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Girls' Track Meet

"N'S" AWARDED IN 1913-14

NAME	TEAM	PLACE IN TRACKMEET
Amy Armstrong	Basketball	Yard Hurdles
Emily Brian	Baseball, Basketball, Relay	Yard Dash
Marie Clark	Basketball	Jump; 2d-Pole Vault
Theodora Dodds	Baseball	Jump
Winifred Dodds	Basketball	Vault
Betty Doyle	Baseball, Relay	Yard Dash; 3d-25 Yard Dash
Eva Fisk	Baseball, Basketball	Put; 1st-Pole Vault
Ruth Fitch	Basketball, Baseball	Vault
Christine Hansen	Baseball, Relay	Yard Dash
Beulah Harris	Basketball	Put
Blanche Higgins	Baseball, Relay	1st-Shot Put
Cameille Leyda	Baseball, Basketball	Throw
Lucille Leyda	Baseball, Basketball	Throw
Ernestine Linberg	Baseball, Basketball	Throw
Mable Longacre	Baseball	Put; 2d-Basketball Throw; 1st-Baseball
Nelle Ludi	Winning, Relay Baseball	Relay
Ora Neff	Baseball	Throw
Florence Sandy	Winning Relay	Basketball; Baseball

TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS

EVENTS	RECORDS		BY WHOM HELD
25 Yard Dash	3 4/5 seconds	1914	Florence Simmons
Shot Put	29 feet 9 inches	1914	Blanche Higgins
50 Yard Dash	7 1/5 seconds	1913	Florence Simmons
Basketball Throw	71 feet 8 inches	1913	Lottie Savage
40 Yard Hurdles	7 1/5 seconds	1914	Florence Simmons
High Jump	4 feet	1914	Marie Clark
Baseball Throw	168 feet 3 inches	1914	Mabel Longacre
Pole Vault	5 feet 6 inches	1914	Eva Fisk

It is interesting to note that practically all the records are as high or exceed those of Vassar. Wellesly, Smith and California, the other four schools at which a girls' track meet is an annual event,

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