Education
University of Southern California.
pole vaulter athletics competitor
University of Southern California.
His winning vault is featured in Leni Riefenstahl"s film Olympia. Meadows had a long rivalry with Bill Sefton, his teammate from the University of Southern California. They shared the Amateur Athletic Union title in 1935 and the National Collegiate Athletic Association title in 1935 and 1936.
In May 1937 they both set a new world record at 4.48 m and then at 4.54 m.
Meadows set two more world records (indoor) in 1941. In 1948 he cleared 4.42 m, but later finished only sixth at the Olympic trials and thus was left out of the Olympic team
In retirement he ran a musical instrument business in Texas.