1976 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 1−5 at the 54th 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.

1976 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 1−5, 1976
Host city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
VenueFranklin Field
University of Pennsylvania
← 1975
1977 →

This year's meet was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.[1][2]

USC finished first in the team standings, capturing their record twenty-sixth national title.[3][4][5]

High jumper Dwight Stones of Long Beach State raised his three-year-old world record a half-inch (1 cm) to 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m).[3][4][5]

This was the first edition of the NCAA championships with the races measured in meters;[6] previously the race distances were measured in yards.[7]

Team result
  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
Rank Team Points
USC64
UTEP44
Tennessee40
4 Washington State34
5 Arizona State31
6 BYU30
7 Washington28
8 Auburn22
9 Kansas
San José State		20
10 Long Beach State18
Source:[4]

References
  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  2. "1976 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results". USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report. USTFCCCA. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. "Stones does as promised, clearing 7-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 6, 1976. p. 1C.
  4. "Stones soars 7-7". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. June 6, 1976. p. 67.
  5. Putnam, Pat (June 14, 1976). "The right height for Dwight's flight". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  6. "NCAA summary". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 4, 1976. p. 3D.
  7. Ferguson, George (June 7, 1975). "NCAA gun lap tonight, UTEP leads". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A6.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.