Elta Cartwright

American sprinter

Elta Cartwright
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1907-12-21)December 21, 1907 Eureka, California, United States
Died	November 29, 2001(2001-11-29) (aged 93) Fortuna, California, United States
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event	100 metres

Elta Cartwright (December 21, 1907 – November 29, 2001) was an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elta Cartwright Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2017.

External links

Elta Cartwright at Olympedia

1928 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification

1928 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes

David Abbott
Bill Agee
Fred Alderman (r)
Steve Anderson
George Baird (r)
Ray Barbuti
Charley Borah
Claude Bracey
Nick Carter
John Collier
Ray Conger
Frank Cuhel
Henry Cumming
Melvin Dalton
Clarence DeMar
Leighton Dye
Harvey Frick
Earl Fuller
Walter Gegan
Johnny Gibson
Lloyd Hahn
Charles Haworth
James Henigan
Leo Lermond
Robert Maxwell
Bob McAllister
Albert Michelsen
Jesse Montgomery
Charley Paddock
Hermon Phillips
Jimmy Quinn (r)
Joie Ray
Carl Ring
Sid Robinson
John Romig
Henry Russell
Jackson Scholz
John Sittig
Macauley Smith
Euil Snider
Emerson Spencer (r)
William Spencer
Morgan Taylor
Joe Tierney
Ray Watson
Frank Wykoff

Men's field athletes

Women's track athletes

Women's field athletes

Coaches

Lawson Robertson (men's head coach)
Johnny Behr (men's assistant coach)
Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach)
Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach)
Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach)
Wilbur Hutsell (men's assistant coach)
Tom Keane (men's assistant coach)
Jack Magee (men's assistant coach)
Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach)
Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach)
Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach)
Mel Sheppard (women's coach)

v t e USA Championship winners in women's 50-meter dash
1923: Marion McCartie 1924: Christine Pylick 1925–28: Elta Cartwright 1929: Betty Robinson 1930: Mary Carew 1931: Alice Monk 1932: Dorothy Nussbaum 1933: Louise Stokes 1934: Not held 1935: Louise Stokes 1936: Ivy Wilson 1937–38: Claire Isicson 1939: Gertrude Johnson 1940: Jean Lane 1941: Lucy Newell 1942: Jeanette Jones 1943–47: Alice Coachman 1948: Mabel Walker 1949: Juanita Watson 1950: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Mary McNabb 1952: Catherine Hardy Lavender 1953–54: Mabel Landry 1955–56: Isabelle Daniels 1957–58: Barbara Jones 1959: Isabelle Daniels
Notes	The event was over 50 yards from 1923–32 and also 1955, 1957 and 1958. The 1959 distance was 60 meters.

USA Championship winners in women's 50-meter dash

1923: Marion McCartie
1924: Christine Pylick
1925–28: Elta Cartwright
1929: Betty Robinson
1930: Mary Carew
1931: Alice Monk
1932: Dorothy Nussbaum
1933: Louise Stokes
1934: Not held
1935: Louise Stokes
1936: Ivy Wilson
1937–38: Claire Isicson
1939: Gertrude Johnson
1940: Jean Lane
1941: Lucy Newell
1942: Jeanette Jones
1943–47: Alice Coachman
1948: Mabel Walker
1949: Juanita Watson
1950: Dolores Dwyer
1951: Mary McNabb
1952: Catherine Hardy Lavender
1953–54: Mabel Landry
1955–56: Isabelle Daniels
1957–58: Barbara Jones
1959: Isabelle Daniels

Notes

The event was over 50 yards from 1923–32 and also 1955, 1957 and 1958. The 1959 distance was 60 meters.

