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GIA 1954 Class A Boys Track Champions
State was held April 24 at Fort Valley State. Results from April 30, 1954 Alabama Tribune and April 27, 1954 Brunswick News. Team results
1st - Risley (Brunswick), 56.5 points Notes Event results 100-yard dash: 1st - Calvin Davis (Hunt), 2nd - Freddie Massey (Ralph Bunche, Woodbine), 3rd - Thomas Jones (Monroe, Albany), 4th - W.O. Tillman (Oconee). Time: 10.2 seconds. 180-meter low hurdles: 1st - Calvin Davis (Hunt), 2nd - Elliott Pinckney (Risley), 3rd - Edgar Stanley (Risley), 4th - Rudolph Mitchell (Brooks). Time: 19.8 seconds. 220-yard run: 1st - Freddie Massey (Ralph Bunche, Woodbine), 2nd - Julius Bacon (Risley), 3rd - Sammie White (Oconee), 4th - Calvin Davis (Hunt). Time: 23.8 seconds. 440-yard run: 1st - Elliott Pinckney (Risley), 2nd - J.D. Anderson (Risley), 3rd - W.C. Anderson (Oconee), 4th - Ulysses Stephens (Brooks). Time: 55.9 seconds. 880-yard relay: 1st - Risley (J. McIver, E. Stanley, F. Pinkney and J. Bacon), 2nd - Oconee, 3rd - Brooks, 4th - Fairmont. Monroe (Albany) was disqualified for not staying in its lane. Time: 1:37.7. 880-yard run: 1st - J.D. Anderson (Risley), 2nd - Andrew King (Risley), 3rd - Ralph Turner (Washington, Blakely), 4th - Preston Edwards (Brooks). Time: 2:13.8. Mile run: 1st - Melvin Pinckney (Risley), 2nd - Willie McCray (Monroe, Albany), 3rd - Elworth Speakman (Risley), 4th - Preston Edwards (Brooks). Time: None listed. Broad jump: 1st - Willie Long (Risley), 2nd - Sammie White (Oconee), 3rd - Walker Scott (East Depot), 4th - Rudolph Mitchell (Brooks). Distance: 20'7.5". Discus: 1st - Willie Long (Risley), 2nd - John Cash (Risley), 3rd - Andrew Ellis (Monroe, Albany), 4th - Eddie Fluellen (Hunt). Distance: 126'10.5". New record. High jump: 1st - Sammie White (Oconee), 2nd - Walter Jenkins (Brooks), 3rd - Walter Thomas (Oconee), 4th - Eddie Fluellen (Hunt). Height: 5'8". Javelin throw: James Rich (Ralph Bunche, Woodbine), 2nd - Eddie Fluellen (Hunt), 3rd - Calvin Goss (Hunt), 4th - Johny Lay (East Depot). Distance: 169'6. Pole vault: 1st - Norman Reddman (Brooks), 2nd - V.A. Stanley (Oconee), 3rd - Julius Bacon (Risley), 4th - Edgar Stanley (Risley) and Walter Jenkins (Brooks). Height: 9'10". Shot put: 1st - John Cash (Risley), 2nd - Calvin Goss (Hunt), 3rd - Charles Davis (Brooks), 4th - James Rich (Ralph Bunche, Woodbine). Distance: 42'10". New record. |