1500 METERS/MILE y = mile race 1921 (Chicago, June 18) 1. Ray Watson (Kansas State) ............................... Sr ...............4:23.4y (MR) 2. Gordon McGinnis (Illinois) ................................. Jr ................nt 3. Mearl Sweitzer (Minnesota) ............................... So ..............nt 4. Oscar Ferguson (Ohio State) ............................. Jr ................nt 5. Stanley Graham (Iowa State) ............................ Sr ...............nt 1922 (Chicago, June 17) 1. Larry Shields (Penn State) ................................. Sr ...............4:20.4y (MR) 2. Bruce Patterson (Illinois) ................................... Jr ................nt 3. Jimmy Connolly (Georgetown) .......................... Jr ................nt 4. Walter Wikoff (Ohio State) ................................. So ..............nt 5. Cliff Furnas (Purdue) ......................................... Sr ...............nt 1923 (Chicago, June 16) 1. Schuyler Enck (Penn State) ............................... Jr ................4:27.4y 2. Virgil Robbins (Wabash) .................................... Jr ................nt 3. Fred Brandes (Hamline) .................................... Sr ...............nt 4. Earl Schneider (Wisconsin) ............................... Jr ................nt 5. Egil Krogh (Chicago) ......................................... Sr ...............nt 6. Tel Telford (Northwestern) ................................. So ..............nt 1924 (no meet) All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -236- 1925 (Chicago, June 13) 1. Jim Reese (Texas) ............................................. Sr ...............4:18.8y (MR) 2. Nick Carter (Oxy) .............................................. Jr ................c4:19.4 3. Arnold Gillette (Montana) .................................. So ..............c4:19.5 4. Ray Conger (Iowa State) ................................... So ..............nt 5. Ralph Kimport (Kansas State) ........................... Jr ................nt 6. Drummond Wilde (Washington) ........................ So ..............nt 1926 (Chicago, June 12) 1. Charles Judge (Notre Dame) ............................. Jr ................c4:24.8 (race 14.2m short of mile; 4:22.5) 2. Arnold Gillette (Montana) .................................. Jr ................nt 3. Allison Wills (Bates) ........................................... Sr ...............nt 4. Jim Little (Purdue) ............................................. Jr ................nt 5. Ray Conger (Iowa State) ................................... Jr ................nt 6. Doran Rue (Illinois) ............................................ Jr ................nt 1927 (Chicago, June 11) 1. Ray Conger (Iowa State) ................................... Sr ...............4:17.6y (MR) 2. Galen Elliott (North Carolina) ............................. Jr ................c4:18.4 3. Emmett Brunson (Rice) ..................................... Jr ................nt 4. Melvin Burke (Utah State) ................................. Sr ...............nt 5. Winston Hooper (SMU) ..................................... Sr ...............nt 6. Jim Little (Purdue) ............................................. Sr ...............nt (defending champ Judge ran 4:24.6 in May) All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -237- 1928 (Chicago, June 09) 1. Rufus Kiser (Washington) .................................. So ..............4:17.6y (=MR) 2. Leroy Potter (Eastern Michigan) ........................ Jr ................c4:17.7 3. Lee Hanson (Oregon State) ............................... Jr ................nt 4. Galen Elliott (North Carolina) ............................. Sr ...............nt 5. Francis Stine (Illinois) ........................................ Jr ................nt 6. Harold Fields (Indiana) ...................................... Jr ................nt 1929 (Chicago, June 08) 1. Wilbur Getz (Alfred) ........................................... Sr ...............4:19.4y 2. Orval Martin (Purdue) ........................................ Jr ................nt 3. Rufus Kiser (Washington) .................................. Jr ................nt 4. Ralph Hill (Oregon) ............................................ So ..............nt 5. Bob Young (Georgia) ......................................... Jr ................nt 6. John Faulkner (Oklahoma State) ....................... Jr ................nt 1930 (Chicago, June 07) 1. Joe Sivak (Butler) .............................................. Jr ................4:19.3y 2. Rufus Kiser (Washington) .................................. Sr ...............c4:19.9 3. Joe Makeever (Illinois)....................................... Sr ...............c4:22.6 4. Ray Swartz (Western Michigan) ........................ So ..............c4:22.6 5. Lawrence Eckwall (Carleton) ............................. Jr ................c4:22.6 6. Ralph Hill (Oregon) ............................................ Jr ................nt 1931 (Chicago, June 06) 1. Ray Putnam (Iowa State) .................................. Sr ...............4:17.0y (MR) 2. Ralph Hill (Oregon) ............................................ Sr ...............nt 3. Glen Dawson (Oklahoma State) ........................ Jr ................nt 4. LeRoy Pearson (North Dakota) ......................... So ..............nt 5. Walt Pritchard (Hamilton) .................................. Jr ................nt 6. Joe Sivak (Butler) .............................................. Sr ...............nt All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -238- 1932 (Chicago, June 11) 1. Glenn Cunningham (Kansas) ............................. So ..............4:11.1y (AR, CR, MR) (3:53.1m MR, AR, CR en route) 2. Henry Brocksmith (Indiana) ............................... Sr ...............nt (3:57.2m) 3. Larry Kenney (Purdue) ...................................... So ..............nt 4. John Simmons (Abilene Christian) .................... Fr ................4:20.5 5. Lyle Chapman (Iowa State) ............................... So-Jr ..........nt 6. LeRoy Pearson (North Dakota) ......................... Jr ................nt • • • Ran as nonscorers as part of Olympic Trials tryouts: [3] Ray Sears (Butler) ............................................ So ..............nt [5] Dale Smith (Pittsburg State) ............................. So ..............nt 1933 (Chicago, June 17) (41 entrants) 1. Glenn Cunningham (Kansas) ............................. Jr ................4:09.8y (MR) (first 2-time winner) 2. Lyle Hutton (Illinois State) ................................. Jr ................c4:14.5 3. Ray Sears (Butler) ............................................. Jr ................nt 4. William Howell (Michigan) ................................. So ..............nt 5. Dean Woolsey (Illinois) ...................................... Sr ...............nt 6. Chuck Hornbostel (Indiana) .............................. Jr ................nt 1934 (Los Angeles, June 23) (34 entrants) 1. Bill Bonthron (Princeton) ................................... Sr ...............4:08.9y (MR) 2. Glenn Cunningham (Kansas) ............................. Sr ...............4:10.6 3. Gene Venzke (Penn) .......................................... So ..............4:15.2 4. Harry Williamson (North Carolina) ..................... Jr ................4:15.3 5. Otto Pongrace (Michigan State) ........................ Sr ...............4:19.5 6. Charles Nimmo (Stanford) ................................. So ..............4:19.6 All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -239- 1935 (Berkeley, June 22) (37 entrants) 1. Archie San Romani (Emporia State) .................. Jr ................4:19.1y 2. Harry Williamson (North Carolina) ..................... Sr ...............4:19.1 3. Claude Moore (Purdue) ..................................... Jr ................c4:19.4 4. William Daly (Detroit) ......................................... So ..............c4:19.4 5. James Angle (Washington) ................................ So ..............c4:19.5 6. Justus O’Reilly (Kansas State) .......................... Sr ...............nt 1936 (Chicago, June 20) 1. Archie San Romani (Emporia State) .................. Sr ...............3:53.0 (MR) 2. Chuck Fenske (Wisconsin) ................................ So ..............3:56.7 3. Don Lash (Indiana) ............................................ Jr ................3:57.8 4. Clayton Brelsford (Michigan) ............................. Jr ................3:58.7 5. Ivan Mothershead (Virginia Tech) ...................... Jr-Sr ...........nt 6. Tom Sexton (Ohio State) ................................... So-Jr ..........4:03.0 1937 (Berkeley, June 19) (15 entrants) 1. Chuck Fenske (Wisconsin) ................................ Jr ................4:13.9y 2. Jim Smith (Indiana) ........................................... Jr ................4:14.8 3. Mel Trutt (Indiana) ............................................. Jr ................4:15.2 4. Greg Rice (Notre Dame) .................................... So ..............4:15.4 5. Dave Rogan (Kentucky) .................................... Jr ................4:16.0 6. Bob Alexander (Stanford) .................................. So-Jr ..........4:16.1 (photo evidence suggests times for 3-5 were more like 4:15.6, 4:18 & 4:19) All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -240- 1938 (Minneapolis, June 18) (16 finalists) 1. Lou Zamperini (USC)......................................... So ..............4:08.3y (MR) 2. Chuck Fenske (Wisconsin) ...............................