Dr. George Vernon Irons' Track and Road Race Record

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EVENT

Armistice Day Intercollegiate Road Race

*Birmingham Athletic Club Road Race

Dual Road Race Alabama - B'ham Southern

*S.I.A.A. Conference Track Meet

Armistice Day Intercollegiate Road Race

*Southern Assoc. AAU Road Race

Birmingham Athletic Club

*Southern Assoc. AAU Track Meet

Armistice Day Intercollegiate Road Race

*Birmingham Athletic Club Road Race

Dual Track Meet Alabama-B'ham Southern

Dual Track Meet Alabama-B'ham Southern

Dual Track Meet Alabama-B'ham Southern

*Southern Intercoll. Conf. Track Meet

Intercollegiate R.O.T.C. Track Meet

Intercollegiate R.O.T.C. Track Meet

**American Athletic Union Road Race

**Georgia Tech Invitational Road Race

Dual Road Race Alabama-B'ham Southern

**Birmingham Athletic Club Road Race

Dual Track Meet Alabama-B'ham Southern

Dual Track Meet Alabama-B'ham Southern

Dual Track Meet Alabama-B'ham Southern

Dual Track Meet Alabama-Tulane

Dual Track Meet Alabama-Tulane

 YEAR

1920

1920

1921

1921

1921

1921

1921

1922

1922

1922

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1924

1924

1924

1924

1924

 WHERE

University

Birmingham

University

Sewanee, Tenn.

University

Atlanta

Birmingham

Atlanta

University

Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham

Montgomery

Pensacola

Pensacola

Atlanta

Atlanta

Birmingham

Birmingham

University

University

University

New Orleans

New Orleans

 DISTANCE

3 miles

3 miles

3 miles

2 miles

3 miles

3 miles

3 miles

2 miles

3 miles

3 miles

1 mile

2 miles

880 yards

2 miles

1 mile

2 miles

3.5 miles

3 miles

3 miles

3 miles

1 mile

2 miles

880 yards

1 mile

2 miles

 

 PLACE

5th (Freshman)

10th (Freshman)

1st (Freshman)

4th (Freshman)

3rd

1st (intercollegiate)

1st (intercollegiate)

1st (intercollegiate)

1st

1st (intercollegiate)

1st

1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

2nd

1st

1st

TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 min., 1 sec.

 

 

18 min., 33 sec.

17 min., 24 sec.

 

15 min., 27 4/5 sec.

LEGEND

* Official Conference Championship Competition -- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (S.I.A.A.); Southern Intercollegiate Conference (S.I.C.); or American Athletic Union (A.A.U.).

** Official Conference Record Broken.

*** Official Conference Record Broken and never equalled or excelled on this designated course; Official Conference Championship Competition.

STATE OF ALABAMA RECORDS (1924)

* Two Mile Run. Southern Intercollegiate Conference. 10 minutes, 1 second. 1923. Montgomery.

*** Three Mile Road Race. Birmingham Athletic Club. 15 minutes, 27 4/5 seconds. 1923. Birmingham.

SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE RECORDS (1924)

** Three Mile Road Race. Amateur Athletic Union Road Race. 17 minutes, 24 seconds. 1922. Atlanta.

** Three and One-Half Mile Road Race. Georgia Tech Invitational Road Race. 18 minutes, 33 seconds. 1923. Atlanta.

*** Three Mile Road Race. Birmingham Athletic Club. 15 minutes, 27 4/5 seconds. 1923. Broke southern record. Birmingham