1979 NCAA MEN Champaign, Illinois—Memorial Stadium; May 29–June 02 (Sunny & Warm with Light Breezes) TEAM SCORES 1

1979 NCAA MEN Champaign, Illinois—Memorial Stadium; May 29–June 02 (sunny & warm with light breezes) TEAM SCORES 1. UTEP...... 64 2. Villanova...... 48 3. UCLA...... 36 4. Auburn...... 30 5. Oregon...... 28 6. Washington 21; 11. tie, Arizona, Florida State, Tennessee & Texas A&M 20; 15. Oregon State 17; 16. tie, BYU & UC Irvine 16; 18. Houston 14; 19. tie, Arkansas State, Missouri & Texas 10; 22. tie, Alabama, Baylor, Mississippi State, Ohio State & Western Michigan 8; 27. Cal 7; 28. tie, East Tennessee, Indiana, New Mexico, Richmond, San Diego State & Weber State 6; 34. St. John’s 5; 35. tie, Eastern Michigan, Florida & RIce 4; 38. tie, San José State & Wisconsin 3; 40. tie, East Carolina, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Middle Tennessee & Wyoming 2; 46. tie, Arizona State, Bucknell, Illinois State, Michigan & Virginia 1. 100 METERS (wind +1.4) 1. Jerome Deal (UTEP)...... So...... 10.19 2. James Sanford (USC)...... So...... 10.20 3. Harvey Glance (Auburn)...... Sr...... 10.22 4. Rich Edwards (Houston)...... So...... 10.30 5. Mike Miller (Tennessee)...... Fr...... 10.35 6. Willie Turner (LSU)...... So...... 10.35 7. Eric Brown (UCLA)...... Fr...... 10.36 …dnf— James Mallard (Alabama)...... Jr

© Track & Field News - 1 - 200 METERS (wind +0.7) 1. Greg Foster (UCLA)...... Jr...... 20.22 2. LaMonte King (UC Irvine)...... So...... 20.55 3. Don Coleman (Oregon)...... Jr...... 20.64 4. Rich Edwards (Houston)...... So...... 20.75 5. Otis Melvin (East Carolina)...... Jr...... 20.81 6. Vince Jones (Illinois State)...... Sr...... 20.83 7. David Russell (San Diego State)...... So...... 20.85 8. Terron Wright (Memphis)...... So...... 20.86 400 METERS 1. Kasheef Hassan' (Oregon State)...... So...... 45.18 2. Leslie Kerr (Texas A&M)...... So...... 45.51 3. Ronnie Harris (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 45.79 4. Walter McCoy (Florida State)...... So...... 45.83 5. Antone Blair (Tennessee)...... So...... 46.12 6. Greg Hill (LSU)...... Sr...... 46.21 7. Colin Bradford' (USC)...... Sr...... 46.25 8. Joseph Coombs' (Alabama)...... Sr...... 46.45 800 METERS 1. Don Paige (Villanova)...... Jr...... 1:46.18 2. Jack McIntosh (Western Michigan)...... So...... 1:46.76 3. David Omwansa' (USC)...... Jr...... 1:46.81 4. Dan Futrell (Northeast Missouri)...... Sr...... 1:46.87 5. Peter Lemashon' (UTEP)...... So...... 1:46.93 6. Owen Hamilton' (Texas)...... Jr...... 1:47.28 7. Gideon Terer' (Fairleigh Dickinson)...... Jr...... 1:47.30 8. Charles Taliaferro (Texas)...... Sr...... 1:51.36

