1979_NCAA_Division_I_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
1979 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
International athletics championship event
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.