
April 26-27, 1963
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- Arizona
State's mile relay team
of Mike Barrick (48.0), Henry Carr (45.1), Ron Freeman (45.6), and Ulis
Williams (45.8) set a World Record of 3:04.5
- Al
Oerter broke the discus World Record for the third time in his career,
throwing 205' 5-1/2"
- C.K.
Yang set a World Record in the decathlon, scoring 9121 points (8009
adjusted for new scoring tables). Back in 6th place with 6552 points
was a young decathlete named Bill
Toomey
- Bob Hayes smoked
a windy 9.9w for 100m
- Mike Larrabee,
the '64 400m Olympic champion, won the 440y in 47.2
- Ron Larrieu became
the first Mt. SAC 10000m champion to dip under 30 minutes by running
29:33.8
- Rex
Cawley won his fourth consecutive -- and final -- Mt. SAC 440y/400m
hurdle title in 50.9
- Parry O'Brien claimed
his first shot title, throwing 60' 9-1/2"
- Irene Obera won
the inaugural women's 100y championship, dashing 11.0
- In the high school
pole vault competition, a Pomona High School student by the name of
Bob Seagren finished fifth with
a jump of 13 feet.
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