Tuesday, February 03, 2009

GLENN DAVIS SETS WORLD RECORD

National Collegiate Athletic Association
37th Annual Track and Field Championships
June 13 and 14, 1958
Edwards Stadium—University of California, Berkeley, California
Official Program 50c

Great Duels On Tap
How does it feel to shatter a world record and still lose?
Ask Texas’ Eddie Southern. He became the second man to ever break 50 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, and he lost the race. The first man to ever go under the 50-second mark was Ohio State’s Glenn Davis, and he did it some two-tenths of a second before Southern.
In this 1958 National Collegiate meet, Southern and Davis will renew their 1956 rivalry. This time the event will be the 440—with no hurdles.
Earlier this year the Texas junior broke the National collegiate quarter mile record with a 46.1 race, also around a pair of turns.
Then the Buckeye senior blasted off to a 45.8 timing, equaling Jim Lea’s world record. Southern has since retaliated with two 45.9s.
In Saturday’s finals, Southern will be trying to reverse the emotions on Davis, and find out how it feels to break a world’s record and win.

Event No. 2 – 440-Yard Dash…2:45 p.m.
World Record-45.8 James Lea, USA, Modesto, Calif., May 26, 1956
American Citizens’ Record-James Lea, U.S. Air Force
National Collegiate Record-46.2 Herb McKenley, Illinois, Champaign, Ill., June 1, 1946, and Salt Lake City, Utah, June 21, 1947.
NCAA Meet Record-46.2 Herb McKenley, Illinois, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 21, 1947.
Stadium Record-46.0 Herb McKenley, Jamaica 1948.
1957 Champion-46.8 Robert McMurray, Morgan State.

Official Entries
Rudy Smith, Bates 47.6
Jack Yerman, California 47.0
Chuck Carlson, Colorado 47.2
Jim Casteel, Florida State 47.0
Albert Gordon, Harvard 48.3
Buck MacGillivray, Idaho State 48.4
George Kerr, Illinois 46.1
Harold Caffey, Indiana 46.6
Reginald Laconi, Indiana 48.0
DeLoss Dodds, Kansas State 47.1
Ira Davis, La Salle 46.9
Robert Perkins, Lincoln 48.0
Tom Murphy, Manhattan
Willie Atterberry, Michigan State 46.9
Dave Lean, Michigan State
Bob McMurray, Morgan State 47.3r
Nicholson Ellis, Morgan State 47.4
Keith Gardner, Nebraska 46.6
John Cotton, North Texas State 47.1
John Zetzman, Occidental 47.4
Dennis Bambauer, Occidental 48.3
Glenn Davis, Ohio State 45.8
Ken Covert, Oklahoma State 47.1
Bob McFarling, Oklahoma State 48.2
Jim Norton, Penn State 47.6
Dick Hambright, Penn State 47.6
Mel Barnwell, Pittsburgh
Ivan Rodriguez, Puerto Rico 47.1
Jim Gavaghan, St. Joseph’s
Ray Eastman, San Diego State 49.2
Jack Rattelle, San Diego State 48.8
Paul Valerie, San Jose State 47.5
Ted Smith, Southern Cal 47.0
Murray Cockburn, Southern Cal 47.4
Ramon Lopez, Southern Cal 48.8
Don Chesarek, Stanford 48.4
Dick Lassen, Stanford 48.9

Eddie Southern, Texas 45.9
Wally Wilson, Texas 48.1
Jimmy Holt, Texas 48.2
Peter Byrne, Army
Charles Lewis, Winston-Salen
Jesse Nixon, Wisconsin 47.5
Fred McCoy, Colorado State
Dean Johnson, Sacramento State
Mike Cummins, Kansas
Bruce Kitchen, Southern Cal 49.1
Bob Harman, Southern Cal 47.8


Results of Finals:
First Glenn Davis, Ohio State 45.7
Second Eddie Southern, Texas 46.5
Third Jack Yerman, California 46.6
Fourth Ivan Rodriguez, Puerto Rico 46.8
Fifth Nicholson Ellis, Morgan State 47.0
Sixth John Zetzman, Occidental 47.0

Previous NCAA Winners
1921 Shea (Pitt) 49.0
1922 Cochran (Miss St) 49.7
1923 Cochran (Miss St. 49.2
1925 Phillips (Butler) 49.4
1926 Phillips (Butler) 48.7
1927 Phillips (Butler) 48.5
1928 Spencer (Stan) 47.7
1929 Walter (NW) 48.9
1930 Bowen (Pitt) 48.0
1931 Williams (USC) 48.3
1932 Wilson (Notre Dame) 48.0*
1933 Hardin (LSU) 47.1
1934 Hardin (LSU) 47.0
1935 LuValle (UCLA) 47.7
1936 Williams (Cal) 47.0

1937 Benke (Wash St.) 47.1
1938 Mallot (Stan) 46.8
1939 Miller (USC) 47.5

1940 Orr (Wash St) 47.3
1941 Kerns (USC) 46.6
1942 Bourland (USC) 48.2
1943 Bourland (USC) 48.5

1944 Harris (Morg St) 47.9
1945 Kash (Navy) 49.8
1946 McKenley (Ill) 47.5
1947 McKenley (Ill) 46.2
1948 Rucks (S Car) 47.2*
1949 Moore (Cornell) 47.0
1950 Rhoden (Morg St) 47.2
1951 Rhoden (Morg St.) 46.5
1952 Rhoden (Morg St.) 46.3*
1953 Lea (USC) 47.0
1954 Lea (USC) 46.7

1955 Mashburn (Ok A&M) 46.6
1956 Mashburn (Ok A&M) 46.4*
1957 McMurray (Morgan St) 46.8
*--400 meters (437.44 yards)

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