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Jn Kecognition
/. $Hint Hanner
The retirement of F.S.C. s assistant athletic director, J. Flint Hanner, will bring to a close one of the longest and most illustrious careers in athletics
Spanning nearly half a century, that career is studded with distinctions, with "firsts," with honors. It has also been rich with lasting accomplishment
His most permanent monument is the West Coast Relays, which Hanner founded in 1927. One of America's greatest track and field meets it annually
attracts 2,000 runners ranging from barefooted elementary school relay runners to Olympic champions.
Another testament to the man, Flint Hanner, is Fresno State's position as a national track and field power. When Hanner arrived at Fresno State in the
fall of 1925, he found no track program worth mentioning.
F.S.C's first track schedule—in 1923—had been cancelled for lack of funds. It wasn't until 1925 that the Bulldogs had their first dual meet and if
Hanner wasn t starting from scratch when he arrived on campus, he wasn't far ahead of it.
Hanner had been an oustanding athlete himself, of course. He was the first NCAA javelin champion (in 1921) and he was to become the first West
Coast Relays javelin winner in 1927.
But his real reputation was to be made as a coach. His athletes would win 19 conference team championships and innumerable individual titles- they
would set seven world records, win five NCAA crowns and more than a dozen AAU championships; one of them—sprinter Les Laing—was to win an
Olympic gold medal and Fresno State athletes were to carry the Cardinal and Blue throughout the world, making the college and city known in places where
the inhabitants could have had only the dimmest idea of Fresno's location.
Some of Hanner's star pupils were Dutch Warmerdam, still considered by many the greatest pole vaulter in track history and now Hanner's successor
as F.S.C. head coach; Walter Marty, world high jump record holder in the mid-1930's; Elroy Robinson, who set three world middle distance records in the
same era; Ancel Robinson, who won the high hurdles in the first USA vs. USSR dual meet; and NCAA champions Art Cazares and Fred.'Barnes
His pride and joy, however, was the West Coast Relays, which ranked as the world's greatest one-day track and field carnival until sheer size forced an
expansion to two days this year.
Over the years, 31 world records have been toppled in the Relays along with American, national collegiate, junior college, and high school records almost
too numerous to count Track stars from throughout the world have competed in the Relays and ma/iy an Olympic champion has made his "big time" debut
in the high school and elementary school sections of the Relays.
Although John Flint Hanner has retired, his imprint—on track and field in general as well as on Fresno State College—will long remain.
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| Yearbook Title | 1964 1964 Campus |
| Date Published | 1964 |
| Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
| Location | Fresno, CA |
| Transcript | Jn Kecognition /. $Hint Hanner The retirement of F.S.C. s assistant athletic director, J. Flint Hanner, will bring to a close one of the longest and most illustrious careers in athletics Spanning nearly half a century, that career is studded with distinctions, with "firsts," with honors. It has also been rich with lasting accomplishment His most permanent monument is the West Coast Relays, which Hanner founded in 1927. One of America's greatest track and field meets it annually attracts 2,000 runners ranging from barefooted elementary school relay runners to Olympic champions. Another testament to the man, Flint Hanner, is Fresno State's position as a national track and field power. When Hanner arrived at Fresno State in the fall of 1925, he found no track program worth mentioning. F.S.C's first track schedule—in 1923—had been cancelled for lack of funds. It wasn't until 1925 that the Bulldogs had their first dual meet and if Hanner wasn t starting from scratch when he arrived on campus, he wasn't far ahead of it. Hanner had been an oustanding athlete himself, of course. He was the first NCAA javelin champion (in 1921) and he was to become the first West Coast Relays javelin winner in 1927. But his real reputation was to be made as a coach. His athletes would win 19 conference team championships and innumerable individual titles- they would set seven world records, win five NCAA crowns and more than a dozen AAU championships; one of them—sprinter Les Laing—was to win an Olympic gold medal and Fresno State athletes were to carry the Cardinal and Blue throughout the world, making the college and city known in places where the inhabitants could have had only the dimmest idea of Fresno's location. Some of Hanner's star pupils were Dutch Warmerdam, still considered by many the greatest pole vaulter in track history and now Hanner's successor as F.S.C. head coach; Walter Marty, world high jump record holder in the mid-1930's; Elroy Robinson, who set three world middle distance records in the same era; Ancel Robinson, who won the high hurdles in the first USA vs. USSR dual meet; and NCAA champions Art Cazares and Fred.'Barnes His pride and joy, however, was the West Coast Relays, which ranked as the world's greatest one-day track and field carnival until sheer size forced an expansion to two days this year. Over the years, 31 world records have been toppled in the Relays along with American, national collegiate, junior college, and high school records almost too numerous to count Track stars from throughout the world have competed in the Relays and ma/iy an Olympic champion has made his "big time" debut in the high school and elementary school sections of the Relays. Although John Flint Hanner has retired, his imprint—on track and field in general as well as on Fresno State College—will long remain. 273 |
| Source | Credits: Editor-- Bette Pappa; Section Editors-- Don Jones, Jan Crispin (Administration), Julie Gong, Carolle Johns (Activities), John Cosby, Gary Vinagre (Sports), Sue Montgomery (Music and Drama), Eleanor Friesen, Margretta Maurer (Organizations), Jean Baccelli, Florence Arburua (Royalty), Carol Reimer, Mary Kay Diesdesch (Classes); Secretary-- Herb Dompe, Cathy Stocks; Photographers-- Miguel and Frank Errea, Dave Serrano, Gary Daloyan; Staff-- Mark Arnold, Arleen Schwab, Joan Hafner, Carol Knapp, Kathy Cagle, Betsy Adelsback, Noel Peterson, Linda Schields, John Schleidbaum, Kathy Renz, Linda Papp, Sam Miller, Linda Harmon. |
| Rights | Published annually by the Associated Students of Fresno State College. Fresno, California. Volume LIX. Taylor Publishing Company. |
