# 1921 NCAA Track and Field Championships

The 1921 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the first NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1921. The University of Illinois won the team title.

## Overview

The 1921 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 17 and 18, 1921. The University of Illinois won the team championship with 20+1⁄4 points. Notre Dame finished in second place.
Gus Pope of the University of Washington was the individual points leader with 10 points earned through first-place finishes in both the shot put and the discus.

## Results
### Team standings

* Note: Top 10 only
* (H) = Hosts
* Full results
| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Illinois | 20+1⁄4 |
| | Notre Dame | 16+3⁄4 |
| | Iowa | 14 |
| 4 | Washington | 12+1⁄4 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 10 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 8 |
| 7 | Grinnell | 7 |
| 8 | Northwestern Ohio State | 6 |
| 10 | Ames College | 5+1⁄2 |

### Individual titles, by team
## Track events
### 100-yard dash

* Leonard Paulu, Grinnell – 10 seconds
* Hayes, Notre Dame
* Smith, Nebraska
* Wilson, Iowa
* Hurley, Washington

### 120-yard high hurdles

* Earl Thomson, Dartmouth - 14.4 seconds (tied his own world record)
* Crawford
* Anderson, Minnesota
* Wynn, Notre Dame
* Couglan, University of the South

### 220-yard dash

1. Eric Wilson, Iowa - 22.6 seconds
2. Smith, Nebraska
3. Leonard Paulu, Grinnell
4. Hayes, Notre Dame
5. Jing, Ohio

### 220-yard low hurdles

1. Gus Desch, Notre Dame - 24.8 seconds
2. Kollin, Wisconsin
3. Frazier, Baylor
4. Wallace, Illinois
5. Wynn, Notre Dame

### 440-yard dash

1. Frank Shea, Pittsburgh - 49 seconds 2. Butler, Michigan 3. Donohoe, Illinois 4. Pratt, Washington 5. Johnson, Wisconsin

### Half-mile run

1. Earl Eby, Penn - 1:57.4 2. Higgins, Ames 3. Nash, Wisconsin 4. Yates, Illinois 5. Donohoe, Illinois

### One-mile run

1. Ray Watson, Kansas Aggies - 4:23.4 2. McGinnis, Illinois 3. Sweitzer, Minnesota 4. Ferguson, Ohio State 5. Graham, Ames

### Two-mile run

1. John Romig, Penn State - 9:31
2. Wharton, Illinois
3. Rathbun, Ames
4. Canton, St. Olafs
5. Finkle, Wisconsin

## Field events
### Broad jump

1. Gaylord Stinchcomb, Ohio State - 23 feet, 3+3⁄8 inches 2. Sward, Knox 2. Osborn, Illinois 4. Sundt, Wisconsin 5. Alberts, Illinois

### High jump

1. Johnny Murphy, Notre Dame - 6 feet, 3 inches 2. Alberts, Illinois
3. Hoffman, Iowa
4. Frankland, Washington
4. Osborne, Illinois

### Pole vault

1. Longino Welch, Georgia Tech - 12 feet 1. Eldon Jenne, Washington State - 12 feet 1. Lloyd Wilder, Wisconsin - 12 feet 1. R. Gardner, Yale - 12 feet 5. Merrick, Wisconsin 5. Hogan, Notre Dame

### Discus throw

1. Gus Pope, Washington - 142 feet, 2+1⁄4 inches
2. Blackwood, Northwestern 3. Praeger, Kalamazoo 4. Duke Slater, Iowa 5. Weiss, Illinois

### Javelin

1. Flint Hanner, Stanford - 191 feet, 2-l/4 inches
2. Tuck, Oregon
3. Hoffman, Michigan
4. Mahan, Texas A&M
5. Oberst, Notre Dame

### Shot put

1. Gus Pope, Washington - 45 feet, 4+1⁄2 inches 2. Dale, Nebraska 3. Weiss, Illinois 4. Lindsay, Rice 5. Buck Shaw, Notre Dame

### Hammer throw

1. Charles Redmon, Chicago - 133 feet 9+3⁄4 inches 2. Blackwood, Northwestern 3. Duke Slater, Iowa 4. Skidmore, University of Southern Illinois