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 … 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, set another Cal and Edwards Stadium record in the discus with a heave of 174-6 in a dual meet vs. Washington … 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.
