THE INDOOR MERCER COUNTY MEET OF 1933
- Feb 21
- 2 min read
Published 2/21/2026
PRINCETON HIGH WINS '33 INDOOR MERCER
TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
Even before the inaugural Outdoor Mercer County Track Championships were held in the spring of 1934, there was an indoor county championship held in the winter of 1933. Princeton High School won the team title.
Leading the way for Coach Irwin Weiss's Princeton squad was MCTF hall of famer Jim Mitchell who won 2 golds and a silver.
Mitchell took 1st in the 220 Yards to lead a Tiger 1-2 sweep with his brother Emerson taking 2nd. He also finished 2nd in the 60 Yard Dash to teammate John Thompson, and he ran on PHS's winning Mile Relay Team.
Cornelius Thiel led another 1-2 PHS sweep in the Half Mile Run, with teammate Walter Bullock taking the runner-up spot.
The PHS relay comprised of Basilio Ferrara. John Hale, James Davidson, and Mitchell on anchor, put forth their winning effort in what turned out to be a chaotic adventure. Only 2 teams scored.
The county high school championship was sponsored by the State Capitol Athletic Association and was included within a larger AAU event that contained other separately scored divisions. Besides the high school division there was a college division,, a women's division, and a junior high division. The meeting also included special invitational events featuring world-class athletes such as future 1936 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wykoff in the sprints.
The final scoring in the county division was PHS with 31 1/2 points, 11 1/2 points for Cathedral, 6 points for Trenton, and 3 for Hamilton.
The meet was held on Wed February 22 of '33 at the Trenton Armory.
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