1979 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1979 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesMay 29−June 2, 1979
Host cityIllinois Champaign, Illinois
VenueMemorial 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, which 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.

  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. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2016.