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Charlie Butt Established school records in both the shot put (53-8.75) and discus (161-7.75) in 1954, breaking marks that had stood since 1941. Since 1954, he was the only Cal athlete to hold both the shot put and discus records at the same time until Dave Porath set both marks in 1981. Butt placed third in the shot put (53-6.5) and eighth in the discus (152-1) at the 1954 NCAA meet, helping Cal to a third-place team finish. In 1956, he set another Cal and Edwards Stadium record in the discus with a heave of 174-6 in a dual meet vs. Washington. Butt clinched the Pacific Coast shot put title with a throw of 57-8.75 in 1956 . After graduation, Butt became only the fifth person in history to surpass the 60-foot barrier in the shot put with a mark of 60-2 to place second at the 1959 Modesto Relays. He established a lifetime best of 60-9.5 in the shot put at the SPAAU meet on June 12, 1959, and placed first in meets in Finland and Sweden in July 1959.