For the second consecutive year, Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, the 110-meter high hurdles and the broad jump (now called the long jump).
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1. Jesse Owens, Ohio State - 10.2 seconds (new world record)
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Hubbard had set the world record in the event in 1923, but Robert LeGendre had surpassed Hubbard's record at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-yard sprint, the 220-yard sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the broad jump (now called the long jump).
At the 1925 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships, he helped Michigan take second place as the Wolverines narrowly lost the team title to Stanford.