The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-29
RECORDS OF TRACK
MEETS COMP AIRED
FARGO LED IN SHORT DAsHEs
WHILE GRAND FORKS WAS
BETTER IN HURDLES AND THE
LONG DISTANCES -- SOME IN
TEREsTING FIGURES.

AT the lnterecnolaSLlc meets neId AT
Grand Forks and Fargo this season
in which the athletes of the high
schools of North Dakota participated
is highly interesting and the high
standard set in each event by the
contestants in both meets, shows that
this youngest branch of sport is rap
idly growing in popularity The track
meet at the state university is older
and better established than the one
at the agricultural college but the
college has decided advantage over
! it's sister institution on the north in
its splendid cinder track and superior
athletic field. The records made at
the two field meets are as follows:
100 yard dasn-Runyon OF Valley
City, 1926 seconds, at Fargo; Hemp
of Valley City, II seconds, at Grand
Forks.
22O yard dash--Runyon, Valley City,
% As seconds, at Fargo; Runyon,
Valley City, ~ seconds, at Grand
Forks.
100 yard high hurdles-Hemp, VAL
ley city, 184-5 seconds, at Fargo;
Brett, Park River, II 2-5 seconds, at
Grand Forks. -'.
b 220 yard low hurdles--Kimball, Far
go, 28 SIS seconds, at Fargo; Thomp-
son. Park River, 2S 3-5 seconds, at
Grand Forks.
a440 yard run-Davidson, Valley
City. So 3-5 seconds. at Fargo; owen,
Grand Forks, 654-5 seconds, at Grand
Forks. ~
One mile run-Cruikshank, Fargo,
minutes, 5 seconds. at Fargo; Cruik-
shank. Fargo, minutes 46 2-5 sec
londs, at Grand Forks. Il"
High jump-Weltzin, Mayville, and
Runyon, Valley City. tied, 5 feet, 8
inches, at Fargo; Derby, Bathgate,
feet. "a inches, at Grand Forks.
Broad jump-Davidson, Valley City,
Is feet, 5 inches, at Fargo: Stevens,
Park River, 10 feet, 43-4 inches, at
Grand Forks.
Pole vault-Read, Grand Forks,
feet, " inch, at Grand Forks.
Shot put-Davidson, Valley City, 4S
feet, inches, at Fargo; Davidson,
Valley city, 80 feet, 53-4 inches, at
Grand Forks.
Hammer throw-Davidson Valley
City, lat feet, 8 inches; Davidson
Valley City, 143 feet, 43-4 inches, al
Grand Forks. RI So. .,.,..
Discus throw-Davidson, valley
city 81 feet, inches, at Fargo; Tay-
lor St. Thomas, 96 feet, 9 inches, at
Grand Forks. ......... .... ....
SO yard dash-Hemp, Valley City,
s 3-5 seconds, at Grand Forks.
Half mile run-Cruikshank, Fargo,
Q minutes, IA 3-5 seconds, at Fargo.
1t will be noted that better time
was made at the Fargo meet in the
short dashes, while in the high hur-
dies and long runs the time was con-
siderably better at Grand Forks. Kim
ball of Fargo and Thompson of Park
River tie for the honors on the low
hurdles. The best previous record
was made by Joss of Jamestown in
"a 3-5 seconds. It is not generally
known that Cruikshank of Fargo has
broken the state interscholastic rec
ord for the one mile run twice this
season. The best previous record was
by Lowell of Grand Forks in 5 min
utes and seconds. This was lower
ed by three seconds at the Fargo
meet. In a phenomenal run on the
state university track he lowered this
to minutes and 1925 seconds, one
week later. The worlds interschol-
astic record is only 8 2-5 seconds bet
ter than this. The so yard dash is
still retained among the Grand Forks
events while at Fargo the half mile
run has been substituted.
The records of Davidson of Valley
City in the weights are of great in
terest. He was in much better form
at Fargo than at Grand Forks. His
hammer throw of lat feet, 8 inches,
at the agricultural college meet, cas-
fly stands as the state record. David
son Is also clearly entitled to the
state record on the discus for al
though taking second at the Grand
Forks meet in this event, yet his
throw earlier in the season at Fargo
has not been eQualled.