He was the NCS MOC Champions in 1918 at 104-7.Īnaly’s first state meet medal came in the discus as Glenn Winkler took 4th in 1919.īeginning in 1920, special awards were presented to boys who placed in competitions with college weight throwing implements, including the 16 lb shot and 2 kilo discus. Ukiah’s Beverly Broaddus would take home the third place discus medal both 19. Weeks would be back the next year to again win both throws at NCS MOC (117-3½, 48-10½) and this time he would be the state champion in both throws with a 117-0 toss and 47-4½ for the 1916 title. Weeks was state shot champion and Merritt was Pole Vault Champion (10-3). Santa Rosa High’s Wayne Weeks would win both the discus (112-8) and shot (45-2) at the North Coast Section Meet of Champions in 1915 but at state teammate Clifford Merritt would win the state title at 113-0 (2 kilo discus) with Weeks taking 3rd. There was no California High School state meet for Rose to compete in but the Redwood Empire did just fine in the discus in the first state meet in 1915. In 1961, the discus (high school weight) became a scoring event. Through 1960, one or both weights were thrown, often as non-scoring events. In 1951, the high school weight (1.6 kilo or 3 lb, 9 oz) was introduced. Photo of Rose on the right at 1912 Olympics, more photosĪt the beginning of state competition, the international or college weight discus (2 kilo or 4 lb, 9 oz) was used through 1950, though the event was completely abandoned for many years. In the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he was 11th in the discus, won the two-handed shot put (throwing a total of 27.70 m (90′ 10½”) with his right and left hands), took second in the regular shot and ninth in the hammer. Source: Illustration in the “Fourth Olympiad 1908 London Official Report” published by the British Olympic Association in 1909ġ910 photo of Rose and other Healdsburg alumni competing in an alumni meet verses the current Healdsburg squad. Shot put competition, Summer Olympics 1908 in London. Louis, Missouri, he was second in the discus, won the shot, third in the hammer throw and sixth in the 56-pound weight throw. He subsequently competed for the Olympic Club in San Francisco and won seven National AAU titles in the discus, shot and javelin.Ī competitor in three Olympic Games, Rose compiled a medal total of three golds, two silver and one bronze.Īt the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. In 1904, while at the University of Michigan, he won both the discus and shot put at the Big Ten championships. While competing for Healdsburg High School he was voted the Cal-Hi Sports Athlete of Year for both 1902-04. Ralph Rose was born in Healdsburg on March 17, 1885. Healdsburg High had it’s own Olympic discus medalist more than 90 years before Maria Carrillo even opened. In the Redwood Empire the only event for boys to take home more state meet medals than the discus (12) is the shot put (20).
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