1970 NCAA MEN Des Moines, Iowa—Drake Stadium; June 16–18 (first day hot & sunny, second day warm, third day heavy rain & winds, phototimer washed out) TEAM SCORES 1. Cal ........................................................................................40 (Cal’s score later lowered to 18 because of ineligible runner, so the 3 tied runners-up shared the official NCAA title with same scores) =2. BYU ....................................................................................35 =2. Kansas ................................................................................35 =2. Oregon ................................................................................35 5. Washington State..................................................................31 6. Oregon State 30; 7. UTEP 28; 8. UCLA 27; 9. Villanova 26; 10. USC 24; 11. Bowling Green 18; 12. San Diego State 17; 13. Tennessee 16; 14. tie, Colorado & Wisconsin 14; 16. Indiana 13; 17. Cal State LA 12; 18. tie, Dartmouth, Drake, Kansas State & Ohio U 10; 22. tie, Missouri, Mur‑ ray State, Rice & Washington 9; 26. tie, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Texas, Pitt & Western Michigan 8; 31. tie, Stanford & Texas A&M 7; 33. tie, Cornell, Rhode Island, Wichita State & William&Mary 6; 37. tie, Okla‑ homa State & Weber State 5; 39. tie, Clemson, Eastern Kentucky, Idaho State, Kent State, Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Redlands & Westmont 4; 47. tie, Abilene Christian, Arkansas State, Long Beach State, Penn State, Rutgers, Utah & Western Kentucky 2; 55. tie, Army, Occidental, Providence & Utah State 1. 100 YARDS (wind –1.0) 1. Eddie Hart (Cal) ................................................. Jr ................9.4 2. Isaac Curtis (Cal) ............................................... Fr ................9.4 (later declared scholastically ineligible) 3. Jim Green (Kentucky) ........................................ Jr ................9.4 4. Al Hearvey (Oregon) .......................................... Fr ................9.5 5. Willie Turner (Oregon State) .............................. Sr ...............9.5 6. Mel Gray (Missouri) ........................................... Jr ................9.5 7. Herb Washington (Michigan State) ................... So ..............9.5 8. Bobby Turner (Cal Poly/SLO) ............................ Sr ...............9.7 © Track & Field News - 1 - 220 YARDS (wind unknown, but legal) 1. Willie Turner (Oregon State) .............................. Sr ...............20.6 2. Mel Gray (Missouri) ........................................... Jr ................20.7 3. Mike Goodrich (Indiana) .................................... Jr ................20.7 4. Isaac Curtis (Cal) ............................................... Fr ................20.8 5. Jim Green (Kentucky) ........................................ Jr ................20.9 6. Chuck Smith (Oxy) ............................................ Sr ...............21.3 7. Mike Fratkin (William & Mary) ............................ Sr ...............21.4 dq [lane]— [7]Eddie Hart (Cal) ............................................. Jr ................[21.4] 440 YARDS 1. Larry James (Villanova) ..................................... Sr ...............45.5 2. Tommie Turner (Murray State) ........................... Jr ................45.8 3. Curtis Mills (Texas A&M) ................................... Jr ................45.8 4. John Smith (UCLA) ........................................... So ..............46.0 5. Tom Ulan (Rutgers) ........................................... Jr ................46.0 6. Edesel Garrison (USC) ...................................... So ..............46.1 7. Clyde McPherson (Adelphi) ............................... So ..............46.8 8. Clarence Palmer (Long Beach State) ................ Jr ................47.3 880 YARDS 1. Ken Swenson (Kansas State) ............................ Sr ...............1:46.3 2. Pat Collins (Oregon State) ................................. Sr ...............1:46.5 3. Art Sandison (Washington State) ...................... Sr ...............1:47.0 4. Mark Winzenried (Wisconsin) ............................ Jr ................1:47.3 5. Mathyas Michael' (Cal Poly/SLO) ...................... So ..............1:47.9 6. Bob Kaczka (South Carolina) ............................ Jr ................1:48.6 7. Brian McElroy (Kansas) ..................................... Fr ................1:51.8 8. Andy O’Reilly (Villanova) ................................... Sr ...............1:52.4 © Track & Field News - 2 - MILE 1. Marty Liquori (Villanova) .................................... Jr ................3:59.9 2. Dave Wottle (Bowling Green) ............................ So ..............4:00.1 3. Howell Michael (William & Mary) ....................... Jr ................4:01.9 4. Dennis Savage (Westmont) ............................... Jr ................4:02.6 5. Bill Smart' (Washington) .................................... Sr ...............4:02.7 6. Mike Mosser (West Virginia) .............................. So ..............4:03.5 7. Jerry Richey (Pitt) .............................................. Sr ...............4:03.8 8. Chris Mason' (Villanova) .................................... Jr ................4:04.0 STEEPLE 1. Sid Sink (Bowling Green) .................................. Jr ................8:40.9 (MR) 2. Jeromee Liebenberg (Western Michigan) .......... Jr ................8:44.5 3. Steve Savage (Oregon) ..................................... Jr ................8:45.6 4. Ken Silvious (Eastern Kentucky) ....................... Jr ................8:50.4 5. Dave Hindley' (BYU) ......................................... Fr ................8:52.6 6. Dennis Bayham (Miami/Ohio) ............................ Jr ................8:56.9 7. Don Timm (Minnesota) ...................................... Jr ................9:02.2 8. Des McCormack' (Villanova) ............................. Sr ...............9:09.2 3 MILES 1. Steve Prefontaine (Oregon) ............................... Fr ................13:22.0 (MR) 2. Garry Bjorklund (Minnesota) ............................. Fr ................13:25.5 3. Dick Buerkle (Villanova) ..................................... Sr ...............13:27.8 4. Don Kardong (Stanford) .................................... Jr ................13:28.0 5. Greg Fredericks (PennState) ............................. So ..............13:30.0 (2–5 also under old MR) 6. Martin Robb (Providence) ................................. Sr ...............13:39.3 7. Jay Mason (Kansas) .......................................... Jr ................13:41.0 8. Ed Norris (Kent State) ....................................... Sr ...............13:43.6 © Track & Field News - 3 - 6 MILES 1. Bob Bertelsen (Ohio U) ..................................... Sr ...............27:57.5 (MR) 2. Dave Hindley' (BYU) ......................................... Fr ................28:19.1 3. Jon Anderson (Cornell) ..................................... Jr ................28:19.8 4. Fred Ritcherson (USC) ...................................... Fr ................28:38.6 5. Ron Stonitsch (CW Post) .................................. Jr ................28:40.9 6. Rick Riley (Washington State) ........................... Sr ...............28:44.2 7. Kerry Pearce' (UTEP) ........................................ Sr ...............28:51.2 8. Donal Walsh' (Villanova) .................................... So ..............28:54.0 120 HURDLES (wind –0.1) 1. Paul Gibson (UTEP) .......................................... Jr ................13.6 2. Marcus Walker (Colorado) ................................. Jr ................13.6 3. Ron Draper (North Carolina Central) ................. Jr ................13.8 4. Godfrey Murray' (Michigan)............................... Fr ................13.8 5. Thomas Hill (Arkansas State) ............................ Jr ................13.9 6. Jim Bolding (Oklahoma State) .......................... So ..............14.0 7. Preston Carrington (Wichita State) .................... Jr ................14.1 8. Dick Olsen (Washington State).......................... Jr ................14.1 1970 1. Ralph Mann (BYU) ............................................ Jr ................48.8 (WR, AR, CR, MR) 2. Wayne Collett (UCLA) ....................................... Jr ................49.2 3. Wes Williams (San Diego State) ........................ Sr ...............50.3 4. Jim Wharton (Idaho State) ................................ Jr ................50.6 5. Ron Rondeau (UTEP) ........................................ Jr ................50.7 6. Jim Seymour (Washington) ............................... Jr ................51.2 7. Hardee McAlhaney (Tennessee) ........................ Sr ...............51.6 8. Wayne Hartwick (Michigan State) ..................... Jr ................52.3 © Track & Field News - 4 - 4 X 110 1. Cal ........................................................................................40.3 (Don Couser, Isaac Curtis, Dave Masters, Eddie Hart) (title later vacated by NCAA because of Curtis ineligibility) 2. USC ......................................................................................40.6 (Mike Jackson, Monty Turner, Ken Jones, Edesel Garrison) 3. Indiana ..................................................................................40.6 (Mike Goodrich, Mike Miller, Ken Lundgren, Larry Highbaugh) 4. Oklahoma State ....................................................................41.2 (Jeff Litvak, Jim Bolding, Dennis Schultz, Earl Harris) 5. Long Beach State