1955 NCAA MEN Los Angeles, California—LA Coliseum, June 17–18 1. USC...... 42 2. UCLA...... 34 3. Kansas...... 30 4. Oregon...... 29 5. Northwestern...... 20 6. tie, Manhattan & Villanova 18; 8. Duke 16; 9. tie, Penn State & Occidental 14; 11. tie, Florida, Michigan & Pennsylvania 13; 14. Miami/Ohio 12; 15. Texas 1/ 11; 16. Iowa 10 5; 17. tie, Fordham, Indiana & Oklahoma State (Oklahoma A&M) 10; 20. Stanford 1/ 9; 25. BYU 6 5; 26. tie, Georgia Tech, Oregon State & Washington State 6; 29. Illinois 5; 30. tie, Emporia State, Lewis & Clark, Michigan State & Minnesota 4; 34. tie, Cal Tech, Oklahoma & St. Joseph’s 2; 37. tie, Arizona State, Maryland, 1/ North Texas & SMU 1; 41. tie, Morgan State, Pomona–Claremont & Utah 5. 100 YARDS 1. Jim Golliday (Northwestern)...... Sr...... 9.6 2. Bumper Watson (Florida)...... So...... 9.7 3. John Haines (Penn)...... Jr...... 9.7 4. Harry Nash (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 9.7 5. (Texas)...... Sr...... 9.8 6. Jerry Prewit (Texas)...... Jr...... 9.8 7. Bob Gary (Washington State)...... Sr...... 9.9 8. Bill Garner (Minnesota)...... So...... 10.0 220 YARDS 1. Jim Golliday (Northwestern)...... Sr...... 21.1 2. Art Pollard (Penn State)...... Jr...... 21.3 3. Bob Gary (Washington State)...... Sr...... 21.6 4. Dick Blair (Kansas)...... Jr...... 21.7 5. Bobby Whilden (Texas)...... So...... 22.0 … dnc— Gary Flinn (Akron)...... So-Jr Gabe Markisohn (Princeton)...... Jr Bumper Watson (Florida)...... So (Heats: I‑1. Golliday 20.9 MR)

© Track & Field News - 1 - 440 YARDS 1. J.W. Mashburn (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 46.6 2. Charlie Jenkins (Villanova)...... So...... 46.9 3. Russ Ellis (UCLA)...... So...... 47.1 4. Kevan Gosper' (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 47.2 5. Grant Scruggs (Michigan)...... Sr...... 47.7 6. Don Morton (SMU)...... Jr...... 47.9 7. Johnny Dahl (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 48.0 8. Bob Massengale (Missouri)...... Jr-Sr...... 49.1 880 YARDS 1. (Fordham)...... Sr...... 1:49.5 (MR) 2. Pete Gray (Michigan)...... Jr...... 1:50.2 3. Dick Foerster (Texas)...... Sr...... 1:51.6 4. Henry Cryer (Illinois)...... Sr...... 1:51.9 5. Frank McLaughlin (St. Joseph’s)...... Jr...... 1:51.9 6. Paul Patterson (North Texas)...... Sr...... 1:52.7 7. Billy Heard (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 1:53.9 8. Gary Gayton (Washington)...... Sr...... 1:54.0 … dnf [fell]— Lowell Janzen (Kansas)...... So MILE 1. Jim Bailey' (Oregon)...... So...... 4:05.6 2. (Oregon)...... Jr...... 4:06.4 3. Bob Seaman (UCLA)...... So...... 4:06.9 4. Bill Tidwell (Emporia State)...... So...... 4:08.6 5. Sid Wing (USC)...... Jr...... 4:09.0 6. Burr Grimm (Maryland)...... So...... 4:10.2 7. Rich Ferguson' (Iowa)...... Sr...... 4:13.7 8. Tom Rogers (Texas)...... Sr...... 4:15.2

© Track & Field News - 2 - 2 MILES 1. Ken Reiser (Oregon)...... Sr...... 9:04.5 2. (North Carolina)...... So...... 9:07.6 3. Allen Frame (Kansas)...... Jr...... 9:09.6 4. Bob Hunt (UCLA)...... Jr-Sr...... 9:11.6 5. Sherald James (BYU)...... Sr...... 9:22.8 6. Karl Jonsson' (Illinois)...... So...... 9:28.7 7. Fernando Ledesma (USC)...... Sr...... 9:43.1 8. Gordon McClenathen (UCSB)...... Jr...... 9:43.4 120 HURDLES 1. (Indiana)...... So...... 13.9 (=MR) 2. Charley Pratt (Manhattan)...... Sr...... 14.1 3. (Duke)...... Sr...... 14.2 4. Bill Youkers (Penn State)...... Sr...... 14.4 5. Les Stevens (Iowa)...... Jr...... 14.5 6. Bernie Nelson (Stanford)...... So...... 14.5 7. Bill Biberstein (Kansas)...... Sr...... 14.6 8. Jack Matthews (Iowa)...... So...... 14.8 (Semis: II-1. Campbell 13.9 =MR) 220 HURDLES 1. Charley Pratt (Manhattan)...... Sr...... 23.1 2. Jack Matthews (Iowa)...... So...... 23.3 3. Leon Clarke (USC)...... Sr...... 23.4 4. Tirrel Burton (Miami/Ohio)...... Jr...... 23.7 5. Jim Luttrell (Stanford)...... Jr-Sr...... 23.8 6. Chuck Holloway (UCLA)...... Jr...... 23.9 7. Leven Gray (Missouri)...... Sr...... 24.1 …dnc— Bill Constantine (Missouri)...... Jr...... [fell]

