1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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.

1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 3−7, 1975
Host cityUtah Provo, Utah
VenueCougar Stadium
Brigham Young University
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Provo is located in USA West
Provo
Provo
Location in the western United States
Provo is located in Utah
Provo
Provo

This year's meet was hosted by Brigham Young University at 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 UTEP Miners finished just ahead of UCLA in the team standings and captured their first team national title. The title marked the beginning of UTEP's reign as a track & field 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

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  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
Rank Team Points
  UTEP 55
  UCLA 42
  USC 37
4 San José State 32
5 Kansas 27
6 Oregon
Tennessee
24
7 BYU (H) 2112
8 Washington State 20
9 Washington 17
10 Illinois 16

References

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  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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