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The 1960 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held in Berkeley, California in June 1960. The University of Kansas won the team title for the second consecutive year. Ten NCAA meet records were broken, and one was tied.
NCAA meet records - Charlie Tidwell of the University of Kansas won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and set a new NCAA meet record of 10.2 in the 100-meter race.[1]
- In the high jump, John Thomas of Boston University set a new NCAA meet record at 7 feet and made three attempts at the world record height of 7 feet, 2 inches. He was unable to clear the bar in all three attempts.[1] Thomas went on to win the bronze medal in the event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the silver medal in the 1964 Olympics.
- In the 1,500-meter race, Dyrol Burleson of the University of Oregon set a new NCAA meet record at 3:44.2. At the time, Burleson was one of only four Americans to break the four-minute mark in the 1,500-meter race.[1] That same year, Burleson set the American record in the 1,500-meter race with at time of 3:40.9. He placed 6th at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
- In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Charlie Clark of San Jose State finished with a time of 9:02.1 14 seconds ahead of the NCAA meet record.[1]
Team scoring[2] 1. Kansas - 50
2. University of Southern California - 37
3. UCLA - 31
4. Oregon - 22
4. Oregon State 22
6. Boston University 20
6. Houston 20
6. San Jose State 20
9. Illinois 18
10. Arizona 16
10. Grambling - 16 Track events 100-meter dash[2]
1. Charlie Tidwell, Kansas 10.2 (ties NCAA meet record)
2. Paul Winder, Morgan State 10.3
3. Larry Dunn, Arizona 10.6 110-meter high hurdles[2]
1. Jim Johnson, UCLA 14.0
2. Dave Odegard, Minnesota 14.0
3.Dave Edstrom, Oregon 14.2 200-meter dash[2]
1. Charlie Tidwell, Kansas 20.8
2. Stone Johnson, Grambling 21.1
3. Paul Winder, Morgan State 21.2 400-meter dash[2]
1. Ted Woods, Colorado 45.7 (new NCAA meet record)
2. Vic Hall, Cal Poly 46.1
3. Walt Johnson, North Carolina College 46.3 400-meter hurdles[2]
1. Cliff Cushman, Kansas 50.8
2. Ron Ablowich, Georgia Tech 51.7
3. Ray Wilson, Texas 52.2 800-meter run[2]
1. George Kerr, Illinois 1:46.1 (new NCAA meet record)
2. Jerry Siebert, California 1:46.9
3. Ernie Cunliffe, Stanford 1:47.6 1,500-meter run[2]
1. Dyrol Burleson, Oregon 3:44.2 (new NCAA meet record)
2. Bob Holland, UCLA 3:47.5
3. Mildford Dahl, UCLA 3:47.9 3,000-meter steeplechase[2]
1. Charlie Clark, San Jose State 9:02.1
2. Steve Moorehead, Penn State 9:16.6
3. Mauri Jorinakka, Eastern Michigan 9:18.7 5,000-meter run[2] 1. Al Lawrence, Houston 14:19.8 (new NCAA meet record)
2. Pat Clohessey, Houston (no time)
3. Ken Brown, Illinois 14:43.0 Field events Broad jump[2]
1. Ralph Boston, Tennessee A&I 25 feet, 5 inches
2. Henk Visser, Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara 25 feet, 5 inches
3. Darrell Horn, Oregon 25 feet High jump[2]
1. John Thomas, Boston University 7 feet (new NCAA meet record)
2. Charles Lewis, Grambling 6 feet, 9 inches
3. Charles Dumas, Univ. South. Calif. 6 feet, 8 inches
3. Errol Williams, San Jose State 6 feet, 8 inches Pole vault[2]
1. J.D. Martin, Oklahoma 14 feet, 9 inches
2. Aubrey Dooley, Oklahoma State 14 feet, 6 inches
2. Dick Kimmel, San Jose State 14 feet, 6 inches
2. Wayne Wilson, Washington State 14 feet, 6 inches
2. Henry Wadsworth, Florida 14 feet, 6 inches
2. Jim Brewer, Univ. South. Calif. 14 feet, 6 inches
2. Dexter Elkins, SMU 14 feet, 6 inches
2. Dave Clark, North Texas State 14 feet, 6 inches Discus throw[2]
1. Dick Cochran, Missouri 188 feet, 3 inches
2. Jim Wade, Univ. South. Calif. 176 feet, 3 inches
3. Jim Burke, Arizona 172 feet, 2 inches Javelin[2]
1. Bill Alley, Kansas 268 feet, 9 inches (new NCAA meet record)
2. Gary Stenlund, Oregon State 246 feet, 3 inches
3. Terry Beucher, Kansas 245 feet, 7 inches Shot put[2]
1. Dallas Long, Univ. of Southern Calif. 61 feet, 9 inches (new NCAA meet record)
2. Jerry Winter, Stanford 57 feet, 10 inches
3. Mike Lewis, Occidental College 57 feet, 6 inches Hammer throw[2]
1. John Lawlor, Boston University 209 feet, 2 inches (new NCAA meet record)
2. Stan Doten, Harvard 197 feet, 8 inches
3. Dave Cross, Yale 185 feet, 7 inches Hop, step and jump[2]
1. Luther Hayes, Univ. South. Calif. 50 feet, 11 inches
2. Darrell Horn, Oregon State 48 feet, 7 inches
3. John Kelly, Stanford 48 feet, 5 inches See also References
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