Philadelphia High School Track
Inter-Ac League Championships

Compiled by A.L. Graburn Jr., 1887-56; by Ted Silary, 1957-present.
Thanks to Steve Bonnie and John Burkhart for their help.
A.L. Graburn Jr. published an extremely thorough book, The First
Seventy Years
, that reviewed all championship meets through 1956.

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DISCONTINUED EVENTS
(* -- indicates record-setting performance)
(* -- indicates record-tying performance)

yards Half-Mile Walk Mile Walk Bicycle Races  
      Two Miles  
1887 Hacker Pease  
  PC, *8:55 3/4 PC, *7:20.5  
      One Mile  
1888 Granger Atwater  
  PC, 8:30.0 PC, *3:35.0  
1889 Granger Rodgers  
  PC, 9:04.0 HS, *3:18.7  
1890 Longacre Rodgers  
  PC, 8:49.0 RA, *3:05.4  
    Thourison  
    RA, *3:14.0 (safety)  
1891 McVitty Rodgers  
  HS, *8:17.0 PC, 3:06.0  
1892 McVitty, Rodgers  
  HS, *8:06.0 PC, *2:52.4  
1893 Graves Lagen  
  GA, 8:37.0 DeL 3:05.0  
1894 Graves   Coates  
  DeL, *3:36.4   HS, *2:41.2  
1895 Lippincott   Whetstone  
  DeL, 4:05.0   DeL, 3:07.0  
1896 B. Evans   White  
  PC, 3:53.5   GA, 2:58 1/4  
1897 Gibbons   Levick  
  PC, 3:37.4   PC, *2:40.8  
1898 Herkness   not held  
  PC, 3:48.0      
1899 Worthington   Bay  
  HS, 3:39.8   CM, 2:45.8  
         
  Standing HJ Standing LJ Baseball Throw Tug of War
1887 Terry Burgin   Penn Charter
  EA, *4-2 1/2 GA, *9-4    
1888 Stevenson Gummey   Penn Charter
  EA, #4-2 1/2 GA, 9-3    
1889 Lee Knipe E.S. Ramsdell Penn Charter
  RA, *4-5 1/2 HS, *9-7 GA, *303-5  
1890 E.S. Ramsdell E.S. Ramsdell E.S. Ramsdell not held
  GA, 4-3 3/4 GA, *9-9 1/2 GA, *322-10  
1891 Stiles Carty Penn Charter
  HS, 9-3 1/4 DeL, 315-0  
1892 Dilley Carty  
  PC, 9-9 DeL, *339-1  
1893 Dilley Schoenhut  
  PC, 9-3 1/4 GA, *343-0  
1894 Butcher    
  PC, 9-6    
1895 Flavell    
  GA, 9-7    
1896 Claflin    
  HS, 9-5 3/4    
1897 Williamson    
  GA, 9-6 1/2    
1898 Claflin    
  9-4 3/4    
1899 Tingley    
  GA, 9-10 1/2    
1900 English    
  PC, 9-5 1/2    
1901 Bloch    
  PC, *9-11    
1902 Brown    
  PC, 10-1    
1903 Roberts    
  GA, 10-2 1/2    
1904 Shoemaker    
  PC, 9-10