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All-time California State Track & Field Meet Medallists (1915-1998)
  Total Demos who placed in a state meet are listed for each event.  Rank among California
   High Schools are included along with the number of State Champions in the event (in parentheses).

Prepared by R. Sweeney, January 8, 1999.


100 Yards
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 1st with 18 (3)
Name                   Year      Place     Time/Distance
Vernon Jordan       1929          3           9.8 +
Jimmy O'Neal        1933          3         10.0 +
Frank Jones           1934          5         10.0 +
Bryant Allen          1937          1           9.8
Wilbur Miller          1937          2           9.8 +
Bob Ursery            1947          3           9.9 +
Larry Williams       1949          2          10.1
Gary Green            1949          4          10.1
Gary Green            1950          1            9.9
Guy Blackburn       1950          2            9.9 +
Gerald Taylor         1951          3            9.8
Willie White           1955          5          10.2
Willie White           1956          1            9.5  (Best at State)
Abe Williams         1959          4          10.0
Arthur Brownlee    1961          4            9.6 +
Herman Harville     1962          4           9.7
Fred Banks            1964          4           9.9
Charles Rushing     1967          6           9.7


220 Yards
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 2nd with 11 (3)
Name                    Year      Place     Time/Distance
Archie Woodyard   1923         3            23.2 +
Archie Woodyard   1924         1            22.5
Marzatta West       1928         3             21.4 +
Vernon Jordan        1929        2              21.4 +
Bryant Allen          1937         1              21.2  (Best at State)
Larry Williams       1949         2              21.8
Guy Blackburn       1950         1              21.3
Rosslyn Range       1952         3              21.8
Ed Walker             1955         3              21.9
Fred Banks            1962         3              21.3
Charles Rushing     1967         5              21.5


440 Yards
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 1st with 14 (3)
Name                     Year      Place     Time/Distance
Ed Carmichael         1929         5            49.6 +
John Rout                1932         1            50.1
Luther Bulter           1947         1            49.4
Luther Bulter           1948         2            49.8
Gary Green              1949         2            49.3
Clifton Ivory             1949         3            49.8
Gary Green              1950         2            48.8 +
Albert Moore            1951        3            49.7 +
Robert Taylor            1952        2            49.1
Robert Taylor            1953        2            49.2
Ron Freeman            1959        3            49.0
James Tyrone           1960        3            47.9
Fred Banks               1964        1            47.5  (Best at State)
Grundy Harris           1964        3            48.2


880 Yards
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) less than 5
Name                      Year      Place     Time/Distance
Lang Stanley            1950          1          1:53.9  (Best at State)
George Stansell        1955          4          1:59.3


One Mile
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) less than 5
Name                      Year      Place     Time/Distance
Lang Stanley            1949          4          4:33.2
Jesse Newman         1955          3          4:22.0  (Best at State)


Two Mile
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) less than 5
Name                       Year      Place     Time/Distance
none


120 Yard High Hurdles
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 13th with 6 (0)
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
Paul Johnson              1948         3            14.5 +
Maurice Hill               1949         3            14.5 +
Roland Harvey           1952         2            14.7
Robert Wilson            1958         3            14.5
Morris Clardi              1959         5            14.7
Ed Orr                       1963         2            13.9  (Best at State)


220 Yard/180 Yard Intermediate/Low Hurdles
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 6th with 6 (0)
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
Woodrow Strode         1933         3            24.0+ (220 Yards)
Leo Hamilton              1950         3            19.4  (180 Yards)
Jack Casonhua            1950         4            19.6
Willie White                1955         2            19.3
Willie White                1956         1            19.0  (Best at State)


4 x 110 Yard Relay
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) less than 5
Name                         Year      Place     Time/Distance
none


4 x 220 Yard Relay
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 2nd with 11 (6)
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
Jefferson HS              1929          1            1:30.1
JHS                           1934          2            1:29.8 +
JHS                           1948          2            1:29.5 +
JHS                           1950          1            1:28.6
JHS                           1952          1            1:29.0
JHS                           1953          2            1:28.0
JHS                           1955          1            1:27.2
JHS                           1956          1            1:25.9  (Best at State)
JHS                           1960          2            1:26.9
JHS                           1962          1            1:26.1
JHS                           1963          4            1:27.1
JHS                           1964          3            1:26.4 +


4 x 440 Yard Relay
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) less than 5
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
none


Long Jump
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 1st with 13 (3)
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
Sylvonne Creecy        1928          2            23' 51/4"  less
Fernando Ramos        1933          3            21' 10"
William Johnson          1948         2            22' 10 1/4"
William Johnson          1949         4            22' 4"
William Johnson          1950         1            24' 2 1/4"
Arther Scott                1950         4            22' 0 1/2"
Bob Holland                1951         1            22' 5 1/4"
Rosslyn Range            1951         4            21' 9 1/2"
Rosslyn Range            1952         2            22' 11 3/4"
George Levell             1952         3            22' 10 3/4"
Joel Stafford               1954          2            23' 8 1/2"
Oscar Bean                1956         1             24' 9"  (Best at State)
Frank Thomas             1958         4            23' 2 1/4"


Triple Jump
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) less than 5
Name                       Year      Place     Time/Distance
none


High Jump
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 1st with 12 (4)
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
Vince King                1937          4               6' 1"
Ed Young                  1947          1               6' 0"
Charles Howard         1948         5               6' 0"
Norman Woods          1949         1               6' 3"
Lavern Smith              1952         2               6' 4"
Charles Dumas           1953         2               6' 1"
John Thomas              1954         4               6' 0"
Curtis Chappell           1956         1               6' 3 3/4"
Carl Burnett               1958         3               6' 6"
Ivory Howard             1958         5               6' 4"
Otis Burrell                 1962         1               6' 7 1/2" (Best at State)
Alden Burrell              1963         4                6' 4"


Pole Vault
   Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 1st with 19 (4)
Name                        Year      Place     Time/Distance
O. W. Rhodes            1951          2              12' 9 "
O. W. Rhodes            1952          3              12' 11 3/4"
Tom Howard1            1959          3              13' 1 3/4" (Best at State)


Shot Put
    Jefferson High (Los Angeles) ranks 13th with 5 (0)
Name                         Year      Place     Time/Distance
Harry Edelson             1926         4             49' less
Woodrow Strode         1933         2             52' 5"
Tom Direaux               1937         4             51' 5"
Bill Wright                   1953         4             56' 5 1/4"
Joel Stafford                1954         4             56' 6 1/2" (Best at State)



 
 

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