[3][5] At the 1929 NCAA meet Rasmus was up against two throwers who had unofficially broken Houser's record earlier that year, Eric Krenz of Stanford and Ed Moeller of Oregon.
[6][7] The field also included 1928 Olympian (and 1932 Olympic champion) John Anderson of Cornell, and future world record holder Paul Jessup of Washington.
[11][12] Led by Rasmus and sprinter George Simpson, Ohio State also won the 1929 NCAA team title, their first in any sport.
[13][14] Rasmus graduated from Ohio State that year, but continued competing occasionally;[15] he unsuccessfully attempted to qualify for the 1932 Summer Olympics.
[16] Rasmus was inducted in the Ohio State Varsity "O" Hall of Fame in 1989.