina College) & Notre Dame 10 10; 19. tie, Bowdoin, Cal Tech & West Chester State 10; 22. tie, Cornell, Duke, Missouri, North Carolina, NYU, Ohio State & Penn 8; 29. tie, Dartmouth, La Salle, Mankato State, MIT, Rice, Stanford & Texas 6; 36. 2/ Morgan State 5 5; 37. tie, Boston U, Georgia & Kansas State 4; 40. tie, Harvard, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Dakota State & Willamette 2; 7/ 45. BYU 1 10; 46. tie, Hawai‘i, Lincoln, Minnesota, Pacific Lutheran, TCU, Ten- 7/ nessee & UCSB 1; 54. tie, Pomona-Claremont & Oregon State 10. 100 METERS (wind –2.5) 1. Bobby Morrow (Abilene Christian)...... So...... 10.4 2. Dave Sime (Duke)...... So...... 10.6 3. Mike Agostini' (Fresno State)...... So...... 10.6 4. Leamon King (Cal)...... So...... 10.7 5. Ken Kave (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 10.7 6. Dick Blair (Kansas)...... Sr...... 10.7 7. Bobby Whilden (Texas)...... Jr...... 10.8 8. Pat Coyle (USC)...... Sr...... 10.8
© Track & Field News - 1 - 200 METERS 1. Bobby Morrow (Abilene Christian)...... So...... 20.6 (=WR, but not ratified; =AR, =CR, MR) 2. Dick Blair (Kansas)...... Sr...... 21.0 3. Bobby Whilden (Texas)...... Jr...... 21.2 4. Mike Agostini' (Fresno State)...... So...... 21.2 5. Edgar Brabham (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 21.4 6. James Segrest (Abilene Christian)...... So...... 21.5 7. Ken Kave (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 23.4 …dnf— Dave Sime (Duke)...... So 400 METERS 1. J.W. Mashburn (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 46.4 2. John Haines (Penn)...... Sr...... 46.4 3. Charlie Jenkins (Villanova)...... Jr...... 46.7 4. Russ Ellis (UCLA)...... Jr...... 46.7 5. Herb Washington (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 47.2 6. Bob Perkins (Lincoln)...... So...... 47.3 7. Mike Larrabee (USC)...... Sr...... 47.5 8. Jon Totz (Texas)...... Sr...... 47.6 800 METERS 1. Arnie Sowell (Pitt)...... Sr...... 1:46.7 (AR, CR, MR) 2. Lang Stanley (San José State)...... Sr...... 1:49.2 3. Doug Brew (Dartmouth)...... Jr...... 1:50.5 4. Paul Johnson (Abilene Christian)...... Jr...... 1:50.5 5. Ty Hadley (Oxy)...... So...... 1:51.1 6. Lowell Janzen (Kansas)...... Jr...... 1:52.9 7. Murray Coburn (USC)...... So...... 1:54.2 …dq— [3]Chuck Kirby (USC)...... Jr...... [1:50.2] …dnf— Bob Seaman (UCLA)...... Jr
© Track & Field News - 2 - 1500 METERS 1. Ron Delany' (Villanova)...... So...... 3:47.3 (MR) 2. Jim Bailey' (Oregon)...... Jr...... 3:47.6 3. Sid Wing (USC)...... Sr...... 3:49.8 4. Bob Seaman (UCLA)...... Jr...... 3:49.8 5. Ted Wheeler (Iowa)...... Sr...... 3:50.5 6. Ed Murphey (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 3:52.1 7. Don Bowden (Cal)...... So...... 3:53.0 8. Burr Grimm (Maryland)...... Jr...... 3:53.8 STEEPLE 1. Henry Kennedy' (Michigan State)...... So...... 9:16.5 (MR) 2. Ike Matza (NYU)...... Jr...... 9:17.2 (also under old MR) 3. Geert Kielstrup' (Michigan)...... So...... 9:34.4 4. Don Hubbard (San José State)...... Sr...... 9:42.7 