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University of Saskatchewan Track and Field Team - Leslie Hutchison

Leslie Hutchison clearing the bar; spectators in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Leslie J. Hutchison, a native of Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Ontario, moved to Spalding, Saskatchewan, at an early age and attended Regina College. He enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BSA 1927) in 1922. He competed on the intervarsity track & field team for four years in pole vault, long jump and high jump. Hutchison won the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union pole vault championship from 1923 to 1925, setting a provincial record in 1923. He was also an accomplished baseball player and competed in tournaments throughout Saskatchewan. He was inducted into the U of S Athletic Wall of Fame in 1984. Hutchison died in [Ottawa in 1997 at age 96].