© Track & Field News - 2 - 1500 METERS 1. Don Paige (Villanova)...... Jr...... 3:39.20 2. Todd Harbour (Baylor)...... So...... 3:39.27 3. Kip Koskei' (New Mexico)...... So...... 3:39.64 4. Ross Donoghue (St. John’s)...... So...... 3:39.76 5. Dan Aldridge (Cal Poly/SLO)...... Sr...... 3:40.72 6. Andy Clifford (Cal)...... Sr...... 3:40.84 7. Richie Harris (Colorado State)...... Jr...... 3:40.9h 8. Paul Becklund (Arizona)...... Jr...... 3:42.9h STEEPLE 1. Henry Rono' (Washington State)...... Jr...... 8:17.92 2. Amos Korir' (Villanova)...... Jr...... 8:23.13 3. Hillary Tuwei' (Richmond)...... Jr...... 8:24.46 4. Thom Hunt (Arizona)...... Jr...... 8:26.73 5. Sam James (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:30.26 6. Randy Jackson (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 8:30.69 7. John Tuttle (Auburn)...... So...... 8:35.6h 8. Bruce Bickford (Northeastern)...... Sr...... 8:36.5h 5000 METERS 1. Sydney Maree' (Villanova)...... So...... 13:20.63 (MR) 2. Rudy Chapa (Oregon)...... Jr...... 13:25.39 3. Adrian Leek' (East Tennessee)...... So...... 13:37.82 4. James Rotich' (UTEP)...... So...... 13:42.24 5. Jim Stintzi (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 13:44.69 6. Dan Fulton (Oregon State)...... Sr...... 13:50.27 7. Jon Sinclair (Colorado State)...... Sr...... 13:53.6h 8. Tom Graves (Auburn)...... So...... 14:07.8h

© Track & Field News - 3 - 10,000 METERS 1. Suleiman Nyambui' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 28:01.30 (MR) 2. Mike Musyoki' (UTEP)...... So...... 28:03.25 3. Alberto Salazar (Oregon)...... Jr...... 28:06.12 4. Joel Cheruiyot' (Washington State)...... So...... 28:10.32 5. Joseph Nzau' (Wyoming)...... So...... 28:20.62 6. George Buckheit (Bucknell)...... Sr...... 28:55.36 7. Simon Kilili' (Wyoming)...... So...... 29:04.8h 8. John Ziegler (Penn State)...... Sr...... 29:11.1h 110 HURDLES (wind +3.5) 1. Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland)...... So...... 12.91w (fastest time in world history) 2. Dan Oliver (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 13.55w 3. James Walker (Auburn)...... Sr...... 13.60w 4. Doc King (Rice)...... Sr...... 13.61w 5. Steve Darcus (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 13.75w 6. Phil Bransom (Oregon)...... Sr...... 13.99w 7. Garnett Edwards (West Virginia)...... Jr...... 16.43w …dnf— Greg Foster (UCLA)...... Jr 400 HURDLES 1. James Walker (Auburn)...... Sr...... 48.68 2. Dennis Otono' (Mississippi State)...... Sr...... 49.76 3. Bart Williams (Cal Poly/SLO)...... Sr...... 49.78 4. Jeff Dils (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 50.08 5. Gregg Byram (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 50.28 6. Karl Williams (Virginia)...... Jr...... 50.51 7. Rhan Sheffield (San Diego State)...... Sr...... 50.68 8. Charles Whigham (Houston)...... Jr...... 50.9h

© Track & Field News - 4 - 4 x 100 1. USC...... 39.35 (Kevin Williams, Colin Bradford', James Sanford, Billy Mullins) 2. Auburn...... 39.67 (Eugene Miller, James Walker, Steve Strother, Harvey Glance) 3. LSU...... 39.68 (Pearson Jordan, ReVey Scott, Efrem Coley, Willie Turner) 4. Texas A&M...... 40.07 (Leslie Kerr, Philip Steen, Vernon Pittman, Curtis Dickey) 5. Tennessee...... 40.30 (Junior Reid, Darryal Wilson, Jason Grimes, Mike Miller) 6. Texas...... 40.32 (Hugh Spooner', Ricky Faggett, Ben Omodiale', Michael Paul') 7. Clemson ...... 40.42 (Steve Davis, Dave McKnight, Ray Daley, Desai Williams') …dq— Georgia (Ricky Campbell, Darryl Simmons, Greg Baker, Mel Lattany)

