A. Dale Carpenter was a three-sport letter winner during his time at McPherson College. A four-year letterman in track & field, Dale lettered three years in basketball and twice in football. Carpenter was runner-up in the long jump at the first NAIA National Championships in 1951. He was the 1950 Kansas Conference 220-yard low hurdles champion, before winning the 100-yard dash and 120-yard high hurdles in 1952. He set McPherson College records in the long jump, both the 120 yard high and 220 yard low hurdles, and was part of school record setting 440-yard, 880-yard, 1-mile, and sprint medley relays. Carpenter was runner-up in the long jump at the 1951 Midwest National Intercollegiate meet. Part of the Bulldogs’ KU Relays champion sprint medley relay in 1952, he was the 1952 Missouri Valley AAU Championship runner-up in the triple jump and placed third in the long jump.

Carpenter graduated from McPherson with a BS in industrial arts in 1952, then began a career in public education which included teaching and coaching at Bentley, Kinsley, and Great Bend, Kan., before ending his career as a school counselor with the Great Bend schools in 1993.