1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 3−7, 1975
Host city
1974
Provo is located in USA West
Provo
Provo
Location in the western United States
Provo is located in Utah
Provo
Provo

The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 3−7 at the 53rd 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 hosted by

Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah.[1][2] The venue previously hosted the championships eight years earlier in 1967; the approximate elevation of the track was 4,660 feet (1,420 m) above sea level. (The track was removed from the stadium in 1982
.)

The

dynasty – in the following seven seasons, they finished either as champion or runner-up, including five consecutive titles (197882
).

This was the last edition of the NCAA championships with the races measured in yards;[3] race distances were changed to meters for 1976.[4]

Team result

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)
UTEP
55
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
UCLA
42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
USC
37
4
San José State
32
5
Kansas
27
6
Tennessee
24
7
BYU
(H)
2112
8
Washington State
20
9
Washington
17
10
Illinois
16

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "1975 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results". USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report. USTFCCCA. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Ferguson, George (June 7, 1975). "NCAA gun lap tonight, UTEP leads". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A6.
  4. ^ "NCAA summary". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 4, 1976. p. 3D.

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