1925 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1925 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.

1925 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	4–5 July (men) 11 July (women)
Host city	San Francisco, California (men) Pasadena, California (women)
Venue	Kezar Stadium (men) Paddock Field (women)
← 1924 1926 →

The men's edition was held at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California, and it took place 4–5 July. The women's meet was held separately at Paddock Field in Pasadena, California, on 11 July.

At the men's championships, Henry Bonura threw the javelin 65.19 metres (213.9 ft), better than the then-American record, but the mark was not accepted as a record due to wind assistance. The main meet was held on 4 July and relays were held on 5 July.^[1][2] In the women's competition, Helen Filkey became the first woman to win multiple events at a single championships.^[3]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Frank Hussey	9.8	Jackson Scholz	2 ft behind	William DeHart Hubbard	1 ft behind 2nd
220 yards straight	Jackson Scholz	20.8 w	Oliver MacDonald		Alfred Leconey
440 yards	Cecil Cooke	49.2	Ray Robertson		none awarded
			Joe Tierney
880 yards	Alan Helffrich	1:56.6	James T. Holden	inches behind	George Marsters
1 mile	Ray Buker	4:19.4	Lloyd Hahn		James Connolly
6 miles	George Lermond	31:34.6	Ville Kyrönen (FIN)		John Gray
Marathon	Charles Mellor	2:33:00.6	Clarence DeMar	2:33:37.0	Frank Zuna	2:35:03.0
120 yards hurdles	George Guthrie	14.6	Hugo Leistner	inches behind	Leighton Dye
440 yards hurdles	F. Morgan Taylor	53.8	John Gibson		Richard Pomeroy
2 miles steeplechase	Russell Payne	10:40.8	John O'Neill	10 yards behind	Basil Irwin
High jump	Harold Osborn	2.00 m	Justin Russell	1.98 m	Robert Juday
Pole vault	Harry Smith	3.95 m	Lee Barnes		Earl McKeown
Long jump	William DeHart Hubbard	7.73 m	Paul Jones		Paul Courtois
Triple jump	Homer Martin	14.61 m	Louis Minsky		Paul Courtois
Shot put	Clarence Houser	15.26 m	Glenn Hartranft		John Kuck
Discus throw	Clarence Houser	47.70 m	Augustus Pope		Arthur Hoffman
Hammer throw	Matthew McGrath	52.44 m	James McEachern		Raymond Bunker
Javelin throw	Henry Bonura	65.19 m	John Kuck		John Leyden
Decathlon	Harold Osborn	7706.36 pts	Otto Anderson	6492.58 pts	Paul Jones	6445.89 pts
220 yards hurdles[4]	Charles Brookins	23.4
Pentathlon[4]	Paul Courtois	11 pts
Weight throw for distance[4]	Matt McGrath	11.19 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 yards	Elta Cartwright	6.1	Maybelle Gilliland		Eleanor Egg
100 yards	Helen Filkey	11.4	Elta Cartwright		Frances Ruppert
80 yards hurdles	Helen Filkey	8.3	Hazel Kirk		Alta Huber
High jump	Elizabeth Stine	1.47 m	Marci Howard		Eleanor Egg
Long jump	Helen Filkey	5.18 m	Elvira Peterson		Lois Reed
					Elizabeth Stine
Shot put (8 lb)	Lillian Copeland	10.02 m	Maybelle Reichardt		Rena Acquistapace
Discus throw	Maybelle Reichardt	26.59 m	Aurelia Brown		Lillian Copeland
Javelin throw	Alda Silva	32.21 m	Estelle Moloss		Margaret Proctor
Baseball throw[5]	Ann Harrington	132 ft 0 in (40.23 m)	Lillian Copeland

See also

• 1925 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men)
• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)