The1921 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the firstNCAA track and field championship. The event was held atStagg Field inChicago, Illinois in June 1921. TheUniversity of Illinois won the team title.

The 1921 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 17 and 18, 1921. The University of Illinois won the team championship with20+1⁄4 points. Notre Dame finished in second place.^[1]

Gus Pope of theUniversity of Washington was the individual points leader with 10 points earned through first-place finishes in both the shot put and the discus.^[1]

• Note: Top 10 only
• (H) = Hosts
• Full results^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
	Illinois	20+1⁄4
	Notre Dame	16+3⁄4
	Iowa	14
4	Washington	12+1⁄4
5	Wisconsin	10
6	Nebraska	8
7	Grinnell	7
8	Northwestern Ohio State	6
10	Ames College	5+1⁄2

1. Leonard Paulu, Grinnell – 10 seconds
2. Hayes, Notre Dame
3. Smith, Nebraska
4. Wilson, Iowa
5. Hurley, Washington

1. Earl Thomson, Dartmouth - 14.4 seconds (tied his own world record)
2. Crawford
3. Anderson, Minnesota
4. Wynn, Notre Dame
5. Couglan, University of the South

1.Eric Wilson, Iowa - 22.6 seconds
2. Smith, Nebraska
3. Leonard Paulu, Grinnell
4. Hayes, Notre Dame
5. Jing, Ohio

1.Gus Desch, Notre Dame - 24.8 seconds
2. Kollin, Wisconsin
3. Frazier, Baylor
4. Wallace, Illinois
5. Wynn, Notre Dame

1.Frank Shea, Pittsburgh - 49 seconds
2. Butler, Michigan
3. Donohoe, Illinois
4. Pratt, Washington
5. Johnson, Wisconsin

1.Earl Eby, Penn - 1:57.4
2. Higgins, Ames
3. Nash, Wisconsin
4. Yates, Illinois
5. Donohoe, Illinois

1.Ray Watson, Kansas State Aggies - 4:23.4
2. McGinnis, Illinois
3. Sweitzer, Minnesota
4. Ferguson, Ohio State
5. Graham, Ames

1.John Romig, Penn State - 9:31
2. Wharton, Illinois
3. Rathbun, Ames
4. Canton, St. Olafs
5. Finkle, Wisconsin

1.Gaylord Stinchcomb, Ohio State - 23 feet,3+3⁄8 inches
2. Sward, Knox
2. Osborn, Illinois
4.Guy Sundt, Wisconsin
5. Alberts, Illinois

1.Johnny Murphy, Notre Dame - 6 feet, 3 inches
2. Alberts, Illinois
3. Hoffman, Iowa
4. Frankland, Washington
4. Osborne, Illinois

1.Longino Welch, Georgia Tech - 12 feet
1.Eldon Jenne, Washington State - 12 feet
1.Lloyd Wilder, Wisconsin - 12 feet
1. R. Gardner, Yale - 12 feet
5. Merrick, Wisconsin
5. Hogan, Notre Dame

1.Gus Pope, Washington - 142 feet,2+1⁄4 inches
2. Blackwood, Northwestern
3. Praeger, Kalamazoo
4.Duke Slater, Iowa
5. Weiss, Illinois

1.Flint Hanner, Stanford - 191 feet, 2-l/4 inches
2. Tuck, Oregon
3. Hoffman, Michigan
4. Mahan, Texas A&M
5. Oberst, Notre Dame

1. Gus Pope, Washington - 45 feet,4+1⁄2 inches
2. Dale, Nebraska
3. Weiss, Illinois
4. Lindsay, Rice
5.Buck Shaw, Notre Dame

1.Charles Redmon, Chicago - 133 feet9+3⁄4 inches
2. Blackwood, Northwestern
3.Duke Slater, Iowa
4. Skidmore, University of Southern Illinois

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