1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

American athletics championship event August 2023 1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 200px Chicago, Illinois (men)Newark, New Jersey (women) September 1 (men)September 29 (women) Stagg Field (men)Weequahic Park (women) 1922 1924 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 At the men's championships, meet records were broken in the high jump, pole vault, discus, and javelin.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 Women's competition The women's competition was the first national track and field championships for women in the United States.https://books.google.com/books?id=vvrwcB3DeEwC&pg=PA88 Tricard Louise Mead American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980 1 McFarland 1996 88–89 978-0-7864-0219-9 8 March 2018https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107039889/ Woman Sets Record For Baseball Courier Journal Louisville KY September 30, 1923 62 8 March 2018http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF.aspx USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions USA Track & Field 8 March 2018https://books.google.com/books?id=DWmCWO6SpsYC&pg=PA26 Woolum Janet Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports In America Greenwood 1998 26 978-1-57356-120-4 8 March 2018https://exeterhistory.blogspot.se/2017/05/elinor-churchill-robinson-female.html Elinor Churchill Exeter Historical Society 8 March 2018http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20170511/elinor-churchill-robinson-female-seminarys-greatest-athlete Elinor Churchill Seacoastonline.com English 8 March 2018 The tournament was held on 29 September 1923 at Weequahic Parkhttp://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/usaw.htm United States Championships (women) GBR Athletics.com 8 March 2018http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1923&Gender=W&TF=F&By=Y&Count=&P=F USA National Championship, Newark 1923 Brinkster.net 8 March 2018 in Newark, New Jersey.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 Background After the initial Women's World Games in 1922 in Paris and the three Women's Olympiads in Monaco (1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's World Games), interest in women's sports grew internationally. In 1922, the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) was founded in the United Kingdom. The WAAA organized 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 Kingdom, the first women's university teams competed in track and field in 1921 and the Inter-Varsity Athletics Board (IVAB) in England held its first inter-varsity track and field competition for women in 1922. The Women's Inter-Varsity Athletics Board (WIVAB) was formed in 1923.Duval Lynne 2001-05-01 The Development of Women's Track and Field in England. The Role of the Athletic Club, 1920s-1950s https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17460260109443374 The Sports Historian 21 1 1–34 10.1080/17460260109443374 1351-5462 21046845 subscription Cole Dr Matt Leading The Field: The Story of Sport at the University of Birmingham https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/strategic-framework/leading-the-field.pdf University of BirminghamDaly Tommy 2025-05-09 The Early Years of Sport at the University of Birmingham (1900-1918) https://www.sportandfitness.bham.ac.uk/blog/the-early-years-of-sport-at-the-university-of-birmingham-1900-1918university-of-birmingham-the-early-years-of-sport/ 2026-09-20 University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness en-US 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. In 1922, try-outs for the 1922 Women's World Games were held on 13 May at Oaksmere School in Mamaroneck, New York.http://www.njsportsheroes.com/camillesabietf.html Camille Sabie NJSports.com 8 March 2018 Some historians consider this event to be the first "national" women's track meet. In 1923, the AAU sponsored the first official American women's championships in track and field. Events The meet was held on 29 September 1923 at Weequahic Park in Newark, New Jersey.http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2012/01/glimpse_of_history_woman_athle.html Glimpse of History: Woman athletes make history January 29, 2012 NJ.com English 8 March 2018 Female athletes for the 1923 games also trained at Weequahic Park. 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. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports. Results Men 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 Charles Brookins 24.5 Weight throw for distance Matt McGrath 11.58 m Women 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 inLong jump Helen Dinnehey Shanahan CC 15 ft 4 in Alice Adams Prudential Insurance 15 ft ½ in Florence Bitner Meadowbrook Club 14 ftDiscus throw Babe Wolbert UNAT 71 ft 9½ in Roberta Ranck Philadelphia Turngemeinde 70 ft 10 in Carrie Gerold Bridgeport A.C. 65 ft 10½ inShot 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 inJavelin 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 inSoftball 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 inBasketball 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, improving her record set the previous year by more than 10 feet. See also 1923 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men) List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women) Notes lower-alpha References usa-track-and-field-championships/1923-usa-track-and-field-championships 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 1923 Men, Track http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1923&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1923 Men, Field http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1923&Gender=M&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1923 Women, Track http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1923&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1923 Women, Field http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1923&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 External links Outdoor Track & Field Champions (USA Track & Field) Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Usa Outdoor Track And Field Championships, 1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 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 Jersey Category:Track and field competitions in Illinois Category:Track and field competitions in Chicago Category:Sports competitions in Newark, New Jersey USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Category:Women's sports in New Jersey 1923USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships