Philadelphia High School Track
Record Progression in Inter-Ac
League Championships
Compiled by
A.L. Graburn Jr., 1887-56; by Ted Silary, 1957-present.
Thanks to Steve Bonnie and John Burkhart for their help.
A.L. Graburn Jr. published an extremely thorough book, The First
Seventy Years, that reviewed all championship meets through 1956.
Schools:
Episcopal Academy, Germantown Academy, Haverford School,
Malvern Prep, Penn Charter, SCH Academy (formerly Chestnut Hill Academy).
Former members with record-setters: DeL=Delancey, RA=Rugby Academy,
FC=Friends' Central, CM=Cheltenham Military Academy.
Please
speak up if you know of others and/or have first names. Thanks!
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RECORD PROGRESSION, UPDATED THROUGH 2019
CURRENT INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ONLY (AND FORERUNNERS)
(T -- indicates accomplished in trials)
(indented name means tie for record)
| NAME | SCH. | TIME | YEAR |
| 100 YARDS/METERS | |||
| 100 yards, 1887-1979 | |||
| North | GA | 11.4 | 1887 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 10.8 | 1888 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 10.5 | 1888 |
| McClain | GA | 10.4 | 1897 |
| Clarence DeArmond | PC | 10.4 | 1898 |
| J.H. Sands | HS | 10.4 | 1899 |
| Sumner Rulon-Miller | HS | 10.2 | 1902 |
| Bonsack | DeL | 10.2 | 1904 |
| Bonsack | DeL | 10.2 | 1905 |
| Smith | PC | 10.2 | 1923 |
| Brookshire | CH | 10.2 | 1926 |
| Ken Yocum | PC | 10.2 | 1928 |
| Bud Freihofer | EA | 10.2 | 1930 |
| Heist | CH | 10.0 | 1932 |
| Eddie Collins Jr. | EA | 10.0 | 1935 |
| Chaffe | HS | 9.9 | 1937 |
| John Haines | EA | 9.8 | 1950 |
| John Haines | EA | 9.8 | 1951 |
| 100 meters, 1980- | |||
| Gerald Howard | CH | 10.6 | 1992 |
| Toby Booker | MP | 10.6 | 1995 |
| Rashad Smith | HS | 10.6 | 1998 |
| Dareem David T | PC | 10.6 | 2007 |
| Daiyaan Hawkins | HS | 10.46 | 2019 |
| 220 YARDS/200 METERS | |||
| 220 yards, 1887-1979 | |||
| Brown | PC | 25.0 | 1887 |
| Hillary | RA | 24.4 | 1888 |
| Charles Rogers | GA | 24.2 | 1892 |
| Jones | PC | 23.8 | 1894 |
| McClain | HS | 22.8 | 1897 |
| Sumner Rulon-Miller | HS | 22.4 | 1903 |
| Bonsack | DeL | 22.4 | 1904 |
| Ken Smith | PC | 22.4 | 1924 |
| Don Brookshire | CH | 22.0 | 1926 |
| Eddie Collins Jr. | EA | 22.0 | 1935 |
| Bill Wilson | EA | 22.0 | 1968-T |
| Bill Wilson | EA | 21.9 | 1969 |
| 200 meters, 1980- | |||
| Gerald Howard | CH | 21.6 | 1992-T |
| Tom Hopkins | HS | 21.74 | 2009 |
| Daiyaan Hawkins | HS | 21.48 | 2019 |
| 440 yards/400 meters | |||
| 440 yards, 1887-1979 | |||
| William Garretson | GA | 1:21.0 | 1887 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 1:00.2 | 1888 |
| Roberts | HS | 57.4 | 1889 |
| J.V. Binder | PC | 55.5 | 1891 |
| J.V. Binder | PC | 55.0 | 1892 |
| J.V. Binder | DeL | 52.4 | 1893 |
| William Watt | HS | 52.0 | 1928 |
| William Watt | HS | 51.0 | 1929 |
| Samuel Hughes | EA | 50.2 | 1937 |
| John Haines | EA | 48.6 | 1951 |
| 400 meters, 1980- | |||
| Brian Derby | CH | 48.2 | 1999 |
| 880 YARDS/800 METERS | |||
| 800 yards, 1887-1979 | |||
| Wallis Huidekoper | GA | 2:20.0 | 1887 |
| Ward Brinton | EA | 2:20.0 | 1889 |
| Ralph Ramsdell | GA | 2:17.4 | 1890 |
| Sutton | PC | 2:13.25 | 1891 |
| William Little | PC | 2:12.2 | 1896 |
| William Little | PC | 2:09.6 | 1897 |
| Heebner Terry | PC | 2:04.8 | 1901 |
| Don Danenhower | PC | 2:02.4 | 1912 |
| Dick Schad | PC | 2:00.5 | 1954-T |
| Don Metz | EA | 1:59.1 | 1957-T |
| Heige Pharo | EA | 1:56.0 | 1962-T |
| 800 meters, 1980- | |||
| Sam Ritz | GA | 1:54.25 | 2015-T |
| MILE/1600 | |||
| (Debuted 1892) | |||
| Mile, 1892-1979 | |||
| Ed Woolman | PC | 5:23.0 | 1892 |
| J.V. Binder | DeL | 5:19.0 | 1894 |
| William Little | PC | 5:01.2 | 1897 |
| T.F. Bausman | HS | 4:51.0 | 1901 |
| Edward Tatnall | PC | 4:51.0 | 1902 |
| Jones | EA | 4:50.4 | 1903 |
| Willcox | DeL | 4:47.6 | 1904 |
| Max Nearing | PC | 4:43.8 | 1914 |
| Charles Middleton | EA | 4:39.1 | 1932 |
| Jack Garrity | PC | 4:38.7 | 1941 |
| Jim Grosholz | HS | 4:32.6 | 1942 |
| Rene Schlag | MP | 4:31.0 | 1965 |
| Rene Schlag | MP | 4:26.5 | 1966 |
| Paul Celentano | MP | 4:25.8 | 1975 |
| John Langfitt | EA | 4:25.8 | 1977 |
| 1600 meters, 1980- | |||
| Paul Justice | PC | 4:23.9 | 1984 |
| Fran Hoey | MP | 4:19.0 | 1988 |
| Dustin Wilson | CH | 4:18.17 | 2012 |
| Sam Ritz | GA | 4:15.95 | 2013 |
| TWO-MILE/3200 METERS | |||
| (Debuted 1967) | |||
| Two-mile, 1967-79 | |||
| Jay Seiler | EA | 10:19.5 | 1967 |
| Ken Judson | FC | 9:49.9 | 1968 |
| John Clarke | MP | 9:45.6 | 1972 |
| 3200 meters, 1980- | |||
| Dustin Wilson | CH | 9:33.80 | 2011 |
| HH 120 YARDS, 110 METERS | |||
| 120 yards, 1887-1939; Height: 42 inches | |||
| Evans | PC | 22.2 | 1887 |
| Blair | PC | 19.8 | 1888 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 18.0 | 1889 |
| Sam Freeman | PC | 18.0 | 1897 |
| Harral Tenney | PC | 17.4 | 1900 |
| Harral Tenney | PC | 17.0 | 1901 |
| Thomas Brown | PC | 16.8 | 1902 |
| Harral Tenney | PC | 16.8 | 1903 |
| Tim Pfeiffer | PC | 16.6 | 1904 |
| Fred Tibbott | GA | 16.4 | 1905 |
| Hoffman | PC | 16.4 | 1906 |
| Davies | PC | 16.2 | 1926 |
| A. McCrudden | HS | 16.2 | 1929 |
| Benny Stradley | PC | 16.0 | 1930 |
| Mather | HS | 15.9 | 1934 |
| Hughes Cauffman | EA | 15.6 | 1935 |
| Mason Fernald | EA | 15.5 | 1936 |
| Thacher Longstreth | HS | 15.3 | 1937 |
| 120 yards, 1940-1939; Height: 39 inches | |||
| Walt MacFarland | PC | 15.4 | 1940 |
| John Scott | HS | 15.4 | 1949 |
| Harrison Clement | EA | 15.1 | 1960-T |
| Harrison Clement | EA | 14.5 | 1960 |
| Duke Schroeder | PC | 14.4 | 1964 |
| 110 meters, 1980- | |||
| Brian Derby | CH | 14.2 | 1997 |
| Brian Derby | CH | 13.9 | 1998 |
| Brian Derby | CH | 13.9 | 1999 |
| Brian Derby | CH | 13.9 | 1999-T |
| Kamal Marell | PC | 13.9 | 2006-T |
| Kyle Garland | GA | 13.85 | 2018 |
| LOW HURDLES | |||
| 220 yards, 1892-39, '41 | |||
| Edgar Dilley | PC | 29.4 | 1892 |
| Samuel Purviance | PC | 28.4 | 1894 |
| Lou Hanson | PC | 28.4 | 1898 |
| Forrest Pearson | GA | 28.2 | 1899 |
| Vaux | DeL | 28.2 | 1900 |
| Harral Tenney | PC | 27.4 | 1901 |
| Francis Galey | PC | 27.4 | 1902 |
| Sumner Rulon-Miller | HS | 26.4 | 1903 |
| Ely | HS | 26.2 | 1924 |
| William Watt | HS | 26.2 | 1926 |
| William Watt | HS | 25.0 | 1927 |
| Kirk Hershey | PC | 24.9 | 1937 |
| 200 yards, 1940, '42-'54 | |||
| Lockwood | FC | 23.8 | 1940 |
| Dick McCown | PC | 23.2 | 1942 |
| White | HS | 23.2 | 1947 |
| John Kistler | EA | 23.0 | 1950 |
| Frank Pigage | PC | 23.0 | 1952 |
| 180 yards, 1955-1973 | |||
| Joe Armon | MP | 21.0 | 1955 |
| Chuck Yarnall | HS | 20.7 | 1973 |
| INTERMEDIATE HURDLES | |||
| (Debuted in 1974) | |||
| 330 yards, 1974-79 | |||
| Leo McClelland | PC | 40.3 | 1974 |
| Ted Keon | GA | 40.2 | 1975 |
| John Rodgers | PC | 40.0 | 1977 |
| 300 meters, 1980- | |||
| Gene Taylor | PC | 39.7 | 1986 |
| Toby Booker | MP | 39.3 | 1995 |
| Toby Booker | MP | 39.2 | 1996 |
| Brian Derby | CH | 39.1 | 1997 |
| Brian Derby | CH | 38.0 | 1999 |
| 4x100 RELAY | |||
| (Debuted in 2018) | |||
| Haverford School | 43.04 | 2018 | |
| Haverford School | 42.65 | 2019 | |
| 4x400 RELAY | |||
| (Debuted in 1962) | |||
| One Mile, 1962-?? | |||
| Haverford School | 3:36.0 | 1962 | |
| Haverford School | 3:33.9 | 1964 | |
| Episcopal Acad. | 3:33.9 | 1968 | |
| Germantown Acad. | 3:31.4 | 1976 | |
| Haverford School | 3:29.8 | 1977 | |
| Haverford School | 3:27.11 | 1978 | |
| 1600 meters, ??- | |||
| Penn Charter | 3:27.11 | 2005 | |
| Malvern | 3:25.26 | 2009 | |
| Penn Charter | 3:24.32 | 2013 | |
| Episcopal | 3:24.04 | 2018 | |
| Episcopal | 3:23.21 | 2019 | |
| some issues still being untangled | |||
| 4x800 RELAY | |||
| (Debuted in 2019) | |||
| Haverford School | 8:26.72 | 2018 | |
| Haverford School | 8:11.40 | 2019 | |
| HIGH JUMP | |||
| Harry Hayward | GA | 4-8 1/2 | 1887 |
| Cipriano Andrade | PC | 5-0 1/2 | 1888 |
| Cipriano Andrade | PC | 5-3 | 1889 |
| J.D. Winsor | HS | 5-4 1/2 | 1892 |
| Newbold | DeL | 5-7 | 1896 |
| Ed Hoffman | PC | 5-7 3/4 | 1906 |
| Jervis Burdick | PC | 5-10 | 1908 |
| Barney Berlinger | PC | 5-10 7/16 | 1924 |
| Barney Berlinger | PC | 5-11 1/8 | 1926 |
| Jack Caveny | GA | 6-2 5/8 | 1928 |
| Bill Soens | PC | 6-4 | 1963 |
| John Ibbetson | HS | 6-6 | 1978 |
| Gerald Howard | CH | 6-7 1/4 | 1992 |
| Steve Wiley | PC | 6-8 | 1999 |
| Akeem Blake | PC | 6-9 | 2017 |
| Kyle Garland | PC | 6-10 | 2017 |
| Blake broke Wiley's record, then Garland followed | |||
| shortly thereafter by breaking Blake's | |||
| BROAD/LONG JUMP | |||
| George Burgin | GA | 16-8 1/2 | 1887 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 19-6 | 1888 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 19-8 | 1889 |
| Ernest Ramsdell | GA | 20-7 1/2 | 1890 |
| J.H. Sands | HS | 21-0 | 1899 |
| Fred Tibbott | GA | 21-4 3/4 | 1905 |
| William Watt | HS | 21-5 | 1929 |
| Kirk Hershey | PC | 22-2 | 1936 |
| Kirk Hershey | PC | 23-5 1/2 | 1937 |
| Dick Hazard | PC | 23-7 | 1949 |
| Akeem Blake | PC | 23-7 | 2017 |
| TRIPLE JUMP | |||
| (Debuted in 1979) | |||
| Jim Golden | PC | 40-9 3/4 | 1979 |
| Paul Boultbee | HS | 41-4 3/4 | 1980 |
| Pete Wark | MP | 41-10 1/2 | 1981 |
| Geoff Kilcollum | CH | 43-8 1/2 | 1986 |
| Geoff Kilcollum | CH | 43-10 | 1987 |
| Blair Minyard | PC | 43-11 | 1988 |
| Ed Morris | PC | 45-9 | 1994 |
| Chris Crawley | CH | 47-9 1/4 | 1998 |
| POLE VAULT | |||
| (Debuted in 1893) | |||
| William Kitchen | GA | 8-6 3/4 | 1893 |
| James Rorer | PC | 8-8 1/2 | 1894 |
| Lou Hanson | PC | 9-0 1/2 | 1895 |
| James Rorer | PC | 9-0 1/2 | 1895 |
| Lou Hanson | PC | 9-6 | 1896 |
| Lou Hanson | PC | 9-7 | 1898 |
| Harral Tenney | PC | 9-8 1/2 | 1901 |
| Harral Tenney | PC | 10-10 3/4 | 1903 |
| Henry Johnstone | PC | 11-0 1/4 | 1912 |
| Barney Berlinger | PC | 11-1 3/4 | 1925 |
| George Munger | EA | 11-8 1/4 | 1928 |
| George Munger | EA | 12-0 | 1929 |
| J.D. McMaster | GA | 12-2 | 1936 |
| J.D. McMaster | GA | 12-8 1/8 | 1937 |
| Ken LeFevre | EA | 13-0 1/4 | 1970 |
| Tom Carabasi | HS | 14-4 1/4 | 1973 |
| Adam Dworetzky | PC | 14-6 | 2010 |
| Caleb Johnson | GA | 15-10 | 2018 |
| SHOT PUT | |||
| 16 pounds, 1889-99 | |||
| Arthur Knipe | HS | 31-0 | 1889 |
| Hearn | PC | 31-5 1/2 | 1892 |
| Boyd | CM | 33-10 1/2 | 1893 |
| Fox | DeL | 35-10 | 1899 |
| 12 pounds, 1900- | |||
| Fox | DeL | 43-2 | 1900 |
| Hoot | FC | 44-3 | 1915 |
| Marty Brill | PC | 45-0 1/2 | 1923 |
| Marty Brill | PC | 48-2 | 1925 |
| Barney Berlinger | PC | 48-4 | 1926 |
| Fred West | PC | 50-0 | 1936 |
| Newbold Smith | EA | 53-8 1/8 | 1944 |
| Olney Croasdale | EA | 54-9 3/4 | 1960 |
| Olney Croasdale | EA | 60-0 | 1961 |
| Theis Weckesser | CH | 60-0 | 1999 |