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TRACK
AND FIELD '55
TSgt.
Robert A. Suhosky
Copyright
Marine Corps Association Aug 1955
MARINE
CORPS track and field championships of recent vintage have gone all out to
prove an adage-records are made to be broken. Thirteen old marks fell to
the thinclads who invaded
Camp
Pendleton's plateau in the middle of June for the eighth annual cinder
circus. Three of the new records were established by Wes Santee, of
Quantico.
America's foremost miler proved to be as big an attraction at Pendleton as
he was last year at Camp Lejeune. And he ran better to boot. In the one
mile race, he chopped one-tenth of a second off his previous All-Marine
time to post a 4:06.9 and set a new 15:02,5 standard for the three-mile
run.
Santee's
other win was the 880-yard footrace. He covered the distance in 1:51.5.
Another
participant of last year's meet who bettered his record was Clayne Jensen
of Pendleton who taped the 220 low hurdles in 23.9 seconds. Quantico's Joe
Schatzle dashed through the 220-yard run in 21.3 seconds for another new
record. (Note: Actual time 21.2 -
dlb)
Big name
track and field personalities who worked the meet included Bob Mathias,
the double winner of the decathlon, and Mel Patton, once billed as the
fastest man alive-and he was, Bobby Smith, the Marine who set the pole
vault record at 13 feet, 11 3/4 inches in 1952, helped to officiate at the
pole vault and other events.
Next
year is Olympic year, and the 1956 All-Marine meet probably will be run in
meters instead of yards. Nevertheless, old records will fall, new ones
will be made and who knows, maybe a few globe-and-anchor thinclads will be
members of the United States Olympic team.
All-Marine Results
100-yard
dash-1-Vern Smith, Camp Lejeune; 2-Richard McKinney, Camp Pendleton;
3-Herman Thompson, Camp Pendleton. Time: 0:9.9.
220-yard
dash-1-Joe Schatzle,
Quantico;
2-Richard
McKinney, Camp Pendleton; 3-Herman Thompson, Camp Pendleton. Time: 0:21.3
(New All-Marine Record).
(Note: Actual time 21.2 - dlb)
440-yard
run-1-L. J. Brailsford,
Quantico;
2-Lester Wallack, Camp Lejeune; 3Tom Voorhees, Camp Pendleton. Time:
0:49.5 (New All-Marine Record).
880-yard
run-1-Wes Santee, Quantico; 2-Carl Joyce, Camp Lejeune; 3-Walter Clarkson,
Camp Lejeune. Time: 1:51.5 (New All-Marine Record).
Mile-run-1-Wes Santee, Quantico; 2Carl Joyce, Camp Lejeune; 3-Walter
Clarkson, Camp Lejeune. Time: 4:06.9 (New All-Marine Record).
Two-mile
run-1-John Tibbets, Camp Lejeune; 2-William Buehl, Camp Pendleton;
3-Patrick Foley, Pearl Harbor. Time: 10:01.8 (New All-Marine Record).
Three-mile run-1-Wes Santee, Quantico: 2-John Stayton, Camp Pendleton;
3-Aubrey Blankenship, Camp Lejeune. Time: 15:02.5 (New All-Marine Record).
Two-mile
steeplechase-1-John Tibbets, Camp Lejeune; 2-Ralph Adams, Camp Pendleton;
3-Phillip Carroll, Camp Lejeune. Time: 11:10.0 (New All-Marine Record).
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Picture Captions
(Pictures not provided)
Quantico's
Joe Schatzle (second from left) blazed a new All-Marine footmark for
the 220-yard dash. He crossed the finish line in 0:21.3
(Note: Actual time 21.2 - dlb)
In
the 220-yard low hurdles, Clayne Jensen (leading), of Pendleton, won
in record time, then set a new mark in 440-yard high hurdles
Carl
Joyce, anchor man on
Camp
Lejeune's mile relay team, broke the tape in 3:20.5 to establish a
new All-Marine record. The other members of the team: Lou Gomlick,
Les Wallack, Walt Clarkson
Lejeune trackster Phillip Carroll chased teammate John Tibbets over
the fence and into the water in the two-mile steeplechase. Tibbets
won in 11:10.0 as Carroll finished behind Ralph Adams, Pendleton
Camp
Pendleton's Bill Knupple (left) was off to a fast start in the
220-yard swim-a triathlon event. Knupple won the aquatic race and
the three-phase competition with a record-breaking 2875 point total
L.
J. Brailsford, of
Quantico,
led Lester Wallack, of Lejeune, to the finish of the 440-yard run
and posted a new All-Marine mark en route |
When the
meet ended, the 1955 All-Marine Track and Field Team sat for a photograph.
This year's thinclads established 13 new standards
120-yard
high hurdles-1-Guayford Donaldson. Quantico; 2-James Croke, Quantico;
3-Billy Gilbert. Camp Pendleton. Time: 0:15.1.
220-yard
low hurdles-1-Clayne Jensen, Camp Pendleton; 2-Cordell Brown, Quantico;
3-Billy Gilbert, Camp Pendleton. Time: 0:23.9 (New All-Marine Record).
440-yard
hurdles - 1-Clayne Jensen,
Camp
Pendleton; 2-Cordell Brown, Quantico; 3-Billy Gilbert, Camp Pendleton.
Time: 0:55.0 (New All-Marine Record).
440-yard
relay-Camp Pendleton (Herman Thompson, Richard McKinney, Alex Bravo, Gary
Symons). Time: 0:42.0 (New All-Marine Record).
Mile
relay-Camp Lejeune (Louis Gomlick. Lester Wallack, Walter Clarkson. Carl
Joyce). Time: 3:20.5 (New All Marine Record).
Broad
jump-1-John Parker,
Camp
Pendleton; 2-Jimmy Hodges, Camp Lejeune; 3-Billie Walters, Quantico.
Distance: 22'8"
High
jump - 1-James Sparks, Camp Pendleton; 2-Horace Jones, Camp Pendleton;
3-J. Bingham, Quantico. Distance: 6'3½"
Pole
Vault-1-Robert Rosbaugh.
Camp
Lejeune: 2-R. R. Ehrhart, Quantico; 3Thomas Flagherty, Quantico. Height:
13'6"
Hop,
step and jump-1-John Parker, Camp Pendleton; 2-Jimmy Hodges, Camp Lejeune;
3-Horace Jones, Camp Pendleton. Distance: 45'3¼"
Shot put-1-Fred Berman, NAS
Atlanta; 2-Dale Lewis,
Camp
Pendleton; 3-Donald Diskins, Pearl Harbor. Distance: 51'11"
(New
All-Marine Record).
Hammer throw-1-Fred Berman,
NAS Atlanta: 2-Keith Ledbeck.
Quantico;
3Frederick Pulifico, Camp Pendleton. Distance: 129'10¾"
Discus-1-Sidney Neblett. El Toro:
2Ervin
York,
Quantico; 3-Fred Breman. NAS Atlanta. Distance: 151'5½"
Javelin
throw-1-Marvin Peterson,
Quantico;
2-Ralph Hudson. Camp Lejeune; 3-E. Frankman, Quantico. Distance: 199'1"
Triathlon - 1-William Knupple, Camp Pendleton, 2875 points (New All-Marine
Record); 2-John Tibbets, Camp Lejeune, 2307 points; 3-Patrick Foley, Pearl
Harbor, 2142 points. |