Track and Field - Long Jump - Action
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- [195-?]
An unidentified male athlete takes a jump as spectators line the landing pit [at Griffiths Stadium at dusk].
Track and Field - Long Jump - Action
An unidentified male athlete takes a jump as spectators line the landing pit [at Griffiths Stadium at dusk].
University of Saskatchewan Huskies Track and Field Team - Men's Cross Country Running Race - Action
Unidentified male participants (all wearing shorts) at various stages of the race; winter scene.
Men's Discus Throwing - Action
An unidentified male athlete throwing a discus; pectators in bleachers in background at [Griffiths Stadium].
University of Saskatchewan Men's Track and Field Team - Bal Kirkpatrick
J.B. (Bal) Kirkpatrick clearing the high jump bar at [Griffiths Stadium].
Bio/Historical Note: James Balfour Kirkpatrick (1909-1998), a graduate of Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1929; BEd 1930; MEd 1935) in 1926. Under the tutelage of Joe Griffiths, Kirkpatrick became one of Saskatchewan's premier track & field athletes as a thrower and jumper. He held provincial records in the 1930s in high jump and shot put. In the first ever Canadian championships in 1938 at Griffiths Stadium, Kirkpatrick finished second in high jump and third in three throwing events. Kirkpatrick, who was 6-3, developed his basketball skills in the "ham and egg league" that Griffiths introduced on campus in 1924 for raw recruits, progressed to interfaculty competition and eventually earned a starting position on the Huskies. He played on the Saskatoon Grads, who won the provincial senior men's title in 1939-1940. Kirkpatrick was also a member of the Huskies tennis team in 1934 and in 1937 captured the provincial men's singles title. He went on to serve as director of the Saskatchewan Recreation Movement and laid the groundwork for the establishment of the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association. Kirkpatrick was named Saskatoon Kinsmen Sportsman of the Year in 1983 and was inducted as a builder into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 and into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1990.
University of Saskatchewan High Jumper Andy Phoen
Andy Phoen clearing the high jump bar.
Unidentified male athlete clearing the bar at Griffiths Stadium. Spectators and trees in background; Hangar Building at right.
The finish of the men's 220 yard dash. A crowd watches along the track side as runners approach the finish line at Inter-University track and field meet.
Gil Watson Memorial Annual Torch Race
Joe Griffiths firing the starting pistol to start the Gil Watson Annual Torch race at "Griffiths' Rally," part of annual Frosh Week activities. Four unidentified male racers crouch holding torches.
Val Anderson winning the men's 100 yard dash. People sitting on the bleachers, buildings in the background.
Betty Wilson and Pat Lawson in Sprint
Betty Wilson (left) finishes ahead of Pat Lawson, both Huskiettes track and field members, in a sprinting race; unidentified runner and building in background at [Griffiths Stadium].
Bio/Historical Note: Betty Clare Bray was born in 1928 in Saskatoon and attended Wilson and King Edward public schools and City Park Collegiate. She obtained her BA at the University of Saskatchewan. Later, in her fifties, she earned a BSW at the same institution. Bray was a three-sport athlete, competing on the track and field team for three seasons as a sprinter, highlighted by the U of S winning the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in 1947. Bray was also on the tennis team for three years, capturing the doubles tournament in 1946-47 and winning the Hudson Bay Trophy in 1948-49. Bray played guard on the basketball team for two seasons. In addition to competing in sports, she served on the Women's Athletic Board. In 1987 Bray was inducted into the U of S Athletic Wall of Fame for basketball, tennis and track. She was inducted as a team member, also for basketball, in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Betty Wilson died in 2012 in Saskatoon.
Four unidentified men break from starting blocks in a track race.
First Saskatchewan University Track Team - Group Photo
First University of Saskatchewan men's track team members, back row (l to r): R.H. MacDonald, J.L. Malcolm, Harold V. Mighton, William Exton Lloyd. Front: J.F. Cairns (donor of trophy), Prof. Reginald Bateman (honourary president [trainer].
Joe Griffiths and Orvald Gratias
Joe Griffiths, coach of the track and field team, and Orvald Gratias, captain of the team, stand outside a tent.
Bio/Historical Note: Orvald Arthur Gratias, a native of Kinistino, Saskatchewan, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BSc ‘28; MSc ‘30) in 1925. During his five years on campus he competed in basketball, football and track & field. He excelled in discus and hammer throw and was captain of the track & field team in 1930. In 1928, the Sheaf named him Saskatchewan's most versatile athlete. Joe Griffiths later described Gratias as one of the greatest all-around athletes to wear the green and white. He received a Major Athletic Award in 1930. Gratias was president of the University Athletic Directorate and went on to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, studying particle physics. Gratias parlayed an MBA into a second career as a research analyst with the Montreal blue-chip firm MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier, specializing in market movements. Gratias died on 23 July 1996 in Ottawa at age 87.
University of Saskatchewan Men's Track and Field - Clayton Crosby
Team member Clayt Crosby posing with a javelin.
Bio/Historical Note: Clayton (Clayt) Crosby was a member of the Western Intercollegiate Championship winning team in 1933, capturing the Cairns Trophy. He competed in the broad jump and relay team.
University of Saskatchewan Track and Field team member Con Armit
Con Armit member of the Medicine track team and Western Intercollegiate Champion. Relay team broke the record for the year.