Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame
Chuck Mears '32 was a 2-time All-America performer in hurdles events in men's track & field. As a sophomore, he won the 40-yard low hurdles event in an indoor dual meet at Michigan State. Outdoors, he swept the 120 high hurdles and 220 low hurdles in the Buckeye Conference championship meet, helping OWU finish second to Miami. He competed in the 120-yard low hurdles at the NCAA championship meet, finishing fifth in his heat in :15.8. His junior year, he swept the 40-yard high hurdles in a school-record-tying :05.4 and the 40-yard low hurdles and finished second in the 220-yard dash in a 55-54 loss to Michigan State. Outdoors at the Buckeye championship meet, he won the 120 high hurdles, 220 low hurdles, placed fourth in the long jump, and helped the mile relay team win as the Bishops finished second to Miami. As a senior, he won the 40 low hurdles, 40 dash, 40 high hurdles, and 200 dash in a dual meet at Michigan State, and set school records in the 65 low hurdles (:07.3) and 220-yard dash (:24.0) and won the 50 dash and 65 high hurdles in a dual meet against Eastern Michigan at Ann Arbor. He also won 4 events in a dual meet against Ohio University at Edwards Gym, winning the 40-yard dash, 40 high hurdles, 40 low hurdles, and 220 in a 69 1/3-34 2/3 win. Outdoors against Denison, he set a school record with a :23.8 in the 220 low hurdles. At the Buckeye championship, he won the 120 high hurdles (:15.0), 220 low hurdles (:24.2), and long jump (22-7¾), and helped the mile relay team win in a record :50.2 as OWU finished second to Miami. At the NCAA championship in Chicago, he finished fourth in the 220-yard low hurdles and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles as OWU tied for 29th place among the 43 teams scoring.
