1979 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1979 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host city Illinois Champaign, Illinois
Date(s) May 29−June 2, 1979
Main stadium Memorial Stadium
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
← 1978
1980 →

The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 29−June 2 at the 57th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.

This year's meet was contested at Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, who hosted for the second time overall and for the first time since 1977.[1][2]

After winning a co-championship in 1978, UTEP easily finished atop this year's team standings and claimed their third national title.

Team result

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
Rank Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s) UTEP64
2nd, silver medalist(s) Villanova48
3rd, bronze medalist(s) UCLA36
4 Auburn30
5 Oregon
Washington		28
6 USC25​1⁄2
7 LSU
Maryland		22
8 Washington State21
9 Arizona
Florida State
Tennessee
Texas A&M		20
10 Oregon State17

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1979 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results". USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report. USTFCCCA. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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