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'C' Club Meet History | |
The 'C' Club Track Meet was started in 1919 by the Central High School Alumni Association which was referred to as the 'C' Club. The 'C' stands for "Captain's." The meet was the first major spring invitational track meet hosted in Washington D.C. for high schools. A 1919 Washington Post article described the original meet of fifteen schools as "the most pretentious scholastic offering of its nature that Washington has ever had." (Washington Post, 1919)
The out-of-town meet attendance boomed in the mid-1920's and remained strong until the mid-1940's. The meet was abandoned in 1949 according to the Washington Post due to the National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations' refusal to sanction the "C" Club Meet and its threat to boycott District schools, of which host Central High School was one, unless it refused to participate in the meet. (Heft, 1949).
From the 1949 Washington Post explanation for the cancelation of the 'C' Club Meet, "Bob Newby, secretary of the school's alumni athletic group...says, '...the Federation has generated controversies among public private parochial and prep schools by constantly changing rules and standards of equipment. During the same time, the schools in the Washington area have enjoyed the best of athletic relations.'" (Heft, 1949).
Newby hoped to reinstate the 'C' Club Meet the following year (Heft, 1949), but by 1950, Central High School was the focus of political and socioeconomic pressure. The Central High School building utilized half of its student capacity while the derelict Cardozo High School building, a school for colored students in the era before Brown vs. the Board of Education, was overcrowded. The D.C. School Board faced a resolution to disband Central High School and occupy the building with the students of Cardozo High (Carper, 1950 Feb 12).
The move was "bitterly opposed by white citizens" (Carper, 1950 Feb 12). Citizens who cherished the history of Central High School argued that there were better solutions to the overcrowding problems, but no reported solution included desegregation. Ultimately, the school board passed the resolution to disband Central High to avoid costs associated with construction of new schools and to avoid additional lawsuits related to the Separate but Equal doctrine (Carper, 1950 Feb 12). In 1950, Central High School was disbanded and white students transferred to neighboring schools. The Central High building re-opened as Cardozo High School for Negroes in the fall of 1950 (Carper, 1950 Jun 18).
Carper, Elsie. Washington Post, 1950, Feb 12. "Cardozo-Central High Switch Splits D.C. School Board." p.S12.
Carper, Elsie. Washington Post, 1950, Jun 18. "Capital Closes a 70-Year Era; Central High School Passes." p.S10.
Heft, Herb. Washington Post, 1949, Mar 18. "Rule Change Opposed by Alumni." p.6B.
Washington Post, 1919. "Many Schoolboys to Perform in Track Games at Central." p.11.
Meet Bests Were Compiled Retroactively Based on
Recap Articles and Available Results
High School Division Team Champion
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1948 Mercersburg 29
1947 ~Missing~
1946 Baltimore Poly 33
1945 Newport News 23
1944 ~Missing~
1943 Tie: Central, Woodberry Forest 24
1942 Baltimore Poly 23
1941 Episcopal 22
1940 Washington-Lee 23
1939 Washington-Lee 29
1938 Episcopal 32
1937 Episcopal 28
1936 Episcopal 22
1935 Tech 41
1934 Tech 45 1/2
1933 John Marshall 20 1/3
1932 Eastern 21
1931 Eastern 20 1/3
1930 Woodberry Forest 37 1/3
1929 Tech 25
1928 Devitt Prep 28
1927 Episcopal 36 1/3
1926 Tech 34 1/3
1925 Woodberry Forest 25 1/3
1924 Central 47
1923 Central 49
1922 Central 52
1921 Staunton Military Academy 38
1920 Staunton Military Academy 36
1919 Central 37 5/6
Boys 100 Yard - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Hussey Stuyvesant 9.7* 1924
2. Miles Eastern 9.8 1948
3. Hopkins Marshall 10.0 1934
3. White Mercersburg 10.0 1933
3. Jannell Massanutten 10.0 1932
*Reported by Washington Post as National Scholastic Record
Boys 220 Yard - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Hopkins John Marshall 22.2 1934
2. Gardner Washington-Lee 22.4 1938
2. Thompson Central 22.4 1936
2. Hopkins John Marshall 22.4 1935
2. Payne Woodberry Forest 22.4 1930
Boys 440 Yard - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Edwards Tech 50.1 1929
2. Hayden Central 50.4 1940
3. Dodd Newport News 50.8 1935
Boys 880 Yard - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Kelly Devitt 2:01.2 1928
1. Bullard John Marshall 2:01.2 1930
1. Carr Washington-Lee 2:01.2 1939
Boys 1 Mile - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Smith Jefferson 4:34.6 1940
2. White Washington-Lee 4:37.8 1941
3. Hardy John Marshall 4:38.6 1935
Boys 120 Yard High Hurdles - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Todd Episcopal 15.4 1937, 1938
1. Wallace Legg Washington-Lee 15.4 1940
1. Simmons Staunton M.A. 15.4 1943
Boys 220 Yard Low Hurdles - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Todd Episcopal 25.0 1938
2. Emmerich Tech 25.4 1935
2. Wallace Legg Washington-Lee 25.4 1939, 1940
Boys 880 Yard Relay - Meet History Top 3
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School Result Year
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1. Tech 1:31.4 1934
2. Central 1:32.4 1940
3. Episcopal 1:32.8 1936
Boys One Mile Relay - Meet History Top 3
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School Result Year
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1. Tech 3:28.6 1934
2. Central 3:28.8 1940
3. Tech 3:31.4 1930
Boys Sprint Medley Relay - Meet History Top 3
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School Result Year
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1. John Marshall 3:45.0 1935
1. Washington-Lee 3:45.0 1940
2. Baltimore Poly 3:45.5 1941
Boys High Jump - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Barham Tech 6-05 1941
2. Harmon Woodberry Forest 6-01 5/8 1933
3. Alexander West Nottingham 6-00 11/16 1940
Boys Broad Jump - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Schueneman Staunton 22-09 1/2 1934
2. Ferguson Central 22-09 1938
3. Dodd Newport News 22-04 1/2 1936
Boys Shot Put - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Romine Greenbrier 57-05 1939
2. Gantt Durham 55-05 1940
3. Vogts Bullis 54-10 1938
Boys Discus - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Edward Hahnfeldt Bullis 142-04 1937
2. Webster Rhoades Woodberry Forest 139-07 1927
3. Spears Staunton 136-09 1948
Boys Javelin - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Deidrick Franklin-Marshall 188-10 1939
2. Bledsoe Fork Union 184-01 1935
3. Edward Hahnfeldt Bullis 181-07 1936
Boys Pole Vault - Meet History Top 3
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Name School Result Year
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1. Brasfield Woodberry Forest 12-03 1/8 1948
2. Colvin Wilson 11-11 1/2 1945
3. Battels Newport News 11-10 1939
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