v t e US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter dash
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–1924: Frances Ruppert 1925: Helen Filkey 1926: Rosa Grosse 1927–1928^OT: Elta Cartwright 1929: Betty Robinson 1930: Stella Walsh 1931: Eleanor Egg 1932^OT: Wilhelmina von Bremen 1933: Annette Rogers 1934: not held 1935–1936: Helen Stephens 1937: Claire Isicson 1938: Lula Hymes 1939: Olive Hasenfus 1940–1941: Jean Lane 1942: Alice Coachman 1943–1944: Stella Walsh 1945–1946: Alice Coachman 1947: Juanita Watson 1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Jean Patton 1951: Mary McNabb 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953–1954: Barbara Jones 1955–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Barbara Jones 1958: Margaret Matthews 1959–1962: Wilma Rudolph 1963: Edith McGuire 1964–1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Barbara Ferrell 1968: Margaret Bailes 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) * Iris Davis 1971: Iris Davis 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) * (3) Iris Davis 1973: Iris Davis 1974: Renaye Bowen 1975: Rosalyn Bryant 1976: Chandra Cheeseborough 1977: Evelyn Ashford 1978: Leleith Hodges (JAM) * Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Alice Brown 1981–1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984 Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Alice Brown 1985: Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Pam Marshall 1986: Pam Marshall 1987: Diane Williams 1988: Sheila Echols 1989: Dawn Sowell 1990: Michelle Finn 1991: Carlette Guidry 1992^OT: Gwen Torrence
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–1994: Gail Devers 1995–1996^OT: Gwen Torrence 1997–1998: Marion Jones 1999: Inger Miller 2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001–2002: Chryste Gaines 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT: LaTasha Colander 2005: Me'Lisa Barber 2006: Lauryn Williams 2007: Torri Edwards 2008^OT: Muna Lee 2009: Carmelita Jeter 2010: Allyson Felix 2011–2012^OT: Carmelita Jeter 2013: English Gardner 2014: Tianna Bartoletta 2015: Tori Bowie 2016^OT: English Gardner 2017: Tori Bowie 2018: Aleia Hobbs 2019: Teahna Daniels 2021^{2020 OT}: Javianne Oliver
Notes	OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance: The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929 to 1931, 1955, 1957 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, 1965 to 1966, 1969 to 1970 and 1973 to 1974.

v t e US National Championship winners in women's long jump
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Helen Dinnehey 1924: Dorothy Walsh 1925: Helen Filkey 1926: Nellie Todd 1927: Eleanor Egg 1928: Elta Cartwright 1929: Nellie Todd 1930: Stella Walsh 1931: Babe Didrikson 1932: Nellie Todd 1933: Genevieve Valvoda 1934: Not held 1935: Etta Tate 1936: Mable Smith 1937–8: Lula Hymes 1939: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lula Mae Hymes 1940–41: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lucy Newell 1942–45: Stella Walsh (POL) * Rowena Harrison 1946: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lillian Young 1947: Lillie Purifoy 1948: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lillian Young 1949–50: Mabel Landry 1951: Stella Walsh (POL) * Nancy Phillips 1952–3: Mabel Landry 1954–5: Nancy Phillips 1956–9: Margaret Matthews 1960–2: Willye White 1963: Edith McGuire 1964–6: Willye White 1967: Pat Connolly 1968–70: Willye White 1971: Kim Attlesey 1972: Willye White 1973–75: Martha Watson 1976: Kathy McMillan 1977–8: Jodi Anderson 1979: Kathy McMillan
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–1: Jodi Anderson 1982–3: Carol Lewis 1984: Shonel Ferguson (BAH) 1985–6: Carol Lewis 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988: Sheila Echols 1989: Claire Connor 1990–2: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–6^OT: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1997–8: Marion Jones 1999: Dawn Burrell 2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001: Jenny Adams 2002: Brianna Glenn 2003: Grace Upshaw 2004^OT: Marion Jones 2005: Grace Upshaw 2006: Rose Richmond 2007: Grace Upshaw 2008^OT–12^OT: Brittney Reese 2013: Janay DeLoach Soukup 2014: Brittney Reese 2015: Tianna Bartoletta 2016^OT: Brittney Reese 2017: Tianna Bartoletta 2018: Sha'Keela Saunders 2019: Brittney Reese 2021^{2020 OT}: Brittney Reese 2022: Quanesha Burks
Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.