© Track & Field News - 3 - HIGH JUMP 1. Ernie Shelton (USC)...... Sr...... 6‑11 (MR) =2. Bernie Allard (Notre Dame)...... Jr...... 6‑8 =2. Willie Lee (Penn)...... Sr...... 6‑8 =4. Mark Booth (Michigan)...... Jr...... 6‑6 =4. Dick Haddon (Oxy)...... So...... 6‑6 =6. Bob Barksdale (Morgan State)...... So...... 6‑5 =6. Cal Clark (Utah)...... Sr...... 6‑5 =6. Bob Fendler (Claremont)...... Jr...... 6‑5 =6. Doug Spainhower (BYU)...... Jr...... 6‑5 =6. Les Stevens (Iowa)...... Jr...... 6‑5 (2.11, 2.03, 1.98, 1.94)

© Track & Field News - 4 - 1. (Villanova)...... So...... 15‑1 (MR) (also 14-10/4.52 MR) =2. (Oxy)...... So...... 14‑6 =2. Walt Levack (USC)...... Jr...... 14‑6 =2. Ron Morris (USC)...... So...... 14‑6 =2. Earl Poucher (Florida)...... Jr...... 14‑6 =6. Lindy Kell (UCLA)...... Jr...... 13‑10 =6. Mel Hill (UCLA)...... ?...... 13‑10 =8. Bob Appleman (Michigan)...... So-Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Roy Carter (Oxy)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Lewis Chatterly (BYU)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Charles Coykendall (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 13‑4 =8. Leroy Cox (USC)...... Sr...... 13‑4 =8. Dale Foster (Illinois)...... Sr...... 13‑4 =8. Jim Hilton (Washington)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Hendrik Kruger' (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Russ Mannex (Oregon)...... Sr...... 13‑4 =8. Jon Mitchell (UCLA)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Hal Mullison (Iowa State)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Owen Rhodes (San José State)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Dave Seed (Cal)...... Sr...... 13‑4 =8. Stew Walker (Colorado)...... Jr...... 13‑4 =8. Dick Utter (Emporia State)...... So...... 13‑4 (4.60, 4.42, 4.22, 4.06) LONG JUMP 1. Joel Shankle (Duke)...... Sr...... 24‑3¼ 2. Mal Andrews (Arizona)...... Sr...... 24‑1 3. Frank Herrmann (Stanford)...... So...... 23‑9¾ 4. Caley Cook (Lewis & Clark)...... Sr...... 23‑6 5. Erwin Cook (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 23‑5 6. Martin Pedigo (Oregon)...... So...... 23‑3¾ 7. Bob Smith (Kansas)...... Sr...... 23‑2¼ 8. Blaine Hollinger (Kansas)...... Jr...... 23‑¾ (7.39, 7.34, 7.25, 7.15, 7.13, 7.10, 7.06, 7.03)

© Track & Field News - 5 - SHOT 1. (Kansas)...... Jr...... 57‑3 2. (Miami/Ohio)...... Sr...... 57‑2½ 3. Dave Vick (UCLA)...... So...... 56‑9½ 4. Ray Martin (USC)...... Jr...... 56‑4½ 5. Rosey Grier (Penn State)...... Sr...... 55‑11¼ 6. Tom Meyer (Oxy)...... Jr...... 55‑5¼ 7. Billy Joe Wright (UCLA)...... So...... 54‑5¼ 8. Clyde Wetter (UCLA)...... Sr...... 54‑1 (17.45, 17.43, 17.31, 17.18, 17.05, 16.89, 16.70, 16.48) DISCUS 1. (USC)...... Sr...... 176‑0 2. Ron Drummond (UCLA)...... Jr...... 163‑7 3. Carl Vereen (Georgia Tech)...... So...... 163‑6 4. Jim Mathias (Oxy)...... Jr...... 162‑11 5. Don Vick (UCLA)...... So...... 161‑2 6. Kelly Hester (Oxy)...... Jr...... 157‑10 7. Rosey Grier (Penn State)...... Sr...... 156‑2 8. Gerry Helgeson (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 154‑6 (53.64, 49.86, 49.84, 49.66, 49.12, 48.10, 47.60, 47.10) JAVELIN 1. Les Bitner (Kansas)...... Jr...... 246‑1 (CR, MR; after Cantello) 2. (La Salle)...... Sr...... 245‑3 (also broke CR; 5th round) 3. Jerry Church (Oregon State)...... Sr...... 232‑6 4. Chuck Higgins (BYU)...... Jr...... 232‑5 5. (Cal Tech)...... Jr...... 231‑7 6. Benny Garcia (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 230‑10 (3rd–6th all over old MR) 7. Reinaldo Oliver' (Puerto Rico)...... Jr-Sr...... 220‑10 8. John Bugge (Stanford)...... Sr...... 215‑11 (75.00, 74.76, 70.86, 70.84, 70.58, 70.36, 67.32, 65.82) (New Held javelins in use, MR destroyed. 6/18—Conley 70.58/231‑7, Hig- gins 70.84/232‑5, Church 70.86/232‑6 [specific rounds unknown])

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