5. David Peterson (South Dakota State)...... Jr-Sr...... 9:46.1 6. Russ Ferguson (Stanford)...... Sr...... 10:01.1 7. Jack Marden (Pacific)...... So...... 10:11.2 8. Dick Rodriguez (UCLA)...... So-Jr...... 11:10.8 5000 METERS 1. Bill Dellinger (Oregon)...... Sr...... 14:48.5 2. Jim Beatty (North Carolina)...... Jr...... 14:51.1 3. Selwyn Jones' (Michigan State)...... So...... 14:52.2 4. Max Truex (USC)...... So...... 14:53.5 5. Ron Wallingford' (Michigan)...... Sr...... 14:53.7 6. Bok Suk Shim' (BYU)...... Jr...... 15:04.4 7. Bob Sbarra (Manhattan)...... Sr...... 15:07.7 8. George King (NYU)...... Sr...... 15:26.0
© Track & Field News - 3 - 10,000 METERS 1. Selwyn Jones' (Michigan State)...... So...... 31:15.3 (MR; 6M in 30:17.2 MR) 2. Bob House (Cal)...... Jr...... 31:46.0 3. Bob Sbarra (Manhattan)...... Sr...... 32:01.0 (also under old MR) 4. Allen Frame (Kansas)...... Sr...... 32:24.7 5. Jerry McNeal (Kansas)...... So...... 32:42.6 6. Gordon McClenathen (UCSB)...... Sr...... 33:13.0 7. Dennis Critchfield (Idaho State)...... Sr...... 34:06.5 8. Jim Schlender (South Dakota State)...... Jr-Sr...... 34:50.9 110 HURDLES (wind ‑0.6) 1. Lee Calhoun (North Carolina Central)...... Jr...... 13.7 (MR) 2. Rafer Johnson (UCLA)...... Jr...... 13.8 3. Lee Loewen (Mankato State)...... Sr...... 14.0 4. Ancel Robinson (Fresno State)...... So...... 14.44 5. Dean Benson (Willamette)...... Sr...... 14.50 6. Bill Curtis (TCU)...... Sr...... 14.54 7. Ken Toye (Northwestern)...... Sr...... 14.94 …dnf— Joe Savoldi (Michigan State)...... Sr 400 HURDLES 1. Aubrey Lewis (Notre Dame)...... So...... 51.0 (MR) 2. Glenn Davis (Ohio State)...... So...... 51.5 3. Roy Thompson (Rice)...... Jr...... 51.8 4. Gene O’Connor (Kansas State)...... So...... 51.6 5. Paul Thrash (Pitt)...... So...... 52.7 6. Dave Lean' (Michigan State)...... So...... 53.2 7. Charlie Batch (Missouri)...... Jr...... 54.7 8. Arnold Jackson (West Chester State)...... Jr...... 54.8 (Heats: I‑1. Davis 52.0 MR)
© Track & Field News - 4 - HIGH JUMP =1. Nick Dyer (UCLA)...... Jr...... 6‑6¼ =1. Bob Lang (Missouri)...... Jr-Sr...... 6‑6¼ =1. Phil Reavis (Villanova)...... So...... 6‑6¼ =4. Bernie Allard (Notre Dame)...... Sr...... 6‑4 =4. Bob Barksdale (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 6‑4 =4. Ralph Bonham (BYU)...... So...... 6‑4 =4. Mark Booth (Michigan)...... Sr...... 6‑4 =4. George Dennis (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 6‑4 =4. Bob Fendler (Claremont)...... Sr...... 6‑4 =4. Dick Haddon (Oxy)...... Jr...... 6‑4 =4. Charles McCullough (North Carolina Central).. Sr...... 6‑4 =4. Hal Miller (UCLA)...... ?...... 6‑4 =4. Wayne Moss (Oregon State)...... So...... 6‑4 (1.99, 1.93) POLE VAULT =1. Jim Graham (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 14‑8 =1. Bob Gutowski (Oxy)...... Jr...... 14‑8 =3. Eeles Landström' (Michigan)...... So...... 14‑4 =3. Walt Levack (USC)...... Sr...... 14‑4 =5. Ron Morris (USC)...... Jr...... 14‑0 =5. Owen Rhodes (San José State)...... Sr...... 14‑0 =7. Larry Anderson (Cal)...... Sr...... 13‑6 =7. Bob Brodt (Fresno State)...... So...... 13‑6 =7. Stan Lyons (Ohio State)...... So...... 13‑6 =7. Jon Mitchell (UCLA)...... Sr...... 13‑6 =7. Dick Utter (Emporia State)...... Jr...... 13‑6 (4.47, 4.37, 4.27, 4.11)
