JAVMAN83
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Just an FYI, my research & compilation continues. I now have resolved all scoring issues regarding the 1st State meet in 1908. I've managed to gather results from numerous sources in order to cross-check results, names, etc. Presented below are the results of that meet given the best information known to date.
I plan to do a summary write-up on each meet, but that will be at a later date.
A couple notes on the 1908 meet:
1) The Denisonian newspaper refers to the 1908 as the 4th Interscholastic competition, which in fact it was. It was, however, the 1st under the OHSAA umbrella with their formation and adoption of the State meet tournament in the fall of 1907.
2) The meet was held at Granville initially as that was the site of the 2nd & 3rd Interscholastic competitions (1906, 1907), and Denison U. was the sponsor behind all the editions of the meet from 1905-1907, so it was natural for them to assume it for the 1st OHSAA meet in 1908. However, in 1909, the meet moved to Delaware (Ohio Wesleyan U.), then to Ohio Field on the campus of OSU in 1910.
3) What is unknown at this time, other than those items denoted in red in the document, is the configuration of the track at those three sites. I have no pictures of either Denison's or OWU's facilities from the 1908-1909 era, and only have a limited number of shots of Ohio Field. For much of the state meet, and nationally-speaking as well, the 220 yd & 220 yd low hurdles, & 440 yd were conducted on a full straightaways for the 220s, and the 1st 220 of the 440 yd was on a straightaway. The late, great, Craig Whitmore's research appears to indicate that Ohio Field (1910-1923) was a full 440 yd track with NO long straightaways, leading one to conclude that those races were conducted around the turn(s) as we might expect them to be on a 400 meter track. Given the pictures I have of Ohio Field's configuration, I've come to the same conclusion. However, to date, I don't have any indication on the configuration of the 1908 & 1909 facilities. If anyone has that information, I'd be glad to include it in the upcoming releases on the State meets.
You can compare my research to that of OHSAA's, which is non-existent to date. https://ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports/Track-Field/pastresults/boys/TF_1908-1911.pdf
Now, back to your regularly scheduled XC season
I plan to do a summary write-up on each meet, but that will be at a later date.
A couple notes on the 1908 meet:
1) The Denisonian newspaper refers to the 1908 as the 4th Interscholastic competition, which in fact it was. It was, however, the 1st under the OHSAA umbrella with their formation and adoption of the State meet tournament in the fall of 1907.
2) The meet was held at Granville initially as that was the site of the 2nd & 3rd Interscholastic competitions (1906, 1907), and Denison U. was the sponsor behind all the editions of the meet from 1905-1907, so it was natural for them to assume it for the 1st OHSAA meet in 1908. However, in 1909, the meet moved to Delaware (Ohio Wesleyan U.), then to Ohio Field on the campus of OSU in 1910.
3) What is unknown at this time, other than those items denoted in red in the document, is the configuration of the track at those three sites. I have no pictures of either Denison's or OWU's facilities from the 1908-1909 era, and only have a limited number of shots of Ohio Field. For much of the state meet, and nationally-speaking as well, the 220 yd & 220 yd low hurdles, & 440 yd were conducted on a full straightaways for the 220s, and the 1st 220 of the 440 yd was on a straightaway. The late, great, Craig Whitmore's research appears to indicate that Ohio Field (1910-1923) was a full 440 yd track with NO long straightaways, leading one to conclude that those races were conducted around the turn(s) as we might expect them to be on a 400 meter track. Given the pictures I have of Ohio Field's configuration, I've come to the same conclusion. However, to date, I don't have any indication on the configuration of the 1908 & 1909 facilities. If anyone has that information, I'd be glad to include it in the upcoming releases on the State meets.
You can compare my research to that of OHSAA's, which is non-existent to date. https://ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports/Track-Field/pastresults/boys/TF_1908-1911.pdf
Now, back to your regularly scheduled XC season
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