Stagg Field, Chicago, IL, June 7, 1924
Future Olympic long jump champion DeHart Hubbard delivered impressive performances during the Big 10 collegiate championships in early June. The African American athlete leaped to a season-best third-longest jump of 7.58 meters (24-10) and casually won the 100-yard dash, defeating Illinois' Harry Evans, who had posted the season's top 200-meter time two weeks earlier.
Evans rebounded by winning the 220-yard dash with a time of 21.6 (equivalent to 21.5 for 200 meters), which tied the Western Conference record run by Three-time Olympic Champion Archie Hahn in 1903 and ranked seventh worldwide that season. Notably, Evans achieved this on Stagg Field’s curved track, disliked by many athletes for being slower than straight tracks.
In 1924, nine athletes ran either 110 meters or 120 yards over hurdles in 15.0 seconds. One of them was Daniel Kinsey, who would later win Olympic gold in Paris. Kinsey’s performance also earned crucial points for the University of Illinois, which ultimately won the Western Conference title.
1–5 (Spalding’s NCAA Track and Field Guide 1924)