Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS, April 19, 1924
At the second Kansas Relays, Earle McKeown of Kansas State Teachers cleared 3.97 (13-0¼) in the pole vault, the third-best mark of the season.
Meanwhile, Tom Poor of the University of Kansas defended his high jump title from the first Kansas Relays, clearing 1.93 (6-4). This mark ranked eighth globally for 1924 and was the best jump that season by anyone other than Olympic gold medalist Harold Osborn or silver medalist Leroy Brown.
John Paul Jones delivered a leap of 7.49 (24-6) in the long jump, placing eighth in the global rankings for 1924. Though Jones didn’t compete in the Olympic Trials that year, he would go on to win silver at the 1925 U.S. national championships.