Palo Alto, CA, May 14–15, 1926
Olympic champion Lee Barnes won the pole vault at the US collegiate Pacific Coast Conference championships. He cleared 4.16 (13-7¾) and shared the season's second-best mark with Norway's Charles Hoff, who had already been banned due to professionalism charges.
High leaps were also achieved without apparatus (high jump). Future Olympic champion Robert King began to make a name for himself. The 18-year-old cleared the season's seventh-highest mark of 1.949 (6-4¾).
The long jump saw one of the season's toughest competitions. Elmer Bondshu jumped 7.38 (24-½). Thomas Meeks reached 7.31 (23-11¾), and Proctor Flanagan achieved 7.28 (23-10¾). The medal trio ranked among the world's top 11 for the season with their results. Their careers were short; none were still competing for a spot for the Amsterdam Olympics two years later.
Two-time Olympic champion and captain of the USC track and field team Bud Houser tossed the shot and discus in good form. The shot put flew to the season's second-best mark of 15.42 (50-7), and the discus traveled to the third-longest distance of 47.10 (154-6).
Theodore Miller, who had shown good form on the quarter mile earlier in the season, pulled off a victory in the 440. The winning time of 49.0 fell short of his marks from a few weeks prior. He did not participate in the national championships that concluded the season.
1-4 (Spalding’s NCAA Guide)