SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEST TIMES AND MARKS OF 1956

Keith Conning: This list defined the Central Section as part of Northern California.  I first ran high school track in the spring of 1956 at Lincoln, San Francisco.  I also took out a subscription to Track & Field News.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

BEST TIMES AND MARKS OF 1956
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Track/HelmsTrackAnnual1956.pdf

E V E N T ATHLETE MARK

100-Yard Dash

Bob Poynter (Pasadena)and

Willie White(Jefferson, Los Angeles) 9.5
Jerry White (Corcoran, Central Section)9.5

220-Yard Dash

Bob Poynter (Pasadena)20.8

Dick Brown (Lincoln, San Jose)21.0
 

440-Yard Dash

Dave Ross (California, Whittier) 48.2

Jerry White (Corcoran) 46.7

880-Yard Run

Louis Miller (Fremont, Los Angeles)1:54.0 (n)

Jerry Siebert (Willits) 1:53.8
 

One Mile Run
Grady Neal (Fullerton)4:20.5 (n)
Ron Larrieu (Palo Alto) 4:20.1
 

High Hurdles
Charles Piggee (Pasadena) l4.0
Walt Goodman (Arbuckle, Central Section) 14.1

Low Hurdles
Sunny Owens (Fullerton)18.9w
Willie White (Jefferson, Los Angeles)18.9

Jack Holman (California, Whittier)18.9 Dale Messer (Lemoore, Central Section) 18.9w

Shot Put
Homer Robertson (Pacific, San Bernardino)*63' 9 1/2"
Mike Profit (Campbell) 59' 4 1/8"

High Jump
Robert Sims (Jordan, Los Angeles) 6' 7" Julius Jefferson (Fremont, Oakland) 6' 5 1/2"

Pole Vault

Bill Logan (El Cajon) 13' 6"
Jim Matejka (Sequoia, Redwood City)14' 1/2"

Broad Jump
Oscar Bean (Jefferson, Los Angeles) 25' 4 1/2"
John Perkins (El Cerrito) 24' 3"

880-Yard Relay (4X220Y)

Jefferson (Los Angeles) *1:25.9.
Berkeley 1:26.8 (n)

* New national interscholastic record

**Ties national interscholastic record(w)...wind mark (n)...non-winning mark