History of NCAA DI Outdoor T&F Championships in Austin

EDITOR’S NOTES: Information was compiled using the deep historical listings of results from Track & Field News … These are only wind-legal marks in both the sprints, hurdles and jumps … Only the athlete who ended the meet with the meet record is credited with that all-time best.

Is everything bigger in Texas?

Maybe, if you’re referring to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

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This will be the eighth time that the meet will be held in Austin. It could have been the ninth, but we all know what happened back in 2020.

Let’s take a look back at how much history was made in the capital city of the Lone Star State.

1957 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

World Records

Men’s Events

Ancel Robinson, Fresno State, 220-yard hurdles (22.2)
Bob Gutowski, Occidental, pole vault (4.82m/15-9¾)* (Not ratified)

Collegiate Records

Men’s Events

Don Bowden, California, 880 yards (1:47.2)
Ancel Robinson, Fresno State, 220-yard hurdles (22.2)
Bob Gutowski, Occidental, pole vault (4.82m/15-9¾)

Meet Records

Men’s Events

Don Bowden, California, 880 yards (1:47.2)
Deacon Jones, Iowa, 2 miles (8:57.6)
Lee Calhoun, NC Central, 120-yard hurdles (13.6)
Ancel Robinson, Fresno State, 220-yard hurdles (22.2)
Bob Gutowski, Occidental, pole vault (4.82m/15-9¾)
Greg Bell, Indiana, long jump (8.10m/26-7)
John Fromm, Pacific Lutheran, javelin (75.62m/248-1)

1974 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

Meet Records

Men’s Events

Charlton Ehizuelen, Illinois, triple jump (16.66m/54-8)
Runald Backman, BYU, decathlon (7874-old tables/7817-current tables)

1980 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

Collegiate Records

Men’s Events

Jeff Woodard, Alabama, high jump (2.32m/7-7¼)

Meet Records

Men’s Events

Jeff Woodard, Alabama, high jump (2.32m/7-7¼)
Randy Hall, Texas A&M, pole vault (5.54m/18-2)

1985 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

Collegiate Records

Women’s Events

Katrena Johnson, Arizona, high jump (1.94m/6-4¼)

Meet Records

Men’s Events

Danny Harris, Iowa State, 400-meter hurdles (48.42)
Baylor, 4×400 relay, 3:00.84
Thomas Erikkson, Lamar, high jump (2.32m/7-7¼)
Joe Dial, Oklahoma, pole vault (5.64m/18-6)
Mike Conley, Arkansas, long jump (8.28m/27-2)
Tore Gustafsson, Washington State, hammer (75.24m/246-10)

Women’s Events

Claudette Groenendaal, Oregon, 800 meters (2:01.20)
Cathy Branta, Wisconsin, 1500 meters (4:12.64)
LaTanya Sheffield, San Diego State, 400-meter hurdles (54.66)
Katrena Johnson, Arizona, high jump (1.94m/6-4¼)
Carol Lewis, Houston, long jump (6.73m/22-1)

1992 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

Collegiate Records

Women’s Events

Florida, 4×400 relay, 3:27.53

Meet Records

Men’s Events

Quincy Watts, Southern California, 400 meters (44.00)
Darrin Plab, Southern Illinois, high jump (2.34m/7-8)
Istvan Bagyula, George Mason, pole vault (5.80m/19-0¼)
Erick Walder, Arkansas, long jump (8.47m/27-9½)
Brian Brophy, Tennessee, decathlon (8276)  

Women’s Events

Florida, 4×400 relay, 3:27.53

2004 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

Collegiate Records

Women’s Events

Sheena Johnson, UCLA, 400-meter hurdles (53.54)

Meet Records

Women’s Events

Nichole Denby, Texas, 100-meter hurdles (12.62)
Sheena Johnson, UCLA, 400-meter hurdles (53.54)

2019 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

Collegiate Records

Men’s Events

Grant Holloway, Florida, 110-meter hurdles (12.98)
Florida, 4×100 relay (37.97)

Women’s Events

Sha’Carri Richardson, LSU, 100 meters (10.75)

Meet Records

Men’s Events

Divine Oduduru, Texas Tech, 200 meters (19.73)
Grant Holloway, Florida, 110-meter hurdles (12.98)
Florida, 4×100 relay (37.97)
Chris Nilsen, South Dakota, pole vault (5.95m/19-6¼)
Anderson Peters, Mississippi State, javelin (86.62m/284-2)

Women’s Events

Sha’Carri Richardson, LSU, 100 meters (10.75)
Sinclaire Johnson, Oklahoma State, 1500 meters (4:05.98)