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Track Meet at Georgia Saturday Forerunner of Contests
The University of Georgia tracks program opens with a class meet on Saturday, featuring 25 to 40 practice athletes. Prizes, rising performances in shot put, high jump, broad jump, and sprints, plus future meets with state colleges and high schools, signal growing statewide interest in track. Notables include Wingate, Powell, Rigdon, Edmunds, Hill, Bussey, McClelland, Garner, Sweetland, Neal, Mobley, Rutland, Coleman, Clegg, and Pound as rising performers. The article notes Georgia’s future invites and hopes for stronger southern college participation in major meets.
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Athens
Wingate
Bill Powell
Rigdon
Macon
Edmunds
Pharmacy Department
Hill
Bussey
Captain McClelland
Garner
Bob Sweetland
Princeton
Ted Meredith
America
Bob
Bernie Neal
Mobley
Rutland
John Coleman
Clegg
Pound
Petrie
Neville, Rigdon
McCon
Nell
Scott
Georgia
Emory
Tech
Mercer
Beteen
Yale
Cornell
Michigan