Des Moines West Honor Roll

School Summary
First Year: 
Last Year: 1927-28
State Team Championships: 7
State Team Qualifiers: 0
State Individual Championships: 52
Most successful school year: 1907-08 and 1913-14


State Champions
Boy's Track: 7-time Outdoor state champs, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 52 Outdoor Event Titles

State Qualifiers
None

Other Undefeated Seasons
(1) Football: 1923

Year-by-Year State Qualifiers, State Champions, and All-Staters
1905-06
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1906 (440y) Carl Harris, Des Moines West   54.6
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1906 (220y low hurdles) Charles McMartin, Des Moines West   27.4
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1906 (high jump) (tie) George Walker, Des Moines West   5-04.05
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1906 (long jump) Charles McMartin, Des Moines West   20-06.50
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1906 (hammer) Locke Macomber, Des Moines West   140-03
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1906 (4x220y relay) Des Moines West (names not available)   1:36.4

1906-07
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1907 (100y) Carl Harris, Des Moines West   10.8
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1907 (220y) Carl Harris, Des Moines West   23.6
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1907 (440y) Carl Harris, Des Moines West   54.4 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1907 (1mi) Carl Heidt, Des Moines West   4:47.0
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1907 (long jump) Carl Harris, Des Moines West   21-02

1907-08
Boy's Track & Field: 1908 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1908 (120y high hurdles) Andrew Hammitt, Des Moines West   17.2
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1908 (220y low hurdles) George Baird, Des Moines West   28.2
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1908 (long jump) George Baird, Des Moines West   20-11.50
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1908 (pole vault) George Trostle, Des Moines West   10-02.50
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1908 (shot put) Donald Wagner, Des Moines West   40-07
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1908 (discus) Donald Wagner, Des Moines West   101-08.75

1908-09
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1909 (1mi) Plato Redfern, Des Moines West   4:44.2
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1909 (120y high hurdles) Alvin Hammitt, Des Moines West   16.8 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1909 (4x440y relay) Des Moines West (names not available)   3:45.8

1909-10
Boy's Track & Field: 1910 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1910 (100y) Ronald Reed, Des Moines West   10.4
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1910 (880y) Plato Redfern, Des Moines West   2:02.8
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1910 (1mi) Plato Redfern, Des Moines West   4:40.0 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1910 (long jump) Raymond McBain, Des Moines West   21-09.50
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1910 (pole vault) (tie) Arthur Harper, Des Moines West   10-02

1910-11
Boy's Track & Field: 1911 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1911 (120y high hurdles) Harry McHenry, Des Moines West   16.4
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1911 (long jump) Raymond McBain, Des Moines West   21-03 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1911 (4x220y relay) Des Moines West (McBain, Lewis, Mellor, McHenry)   1:36.6

1911-12
Boy's Track & Field: 1912 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1912 (440y) Archie Mellor, Des Moines West   52.8
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1912 (880y) (tie) Ethan Scroggie, Des Moines West   2:04.8
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1912 (1mi) Glenn Tenny, Des Moines West   4:40.0
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1912 (4x440y relay) Des Moines West (names not available)   3:37.4
Football: All-State 1911 (1st) C - Hewitt, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1911 (2nd) T - Townsend, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1911 (2nd) G - Spronge, Des Moines West

1912-13
Boy's Track & Field: 1913 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1913 (440y) Archie Mellor, Des Moines West   51.4 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1913 (880y) Glenn Tenny, Des Moines West   2:02.4
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1913 (1mi) Glenn Tenny, Des Moines West   4:31.8 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1913 (4x220y relay) Des Moines West (names not available)   1:33.0
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1913 (4x440y relay) Des Moines West (names not available)   3:35.4
Football: All-State 1912 (1st) E - Moss, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1912 (1st) G - Sprong, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1912 (1st) QB - Walter Brindley, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1912 (2nd) FB - Mellor, Des Moines West

1913-14
Boy's Track & Field: 1914 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1914 (440y) Elliott Purmort, Des Moines West   51.8
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1914 (880y) Glenn Tenny, Des Moines West   2:03.0 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1914 (1mi) Glenn Tenny, Des Moines West   4:31.4 3rd time
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1914 (shot put) Elliott Purmort, Des Moines West   41-11
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1914 (4x220y relay) Des Moines West (Green, Burch, Purmort, Wickersham)   1:36.4
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1914 (4x440y relay) Des Moines West (Hughes, Burch, Green, Purmort)   3:38.8

1914-15
Football: All-State 1914 (1st) G - McMurray, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1914 (1st) LH - Sid Nichols, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1914 (2nd) T - Locker, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1914 (2nd) C - Zaun, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1914 (2nd) E - Beck, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1914 (3rd) G - Devine, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1914 (3rd) RH - Doolittle, Des Moines West

1915-16
Boy's Track & Field: 1916 STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1916 (high jump) Ralph Pedersen, Des Moines West   5-05
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1916 (long jump) (tie) Robert Howard, Des Moines West   20-11
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1916 (pole vault) Kenneth Kobt, Des Moines West   10-01
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1916 (shot put) Harold McKowan, Des Moines West   44-04
Football: All-State 1915 (1st) C - Zuan, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1915 (2nd) T - Chelsea, Des Moines West

1916-17
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1917 (4x440y relay) Des Moines West (Byers, Whiting, Minor, Organ)   3:35.2
Football: All-State 1916 (1st) FB - Glen Devine, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1916 (2nd) E - Redlingshafer, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1916 (2nd) HB - Aubrey Devine, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1916 (3rd) T - Chiesa, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1916 (3rd) G - Tilmont, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1916 (3rd) E - Beck, Des Moines West

1917-18
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1918 (440y) Lester Beck, Des Moines West   53.0
Football: All-State 1917 (1st) HB - Aubrey Devine, Des Moines West 2nd time
Football: All-State 1917 (2nd) G - Minnick, Des Moines West

1918-19
Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 1919 (4x440y relay) Des Moines West (Chesley, Lawson, Marsh, Beck)   3:36.0
Football: All-State 1918 (1st) E - Coglizer, Des Moines West

1919-20
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1920 (pole vault) Lawrence Brown, Des Moines West   10-02
Football: All-State 1919 (2nd) T - Vimont, Des Moines West

1920-21
Football: All-State 1920 (1st) E - Orebaugh, Des Moines West

1921-22
Football: All-State 1921 (1st) E - Chuck Coons, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1921 (2nd) G - M. Coons, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1921 (2nd) HB - Everett, Des Moines West

1922-23
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1923 (pole vault) (tie) Ray Dalbey, Des Moines West   10-11
Football: All-State 1922 (1st) E - Chuck Coons, Des Moines West 2nd time
Football: All-State 1922 (1st) HB - Chuck Everett, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1922 (3rd) G - Eggleston, Des Moines West

1923-24
Football: 1923 Undefeated Season
Football: All-State 1923 (1st) QB - Don Smith, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1923 (2nd) E - Linn, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1923 (2nd) T - Van Voorheis, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1923 (3rd) G - Hardin, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1923 (3rd) FB - Horrigan, Des Moines West

1924-25
Football: All-State 1924 (3rd) E - Jack Barnes, Des Moines West
Football: All-State 1924 (3rd) G - Galloway, Des Moines West

1925-26
Football: All-State 1925 (1st) HB - Jack Barnes, Des Moines West 2nd time

1926-27
Football: All-State 1926 (2nd) G - Summers, Des Moines West



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