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Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Fuchs Went Back-To-Back In Shot Put
Even on a bad day Jim Fuchs of Yale was hard to beat.
Fuchs was the world record holder in the shot put and riding a 12-month winning streak when he entered the 1950 NCAA Track & Field Championships.
But, after the trials, Fuchs found himself leading by only 1¾” (5cm) over Otis Chandler of Stanford, as both were superior to the NCAA meet record of 56-1½ (17.10m) Fuchs had set the year before.
The closeness of the competition caught many by surprise, despite the world-class caliber – Fuchs had set the WR of 58-5½ (17.81m) in April, while Chandler’s best of 57-4⅜ (17.48m) in May made him No. 3 on the all-time world (and collegiate) list.