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1970 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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Host city
  
Des Moines, Iowa

Date(s)
  
June 16−18, 1970

Main stadium
  
Drake Stadium Drake University

The 1970 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 16−18 at the 48th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division outdoor track and field events in the United States.

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This year's outdoor meet was hosted by Drake University at Drake Stadium (the same location as the eponymous Drake Relays) in Des Moines, Iowa.

BYU, Kansas, and Oregon finished tied atop the team standings, with 35 points each. All three were declared co-champions; it was the Cougars' first title, the Jayhawks' third, and the Ducks' fourth.

Program changes

  • The decathlon was contested at the NCAA championships for the first time this year.
  • Team standings

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
  • Full results
  • References

    1970 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wikipedia