1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	1974
Host city	Charleston, IL Eastern Illinois
Events	20
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The 1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, were the first year the Division II/III designation was recognized in NCAA track and field. Previously, it was called the College Division. The top 6 athletes scored in their perspective event.

Results[]

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100 Yard Dash[]

The event was wind aided. The 100 yd dash which is slightly shorter than a 100 meters, is 91.44 meters. All races at the time where hand timed.

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	James Gilkes	Fisk	9.4	NAIA
	Joe Franklin	Southern–New Orleans	9.5	NAIA
	Joe Kendrick	Ashland	9.5	DII
4		Southern–New Orleans	9.8	NAIA
5		Mount Union	9.8
6		Baldwin Wallace	9.8

220 Yard Dash[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	James Gilkes	Fisk	20.7	NAIA
		Southern–New Orleans	21.4	NAIA
	Joe Franklin	Southern–New Orleans	21.5	NAIA
4		Fisk	21.6	NAIA
5	Joe Kendrick	Ashland	21.6	DII
6	Vince Williams	Chicago State	21.6	DI

440 yard Dash[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		Coe	47.3
	Mike Williams	Mount Union	47.9
		Southern–New Orleans	48.5	NAIA
4		Central (Iowa)	48.7
5	Bill Taylor	Pomona-Pitzer	48.8
6	Carl Hill	Southwestern (Ten.)	48.9	'

880 yard Run[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Barry King	Ashland	1:51.2	DII
		Ashland	1:51.3	DII
		Brandeis	1:52.0
4		Baldwin Wallace	1:52.0
5		Caltech	1:52.0
6		Brandeis	1:52.1

One Mile Run[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Steve Foster	Ashland	4:05.1	DII
	Scott Barrett	North Central	4:06.6
		SUNY Oswego	4:07.4
4		St. Olaf	4:08.2
5	Chris Horton	Brandeis	4:08.6
6	Dan Spear	Hamline	4:08.7

Three Mile Run[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	David Moller	Rochester	13:54.6
		Augustana (IL)	14:07.4
		Nebraska Wesleyan	14:08.8
4		Augustana (IL)	14:12.8
5		Pomona-Pitzer	14:14.6
6	John Bradford	Brandeis	14:17.6

120 Yard Hurdles[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		Otterbein	14.2
		Lock Haven	14.3	DII
	Steve Smith	Pomona-Pitzer	14.4
4		Johns Hopkins	14.4
5		RIT	14.5
6	Steve Wilson	Western Maryland	14.6

440 Yard Hurdles[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
		Augustana (IL)	53.3
		RIT	53.7
		Ashland	53.7	DII
4	Steve Smith	Pomona-Pitzer	53.7
5		St. John's (MN)	55.5
6		Ashland	55.6	DII

3000 Meter Steeplechase[]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Gary Johnson	Westmont	9:17.8	NAIA
		St. Lawrence	9:23.2
	Mark Duggan	Boston State	9:36.0
4		Baldwin Wallace	9:37.6
5	Dave Hanson	Luther	9:41.0
6		Wabash	10:07.4

High Jump[]

Rank	Name	University	Height	Notes
		Nebraska Wesleyan	2.01m
		Wheaton	2.01m
	Dave Miller	Baldwin Wallace	1.96m
4		Washington (MD)	1.96m
5		Augustana (IL)	1.96m
6		Hope	1.96m

Pole Vault[]

Rank	Name	University	Height	Notes
	Steve Hughes	Westmont	4.72m	NAIA
		Kalamazoo	4.57m
			4.57m
4	Steve Mason	Pomona-Pitzer	4.42m
5	Joe Thompson	Augustana (IL)	4.27m	Tie
5		Cortland (SUNY)	4.27m	Tie

Long Jump[]

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
	David Boyd		7.82m	NAIA
		Mount Union	7.30m
		Luther	7.22m
4		Mount Union	7.22m
5		Southern–New Orleans	7.10m	NAIA
6	Don Harvey	Alma	7.02m

Triple Jump[]

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
	Anthony Palumbo	Rochester	15.21m
		St. John's (MN)	14.86m
		Coe	14.73m
4		Otterbein	14.37m
5	Mike Williams	Widener	14.35m
6	Charles Drummond	Brockport St.	14.18m

Shot Put[]

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
		Hamline	17.03m
		Pomona-Pitzer	16.91m
	Joe Gould	Queens	16.40m	DII
4		Albany (SUNY)	16.23m	DI
5		Trenton State	15.90m
6		Worcester State	15.40m

Discus Throw[]

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
		Ohio Wesleyan	52.14m
		Wheaton	49.76m
	Bob Scott	Augustana (IL)	49.66m
4		Wittenberg	49.14m
5		Alfred	48.26m
6		Worcester State	47.72m

Hammer Throw[]

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
	John Pearson	MIT	51.92m
	Joe Gould	Queens	50.60m	DII
		RIT	48.62m
4		Westmont	48.28m
5		RPI	48.18m
6		RPI	45.26m

Javelin Throw[]

The Javelin thrown in 1973 was different from the current model. Therefore, results cannot be directly compared to today's results.

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
	Robert Sing	Ursinus	71.60m
	Joe Gould	Queens	68.32m	DII
		Pomona-Pitzer	68.14m
4		Pomona-Pitzer	67.62m
5		Calvin	63.84m
6		Susquehanna	62.74m

Decathlon[]

Rank	Name	University	Points	Notes
		Ashland	7,030	DII
	Robert Ryan	Rochester	6,528
		Brockport St.	6,499
4	Chuck Williams	Case Western	6,376
5		Mount Union	6,300
6	Mike Hunt	Capital	6,244

440 Yard Relay[]

Rank	Team	Name	Time	Notes
	Mount Union		41.1
		Mike Williams
	Southern–New Orleans		41.2	NAIA
		Larry Williams
		Joe Franklin
	Fisk	David Boyd	41.3	NAIA
		James Gilkes
4	Baldwin-Wallace		41.8
5	Denison	B. Thompson	42.1
		R. Price
		Tony Thompson
6	Chicago State		42.4	DI
		Vince Williams

Mile Relay[]

Rank	Team	Name	Time	Notes
	Mount Union		3:15.7
		Jim Freund
		Mike Williams
	Ashland		3:16.2	DII
		Barry King
	Southern–New Orleans		3:16.2	NAIA
		Donald Clark
4	Augustana (IL)		3:17.2
		Scott Stephens
5	Brandeis	Allen Knight	3:18.2
		Manny Rivera
		Harold Small
6	Baruch		3:18.6
		George Bailey

References[]

External links[]

• NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field