© Track & Field News - 5 - 4 x 400 1. LSU...... 3:04.67 (Pearson Jordan 47.9, Efrem Coley 46.0, ReVey Scott 45.1, Greg Hill 45.7) 2. Texas...... 3:04.67 (Ian Seale' 47.2, Ben Omodiale' 46.1, Michael Paul' 46.3, Ricky Faggett 45.1) 3. Florida State...... 3:05.62 (Ron Nelson 46.9, Earl Caruthers 47.7, Palmer Simmons 45.9, Walter McCoy 45.2) 4. Tennessee...... 3:05.76 (Albertus Horne 47.1, Jason Grimes 47.8, Ron Harris 46.1, Antone Blair 44.8) 5. Kansas...... 3:06.63 (Kevin Newell 47.6, Stan Whitaker 46.9, Tommy McCall 45.8, Lester Mickens 46.4) 6. USC...... 3:07.06 (James Sanford 47.0, James Walters 47.6, Colin Bradford' 46.6, Rod Bethany 45.9) 7. West Texas State...... 3:07.30 (Mike Brown 47.2, Mike Moore 45.6, Chris Knighton 46.6, David Thomas 47.9) 8. Lamar...... 3:07.35 (Jessie Cavil 47.8, Doug Hinds' 46.3, Leonard White 47.1, Jessie Kibbles 46.2) HIGH JUMP 1. Nat Page (Missouri)...... Jr...... 7‑4½ 2. James Frazier (Arizona)...... So...... 7‑3¼ 3. Jeff Woodard (Alabama)...... So...... 7‑3¼ 4. James Pringle (Florida)...... Jr...... 7‑2¼ 5. Gail Olson (Illinois)...... Fr...... 7‑2¼ 6. Mike Lattany (Michigan)...... Jr...... 7‑2¼ 7. Jim Howard (Texas A&M)...... Fr...... 7‑2¼ =8. Roger Curtis (Arizona)...... Sr...... 7‑1 =8. Mike White (Wyoming)...... So...... 7‑1 (2.25, 2.22, 2.19, 2.16)

© Track & Field News - 6 - POLE VAULT 1. Paul Pilla (Arkansas State)...... Jr...... 17‑4¼ 2. Randy Hall (Texas A&M)...... So...... 17‑4¼ 3. Jon Warner (UCLA)...... Jr...... 17‑¼ 4. Anthony Curran (UCLA)...... Fr...... 17‑¼ 5. Greg Woepse (San José State)...... Sr...... 17‑¼ =6. Tim McDonald (Cal Poly/SLO)...... Jr...... 16‑6 =6. Jerry Mulligan (USC)...... Jr...... 16‑6 nh— Ricky Rogers (Arizona State)...... Jr Geoff Stiles (Harvard)...... Sr (5.29, 5.19, 5.03) LONG JUMP 1. Larry Myricks (Mississippi College)...... Sr...... 26‑7¼ 2. LaMonte King (UC Irvine)...... So...... 26‑5 3. Ned Armour (San Diego State)...... Sr...... 26‑5w 4. Eugene McCain (LSU)...... So...... 26‑¾w 5. Greg Artis (Middle Tennessee)...... So...... 25‑10 6. Sidney Mitchell (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 25‑8¾w 7. Gilbert Smith (UT Arlington)...... Fr...... 25‑6w 8. Don DuVall (Wichita State)...... Sr...... 25‑3½w (8.11, 8.05, 8.05, 7.93, 7.87, 7.84, 7.77, 7.71) TRIPLE JUMP 1. Nate Cooper (Villanova)...... Sr...... 56‑1¼ 2. Dennis Ivory (Maryland)...... Sr...... 55‑3 3. Robert Cannon (Indiana)...... Jr...... 54‑7½ 4. Mike Marlow (Cal)...... Sr...... 53‑7¼w 5. Maxwell Peters' (Alabama)...... Sr...... 53‑2¾ 6. Greg Caldwell (Houston)...... So...... 53‑¼w 7. Kenny Hays (USC)...... Jr...... 52‑9 8. John DoDoo' (Middle Tennessee)...... Sr...... 51‑9¼ (17.10, 16.84, 16.64, 16.34, 16.22, 16.16, 16.07, 15.78)

