An Eagle high jumper lands on a bed of foam after a successful jump.

Track and Field Events

opened with impressive victories when Coach Winton E. (Pop) Noah's cindermen captured one first, three seconds, a third and a fourth against some of Texas' top collegiate performers at the Dallas Indoor Track Meet.

For some of the Eagle tracksters, the February meet in Dallas was their first taste of competition. But the good showing lifted the athletic spirit on campus and gave North Texas backers hope for a successful season of spring sports, particularly in Missouri Valley Conference competition.

Since 1922, when track and field events first appeared on campus, NT has piled up 13 conference championships, 11 while the Eagle tracksters were competing in the Lone Star Conference. The university has won team titles in both the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Gulf Coast Conference. Also, NT set a world record in medley relay in the 1938 Mill rose Games at Madison Square Garden.

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