1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

American athletics championship event December 2024 1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 200px New York City, New York (men)Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (women) 29–30 June (men)30 June (women) Downing Stadium (men)Fager Field (women) 1944 1946 The 1945 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 men's edition was held at Downing Stadium in New York City, New York, and it took place 29–30 June. The women's meet was held separately at Fager Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 June. At the men's championships, Barney Ewell broke the meeting record in the 100 m.Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023 https://trackandfieldnews.com/sites-of-the-national-mens-championships/ Track & Field News 4 December 2024 19 October 2020 In the women's competition, Tuskegee Institute won its second consecutive team title.Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships https://trackandfieldnews.com/sites-dates-of-the-national-womens-championships/ Track & Field News 4 December 2024 Results Men 100 m Norwood Ewell 10.3 Perry Samuels 4 yards behind Rudy Nedd 200 m Elmore Harris 21.9 Robert Crowson George Guida 400 m Herbert McKenley JAM 48.4 James Herbert 48.4 John Taylor 48.4 800 m Robert Kelley 1:54.1 Stanton Callender 10 yards behind David Smith 1500 m Roland Sink 3:58.4 Tom Quinn 10 yards behind Jack Dianetti 14 yards behind 2nd 5000 m John Kandl 16:14.4 Henry Walsh Benny Mannix 10000 m Theodore Vogel 35:30.7 John A. Kelley John Kersnason Marathon Charles Robbins 2:37.14 John A. Kelley 2:40.27 Robert Rankine CAN 2:41.25 110 m hurdles Charles Morgan 14.9 August Erfurth Oris Erwin 200 m hurdlesusa-track-and-field-championships/1945-usa-track-and-field-championships Ronald Frazier 24.0 400 m hurdles Oris Erwin 53.7 Hubert Gates Jack Morris 3000 m steeplechase James Wisner 10:00.6 Walter Soltow William Berger 2 miles walk Sam Bleifer 14:27.5 High jump Joshua Williamson 1.97 m none awarded none awarded Lester Howe Richard Schnacke David Albritton Pole vault Richmond Morcom 4.11 m none awarded John Schmidt 3.96 m Robert Phelps Milton Padway Ray Kring Long jump Herb Douglas 7.32 m Eulace Peacock 7.29 m Ted Haese 7.15 m Triple jump Burton Cox 13.99 m Don Barksdale 13.88 m Charles Barnes 13.65 m Shot put Bill Bangert 16.10 m Earl Audet 15.74 m Edward Quirk 15.45 m Discus throw John Donaldson 46.07 m Bill Bangert 45.16 m Fortune Gordien 44.54 m Hammer throw Henry Dreyer 50.89 m Gantt Miller 48.78 m Irving Folwartshny 48.70 m Javelin throw Frank Earl Marshall 65.63 m Edsel Wibbels 62.20 m Edward Thompson 54.56 m Weight throw for distanceUSATF Outdoor Champions USA Track & Field https://www.usatf.org/resources/statistics/usatf-champions/usatf-outdoor-champions 4 December 2024 Henry Dreyer 35 2 Pentathlon Eulace Peacock 3148 pts Decathlon Charles Beaudry 5886 pts Charles Morgan 5850 pts Richard Schnacke 5623 pts Women 50 m Alice Coachman 6.5 Lillian Young Rowena Harrison 100 m Alice Coachman 12.0 Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL Jean Lowe 200 m Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 26.6 Nell Jackson Gwendolyn Taylor 80 m hurdles Lillie Purifoy 12.5 Nancy Cowperthwaite Marie Wingo High jump Alice Coachman 1.52 m Marie Wingo 1.37 m none awarded Nancy Cowperthwaite Long jump Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 5.56 m Rowena Harrison 5.42 m Lillian Young 4.93 m Shot put (8 lb) Frances Gorn-Sobczak POL 11.52 m Helen Steward 10.95 m Dorothy Dodson 10.88 m Discus throw Frances Gorn-Sobczak POL 31.41 m Hattie Turner 30.15 m Dorothy Dodson 29.94 m Javelin throw Dorothy Dodson 38.05 m Marian Twining 35.02 m Peggy Anderson 32.98 m Baseball throw Marion Twining 237 9 See also List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men) List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women) References Results U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event https://trackandfieldnews.com/u-s-national-championships-history/ Track & Field News 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1945 Men, Track http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1945 Men, Field http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&Gender=M&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1945 Women, Track http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1945 Women, Field http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track And Field Championships, 1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field competitions in New York City Category:Track and field competitions in Pennsylvania Category:Sports in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania Category:1945 in American women's sports