1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships

1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships
Dates	June 18−20, 1964
Host city	Eugene, Oregon
Venue	Hayward Field University of Oregon
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The 1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships were contested June 18−20 at the 42nd annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division track and field events in the United States.

This year's meet was hosted by the University of Oregon at Hayward Field in Eugene.^[1][2]

Oregon won the team national championship, the Ducks' second title in program history.

Program changes[]

• Two new events, the 400 meter relay and the 1,600 meter relay, were added to the championship program. The inaugural titles were won by Illinois and California, respectively.

Team standings[]

• Note: Top 10 only
• (H) = Hosts

Rank	Team	Points
	Oregon (H)	70
	San José State	40
	California Fresno State USC	30
4	North Carolina College	28
5	Washington State	191⁄2
6	BYU	17
7	Illinois	16
8	Arizona Harvard Northeastern Rice Villanova	14
9	Oregon State	13
10	Michigan	12

Results[]

100 Meters[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Harry Jerome  Canada	Oregon	10.1	CR
		North Carolina State	10.1	CR
	Trenton Jackson	Illinois	10.1	CR
4		Fresno State	10.2
5	Dick Stebbins	Grambling	10.2
6	Lynn Headley  Jamaica	Nebraska	10.3

200 Meters[]

wind: +3.4

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Bob Hayes	Florida A&M	20.4w
		North Carolina State	20.4w
	Harry Jerome  Canada	Oregon	20.6w
4		Oregon	20.7w
5		San Jose State	20.9w
5		Villanova	21.0w

400 Meters[]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
tie	Ulis Williams	Brigham Young Arizona State	45.9
	Kent Bernard  Trinidad and Tobago	Michigan	45.9
4		California	46.0
5		Notre Dame	46.2
6		Morgan State	46.6
7	Forrest Beaty	California	46.6
8		Grambling	nt

800 Meters[]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
	Thomas Farrell	St. Johns	1:48.5
		Ohio University	1:48.7
		USC	1:48.9
4		San Jose State	1:49.1
5		Oregon	1:49.2
6	Noel Carroll  Ireland	Villanova	1:49.4
7		Oklahoma State	1:50.1
8		Oregon	nt

1500 Meters[]

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Morgan Groth	Oregon State	3:40.4	CR
	Archie San Romani	Oregon	3:40.8
		Emporia State	3:41.0
4	Ben Tucker	San Jose State	3:41.4
5		Missouri	3:42.0
6	Bob Day	UCLA	3:42.1
7		Texas	3:44.8

5000 Meters[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		Air Force Army	14:12.5	CR
		Central Connecticut	14:13.0
4	Ken Moore	Oregon	14:14.4
5		Georgetown	14:16.2
6		Montana	14:16.2

10,000 Meters[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		San Jose State	29:37.8	CR
		Montana	29:52.4
		San Jose State	29:56.3
4		Washington State	29:57.2
5		Central Connecticut	30:15.0
6		UCLA	30:19.6

110-Meter Hurdles[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		Rice	13.7
		Notre Dame	14.1
		Iowa State	14.2
4	Theo Viltz	USC	14.2
5		Houston	14.2
6		Stanford	14.3

400-Meter Hurdles[]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
	Billy Hardin	LSU	50.2
		Manhattan College	50.8
		North Carolina College	50.9
4		Pennsylvania	51.3
5		Harvard	51.4
6		Morgan State	51:14
7		Pepperdine	51.4
8		Wisconsin	nt

3,000-Meter Steeplechase[]

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Vic Zwolak	San Jose State	8:42.0	CR
		Oregon	8:50.6
		Kansas	8:53.4
4		Washington State	8:57.1
5		Oregon	9:00.5
6	Ken Moore	Oregon	9:02.8
7	Jack Bacheler	Miami	9:03.2
8		Oregon	nt

High Jump[]

Rank	Name	Team	Height
	John Rambo	Long Beach State	7 ft 01⁄2 in (2.14 m)
	Gene Johnson	California	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
		LSU	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
4		Harvard	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
5		California	6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)
6		Oregon	6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)
7		Princeton	6 ft 7 in (2 m)

Pole Vault[]

Rank	Name	Team	Height
	John Uelses	LaSalle	16 ft 0 in (4.87 m)
		USC	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
		Abilene Christian	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
4		Washington State	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
5	Rolando Cruz  Puerto Rico	Villanova	15 ft 3 in (4.64 m)
6 tie		Oklahoma State Washington State	15 ft 3 in (4.64 m)
8		Ohio State	15 ft 3 in (4.64 m)

Long Jump[]

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
	Gayle Hopkins	Arizona	26 ft 91⁄4 in (8.15 m)	CR
		Fresno State	26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
	Phil Shinnick	Washington	25 ft 71⁄4 in (7.8 m)
4	Wellesley Clayton  Jamaica	USC	25 ft 03⁄4 in (7.63 m)
5	Wariboko West  Nigeria	Washington	25 ft 71⁄4 in (7.8 m)
6	Victor Brooks  Jamaica	Nebraska	24 ft 11⁄4 in (7.34 m)

Triple Jump[]

Rank	Name	Team	Distance
	Charles Craig	Fresno State	51 ft 83⁄4 in (15.76 m)
		San Jose State	50 ft 71⁄4 in (15.42 m)
	Norm Tate	North Carolina College	50 ft 3 in (15.31 m)
4	Gayle Hopkins	Arizona	50 ft 2 in (15.29 m)
5	Christian Ohiri  Nigeria	Harvard	50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
6		Tulsa	49 ft 41⁄2 in (15.04 m)
7		Sacramento State	48 ft 11 in (14.9 m)

Shot Put[]

Rank	Name	Team	Distance
		NYU	61 ft 8 in (18.79 m)
	George Woods	Southern Illinois	60 ft 43⁄4 in (18.4 m)
		Northeastern	59 ft 3 in (18.05 m)
4		Navy	58 ft 93⁄4 in (17.92 m)
5		Southern California	58 ft 6 in (17.83 m)
6		Redlands	57 ft 101⁄2 in (17.64 m)
7		Oregon State	57 ft 71⁄2 in (17.56 m)

Discus[]

Rank	Team	Members	Distance
		New Mexico	185 ft 21⁄2 in (56.45 m)
		Occidental	131 ft 71⁄2 in (40.11 m)
		California	175 ft 0 in (53.34 m)
4		San Jose State	174 ft 9 in (53.26 m)
5		Cal Poly	174 ft 01⁄2 in (53.04 m)
6		Wisconsin	172 ft 11 in (52.7 m)

Javelin[]

Rank	Name	Team	Distance
	Les Tipton	Oregon	249 ft 101⁄2 in (76.16 m)
		Oregon	246 ft 1 in (75 m)
		Oregon	232 ft 81⁄2 in (70.92 m)
4	Ed Red	Rice	252 ft 61⁄2 in (76.97 m)
5		San Jose State	229 ft 0 in (69.79 m)
6		Washington State	225 ft 2 in (68.63 m)

Hammer Throw[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		Bowdoin	191 ft 6 in (58.36 m)
		Northeastern	190 ft 7 in (58.08 m)
		Harvard	189 ft 2 in (57.65 m)
4	Tom Gage	Cornell	185 ft 10 in (56.64 m)
5		Connecticut	180 ft 1 in (54.88 m)
6	George Frenn	Long Beach State	179 ft 5 in (54.68 m)

Decathlon[]

Rank	Name	University	Score	Notes
		Roanoke College
	Paul Herman	Westmont College
	Russ Hodge	New York Military Academy
		Arizona State

External links[]

• Highlights Video on YouTube

References[]