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1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesSeptember 1 (men)
September 29 (women)
Host cityChicago, Illinois (men)
Newark, New Jersey (women)
VenueStagg Field (men)
Weequahic Park (women)
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The 1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States. The year marked the first ever women's U.S. track and field championships.

The men's edition was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois, and it took place September 1. The women's meet was held separately at Weequahic Park in Newark, New Jersey, on September 29.

Men's competition

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At the men's championships, meet records were broken in the high jump, pole vault, discus, and javelin.[1]

Women's competition

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The women's competition was the first national track and field championships for women in the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The tournament was held on 29 September 1923 at Weequahic Park[8][9] in Newark, New Jersey.[10]

Background

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After the initial Women's World Games in 1922 in Paris and the three Women's Olympiads (1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's World Games) in Monaco, interest in women's sports grew internationally. In 1922, the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) was founded in the United Kingdom. The WAAA organised the first official British women's championships in track and field (WAAA Championships) on 18 August 1923 at the Oxo Sports Ground in Downham outside London.

In the United States, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was founded in 1888, and held its first national championship for women in the sport of swimming in 1916.[5] In 1922, try-outs for the 1922 Women's World Games were held on 13 May at Oaksmere School in Mamaroneck, New York.[11] Some historians consider this event to be the first "national" women's track meet.[11]

In 1923, the AAU sponsored the first official American women's championships in track and field.[6][7][2][8][3][4]

Events

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The meet was held on 29 September 1923 at Weequahic Park in Newark, New Jersey.[2][3][9][6][5][7][12] Female athletes for the 1923 games also trained at Weequahic Park.[12]

The athletes competed in 11 events: running 50 yards, 100 yards, relay race 4x110 yards, hurdling 60 yards, high jump, long jump, discus throw, shot put, javelin, baseball throw (softball throw) and basketball throw.[9][4][8][5][2] The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports.

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Loren Murchison 10.1 Albert Washington Chester Bowman
220 yards Loren Murchison 22.3 Frederick Lovejoy Manville Lechnicht
440 yards Horatio Fitch 50.0 Arthur Wolters Hilding Hagen
880 yards Ray Watson 1:57.2 Alan Helffrich 1 yard behind James Connolly
1 mile Joseph Ray 4:18.0 Ray Buker Lloyd Hahn
5 miles Earl Johnson 26:05.4 Verne Booth James Henigan
120 yards hurdles Karl Anderson 15.1 Ivan Riley Daniel Kinsey
440 yards hurdles Ivan Riley 55.4 John Norton Richard Oram
2 miles steeplechase  Ville Ritola (FIN) 10:45.6 Marvin Rick Russell Payne
High jump LeRoy Brown 1.97 m Harold Osborn 1.92 m Richmond Landon 1.92 m
Pole vault Edwin Myers 3.99 m Edward Knourek 3.81 m James Brooker 3.81 m
Long jump William DeHart Hubbard 7.51 m Robert LeGendre 7.10 m Edward Gourdin 7.05 m
Triple jump William DeHart Hubbard 14.34 m Kaufman Geist 14.27 m Anthony Plansky 13.78 m
Shot put Orville Wanzer 14.34 m Charles Eastman 14.10 m Clarence Houser 14.04 m
Discus throw Thomas Lieb 46.12 m Augustus Pope 45.19 m Clarence Houser 45.01 m
Hammer throw Fredrick Tootell 52.90 m Matthew McGrath 50.33 m Basil Bennett 48.27 m
Javelin throw Harry Hoffman 59.32 m Harry Frieda 58.21 m Flint Hanner 55.90 m
Decathlon Harold Osborn 7351.89 pts Harry Frieda 6760.06 pts Emerson Norton 6583.60 pts
220 yards hurdles[13] Charles Brookins 24.5
Weight throw for distance[13] Matt McGrath 11.58 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 yds Marion McCartie
City Bank Club		 6,06sec Frances Ruppert
Meadowbrook Club		 Mabel Steel
Camp Alamo
100 yds Frances Ruppert
Meadowbrook Club		 12,0 sec Marion McCartie
City Bank Club		 Madeline Adams
Meadowbrook Club
Relay 4x110 yds Meadowbrook Club
Philadelphia		 52,4 sec City Bank Club
New York		 Board of Recreation
Paterson, NJ
Hurdling 60 yds Hazel Kirk
Prudential Insurance		 9,6 sec Esther Behring
Prudential Insurance		 Rose Garlock
Newark Normal School
High jump Catherine Wright
Bridgeport A.C.		 4 ft 7½ in Helen Dinnehey
Shanahan CC		 4 ft 6 ¼ in Ida Robinson
Philadelphia Turngemeinde		 4 ft 5 ¼ in
Long jump Helen Dinnehey
Shanahan CC		 15 ft 4 in Alice Adams
Prudential Insurance		 15 ft ½ in Florence Bitner
Meadowbrook Club		 14 ft
Discus throw Babe Wolbert
UNAT		 71 ft 9½ in Roberta Ranck
Philadelphia Turngemeinde		 70 ft 10 in Carrie Gerold
Bridgeport A.C.		 65 ft 10½ in
Shot put
8 lb 		Bertha Christophel
GATC		 30 ft 10½ in Roberta Ranck
Philadelphia Turngemeinde		 29 ft 10 5/8 in Gladys Booth
Prudential Insurance		 28 ft 3 in
Javelin throw Roberta Ranck
Philadelphia Turngemeinde		 59 ft 7¾ in Jeanette Casper
Bridgeport A.C.		 59 ft 1½ in Gladys Booth
Prudential Insurance		 58 ft 8 in
Softball throw Elinor Churchill
Robinson F.S.		 234 ft 5¾ in Mildred Crotty
Bridgeport A.C		 222 ft 9½ in Grace Castor
Philadelphia Turngemeinde		 204 ft 4 in
Basketball throw Esther Behring
Prudential Insurance		 87 ft 6 in Elinor Churchill
Robinson F.S.		 86 ft 8 in Grace Castor
Philadelphia Turngemeinde		 80 ft 7 in

Elinor Churchill's baseball throw of 234 feet, 5 ¾ inches also was a new world record,[3] improving her record set the previous year by more than 10 feet.[7][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News. October 19, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Tricard, Louise Mead (1996). American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980. Vol. 1. McFarland. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7864-0219-9. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Woman Sets Record For Baseball". Courier Journal. Louisville KY. September 30, 1923. p. 62. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d Woolum, Janet (1998). Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports In America. Greenwood. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-57356-120-4. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "Elinor Churchill". Exeter Historical Society. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d "Elinor Churchill". Seacoastonline.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "United States Championships (women)". GBR Athletics.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "USA National Championship, Newark 1923". Brinkster.net. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Camille Sabie". NJSports.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Glimpse of History: Woman athletes make history". NJ.com. January 29, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1923 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium [d].
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