© Track & Field News - 7 - SHOT 1. Dave Laut (UCLA)...... Sr...... 66‑11½ 2. Hans Almstrom' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 64‑10¾ 3. Steve Summers (Washington)...... Sr...... 64‑10 4. Ian Pyka (Maryland)...... Sr...... 63‑9¾ 5. Marc Gordien (UCLA)...... Sr...... 63‑6¼ 6. Jeff Stover (Oregon)...... Jr...... 63‑6 7. Joe Staub (Cal State Northridge)...... Fr...... 63‑1¼ 8. Dave Wollman (Indiana Central)...... Jr...... 61‑7 (20.41, 19.78, 19.76, 19.45, 19.36, 19.35, 19.23, 18.77) DISCUS 1. Brad Cooper' (Florida State)...... Sr...... 209‑9 2. Svein Valvik' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 207‑0 3. Tim Fox (Oregon State)...... Jr...... 201‑7 4. Ray Burton (Oregon)...... Sr...... 201‑5 5. Brent Geringer (Northern Iowa)...... Sr...... 199‑4 6. Mark Baughman (Houston)...... Sr...... 195‑1 7. Rob Gray' (SMU)...... Jr...... 193‑8 8. Scott Hersh (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 193‑2 (63.94, 63.10, 61.44, 61.40, 60.76, 59.46, 59.04, 58.88) (Qualifying: Cooper 212‑6/64.78 MR) (Qualifying [June 01]: Nielson 236‑9/72.16 MR) HAMMER 1. Scott Neilson' (Washington)...... Sr...... 237‑3 (first 4-time winner) 2. Richard Olsen' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 218‑2 3. Thom Sjoholm' (UTEP)...... So...... 214‑1 4. Jim Jesernig (Washington State)...... Jr...... 212‑2 5. John McArdle (Oregon)...... Sr...... 211‑3 6. Paul Buxton' (Washington State)...... So...... 209‑8 7. Tom Lenz (Harvard)...... Jr...... 200‑5 8. Mike Duffala (Colorado State)...... Jr...... 197‑8 (72.32, 66.50, 65.26, 64.66, 64.38, 63.92, 61.10, 60.26)

© Track & Field News - 8 - JAVELIN 1. Tom Sinclair (Washington)...... Sr...... 261‑3 2. Mike Juskus (Glassboro State)...... So...... 251‑9 3. Jari Keihäs' (BYU)...... So...... 249‑4 4. Ted DeMill (UCLA)...... Sr...... 248‑4 5. Gene Lorenzen (Washington State)...... Sr...... 242‑10 6. Curt Ransford (San José State)...... Jr...... 241‑2 7. Mike Mahovlich' (Washington)...... Fr...... 235‑11 8. Dennis Morley (Fresno State)...... Sr...... 234‑4 (79.64, 76.74, 76.00, 75.70, 74.02, 73.50, 71.92, 71.44) DECATHLON (hybrid scoring: hand timing in the 100 and 110H) 1. Tito Steiner' (BYU)...... Jr...... 7918 (first 3-time winner) 2. Steve Jacobs (Arizona)...... Sr...... 7736 3. Jeff Swanger (Weber State)...... So...... 7634 4. Wes Herbst (Houston)...... Sr...... 7506 5. Dave Steen' (Cal)...... So...... 7456 6. Joe Schneider (St. John’s)...... Jr...... 7452 7. Esa Jokinen' (BYU)...... Fr...... 7404 8. Gary Gefre (Washington)...... Jr...... 7360 (scores on current tables: 7805, 7642, 7534, 7371, 7342, 7335, 7248, 7214)