Soldier's Field, Chicago, IL, June 10–11, 1927
Among the double winners at the 6th Annual NCAA Championships was the lightly-built Fred Alderman of the University of Michigan, who would face misfortune in the Amsterdam Games a year later. In Chicago, he sped to a 100-yard victory with a relatively modest time of 9.9. In the 220-yard straight track, he achieved a significantly better result of 21.1, which roughly translates to 21.5 in the 200 meters on a full curve. A couple of weeks earlier, Alderman had also won the 440 yards at the IC4A championships. Finishing second in the NCAA 220-yard race was Kansas's Lowell Grady with a time of 21.2. The quality of the NCAA's 220-yard event is evident from the fact that the top two achieved times that ranked among the top 12 in the world statistics for the season.
Speed was also plentiful in the quarter-mile. Harmon Phillips pulled off his third consecutive NCAA victory in the event with the season's eighth-fastest time of 48.5. When Alderman won the IC4A quarter-mile, he achieved a time two-tenths faster than Phillips in Philadelphia.
John Sittig of Illinois won the 880 yards with a time of 1:54.2. A couple of weeks earlier, he had also taken first prize at the IC4A championships with the exact same time. James Charteris squeezed into second place in Chicago with a personal best of 1:54.6 and retired after the season.
The high jump market was dominated early in the season by Robert King of Stanford, and as his form faded, Anton Burg, who shared the victory in Chicago with Garland Shepherd. Both cleared a height of 196.9 (6-5½), which was the fourth highest of the season.
The throwing events were subdued. The shot put was won with a result under 15 meters by rookie Herman Brix, who only started consistently throwing over 16 meters in 1930.
1-5 (Spalding's NCAA Guide, 1928)