Seven Cal athletes traveled to the Windy City and dominated the second-ever NCAA Track and Field Championships, stunning local favorite Illinois
As the Pac-12 Conference era comes to a close after more than a century, we count down the Top 50 moments involving Cal athletics.Jack Merchant’s victory in the hammer throw was no surprise, but when he also captured the shot put Cal’s path to the 1922 NCAA Track and Field Championship was wide open.Illinois won the first NCAA Track and Field Championships in 1921. When the meet returned to Stagg Field in Chicago in ’22, the Illini were expected to repeat as champions.
Coach Walter Christie’s seven-man squad decisively prevailed, thanks primarily to their two Olympic stars. Brick Muller, also a football All-American and Rose Bowl hero, was a silver medalist in the high jump at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. At the NCAAs, June 16-17, Muller was second in the broad jump , third in the high jump and fourth in the discus .
He matched that victory at Chicago with a mark of 161-4 that topped the field by 25 feet. When he won the shot put with a heave of 44-6 1/2 the meet’s outcome was settled. Merchant also placed fourth in the broad jump.
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