1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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Host City:	Charleston, IL Eastern Illinois
Events:	20
Dates:	May 29 - May 31, 1974^[1]
Next:	1975

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.

Name	Time	Notes
	9.4
Joe Franklin	9.5	NAIA
Joe Kendrick	9.5	DII
	9.8	NAIA
	9.8
	9.8

220 Yard Dash

Name	Time	Notes
	20.7
	21.4	NAIA
Joe Franklin	21.5	NAIA
	21.6	NAIA
Joe Kendrick	21.6	DII
Vince Williams	21.6	DI

440 yard Dash

Name	Time	Notes
	47.3
Mike Williams	47.9
	48.5	NAIA
	48.7
Bill Taylor	48.8
Carl Hill	48.9	'

880 yard Run

Name	Time	Notes
Barry King	1:51.2
	1:51.3	DII
	1:52.0
	1:52.0
	1:52.0
	1:52.1

One Mile Run

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Steve Foster		4:05.1
	Scott Barrett		4:06.6
			4:07.4
			4:08.2
	Chris Horton		4:08.6
			4:08.7

Three Mile Run

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	David Moller		13:54.6
			14:07.4
			14:08.8
			14:12.8
			14:14.6
	John Bradford		14:17.6

120 Yard Hurdles

Name	Time	Notes
	14.2
	14.3	DII
Steve Smith	14.4
	14.4
	14.5
Steve Wilson	14.6

440 Yard Hurdles

Name	Time	Notes
	53.3
	53.7
	53.7	DII
Steve Smith	53.7
	55.5
	55.6	DII

3000 Meter Steeplechase

Name	Time	Notes
Gary Johnson	9:17.8	NAIA
	9:23.2
Mark Duggan	9:36.0
	9:37.6
Dave Hanson	9:41.0
	10:07.4

High Jump

Rank	Name	University	Height	Notes
			2.01m
			2.01m
	Dave Miller		1.96m
			1.96m
			1.96m
			1.96m

Pole Vault

Name	Height	Notes
Steve Hughes	4.72m	NAIA
	4.57m
	4.57m
Steve Mason	4.42m
Joe Thompson	4.27m	Tie
	4.27m	Tie

Long Jump

Name	Distance	Notes
David Boyd	7.82m	NAIA
	7.30m
	7.22m
	7.22m
	7.10m	NAIA
Don Harvey	7.02m

Triple Jump

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
	Anthony Palumbo		15.21m
			14.86m
			14.73m
			14.37m
	Mike Williams		14.35m
	Charles Drummond		14.18m

Shot Put

Name	Distance	Notes
	17.03m
	16.91m
Joe Gould	16.40m	DII
	16.23m	DI
	15.90m
	15.40m

Discus Throw

Rank	Name	University	Distance	Notes
			52.14m
			49.76m
	Bob Scott		49.66m
			49.14m
			48.26m
			47.72m

Hammer Throw

Name	Distance	Notes
John Pearson	51.92m
Joe Gould	50.60m	DII
	48.62m
	48.28m
	48.18m
	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.

Name	Distance	Notes
Robert Sing	71.60m
Joe Gould	68.32m	DII
	68.14m
	67.62m
	63.84m
	62.74m

Decathlon

Name	Points	Notes
	7,030	DII
Robert Ryan	6,528
	6,499
Chuck Williams	6,376
	6,300
Mike Hunt	6,244

440 Yard Relay

Name	Time	Notes
	41.1
Chuck Larsuel
Mike Williams
Clint Alguire
	41.2	NAIA
Ronald Bethune
Larry Williams
Joe Franklin
David Boyd	41.3	NAIA
Leonard Elion
Leon Stubbs
James Gilkes
	41.8
Mark Allio
Tony DiMarzo
Fred Mintz
B. Thompson	42.1
Ed Cione
R. Price
Tony Thompson
	42.4
Willie Patton
Sudie Davis
Vince Williams

Mile Relay

Name	Time	Notes
	3:15.7
Jim Freund
Mike Williams
Milt Snodgrass
	3:16.2	DII
Barry King
Terry Kozma
Bob Linn
	3:16.2	NAIA
Craig Louis
Ronald Bethune
Donald Clark
	3:17.2
Scott Stephens
Bill Yemm
Tony Cornelious
Allen Knight	3:18.2
Mike Ricciardone
Manny Rivera
Harold Small
	3:18.6
Harold Reardon
George Bailey
Mario Church

External links

NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field

Notes and References

Web site: Division III Timeline . 7 June 2024.
Web site: NCAA Division III Championships 1974 . cmsathletics.org . . 22 May 2019.