© Track & Field News - 5 - LONG JUMP 1. Greg Bell (Indiana)...... So...... 25‑9¼ 2. Rafer Johnson (UCLA)...... Jr...... 25‑4 3. Kent Floerke (Kansas)...... So...... 24‑5 =4. Frank Herrmann (Stanford)...... Jr...... 24‑3½ =4. Blaine Hollinger (Kansas)...... Sr...... 24‑3½ 6. Dick Knaub (UCLA)...... So...... 24‑¾ 7. John Merchant (Cal)...... So...... 23‑6 8. Henry Philmon (Iowa State)...... Sr...... 23‑3¾ (7.85, 7.72, 7.44, 7.40, 7.40, 7.33, 7.16, 7.10) TRIPLE JUMP 1. Bill Sharpe (West Chester State)...... Jr...... 50‑4¾ (MR) 2. Kent Floerke (Kansas)...... So...... 49‑6¼ (superior to previous MR) 3. Ira Davis (La Salle)...... So...... 49‑3¼ (MR as first jumper) 4. Jack Findley (USC)...... Sr...... 48‑1 5. Martin Pedigo (Oregon)...... Jr...... 47‑9½ 6. Brealon Donaldson (Indiana)...... Jr...... 47‑4¾ 7. Don McClure (Oregon)...... Sr...... 46‑9¼ 8. Frank Herrmann (Stanford)...... Jr...... 45‑9¾ (15.36, 15.09, 15.01, 14.65, 14.56, 14.44, 14.25, 13.96) SHOT 1. Ken Bantum (Manhattan)...... Jr...... 60‑½ (MR; also 18.11/59‑5¼ MR) 2. Bill Nieder (Kansas)...... Sr...... 57‑3 3. Dave Owen (Michigan)...... Jr...... 57‑¼ 4. Dave Vick (UCLA)...... Jr...... 55‑7¾ 5. John Kahnert (Cal)...... Sr...... 54‑11½ 6. Byrl Thompson (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 54‑6¾ 7. Charlie Butt (Cal)...... Sr...... 54‑4¼ 8. Fred Berman (Georgia Tech)...... Jr...... 53‑9½ (18.30, 17.45, 17.38, 16.96, 16.75, 16.63, 16.56, 16.39)
© Track & Field News - 6 - DISCUS 1. Ron Drummond (UCLA)...... Sr...... 173‑0 2. Don Vick (UCLA)...... Jr...... 171‑5 3. Rink Babka (USC)...... Jr...... 170‑9 4. Al Oerter (Kansas)...... So...... 168‑9 5. Bob Van Dee (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 167‑10 6. Ken Bantum (Manhattan)...... Jr...... 167‑5 7. Byrl Thompson (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 162‑7 8. Dale Yonkey (Minnesota)...... Jr...... ? (52.74, 52.24, 52.06, 51.44, 51.16, 51.02, 49.56, ?) HAMMER 1. Bill McWilliams (Bowdoin)...... Jr...... 195‑3 (MR) 2. Al Hall (Cornell)...... Sr...... 193‑8 3. John Morefield (MIT)...... Jr...... 193‑2 4. Cliff Blair (Boston U)...... Sr...... 183‑11 5. Peter Harpel (Harvard)...... Jr...... 173‑8 6. Tom Mullins' (Hawai‘i)...... Sr...... 167‑5 (59.52, 59.02, 58.88, 56.06, 52.94, 51.02) JAVELIN 1. Phil Conley (Cal Tech)...... Sr...... 239‑11 2. Doug Maijala (USC)...... Jr...... 229‑10 3. Les Bitner (Kansas)...... Sr...... 223‑11 4. Bill Duckworth (Georgia)...... Sr...... 220‑2 5. Kirk Nieland (Stanford)...... Jr...... 217‑2 6. John Fromm (Pacific Lutheran)...... So...... 215‑0 7. Ken Yob (Colorado)...... Jr...... 213‑8 8. Hank Roldan (Stanford)...... Jr...... 211‑8 (73.12, 70.06, 68.26, 67.10, 66.20, 65.54, 65.44, 64.52)
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