Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Tipton Led 1-2-3 Oregon Finish In 1964 JT
The first 1-2-3 finish in any event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships wasn’t as easy as the saying goes.
Host Oregon had a favorite in the javelin with Les Tipton, the year’s leading American as the 1964 NCAA meet returned to Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The 1964 NCAA meet was the final one in which marks from the trials carried over to the next day’s finals in field events.
In Friday’s trials Tipton provided a solid starting point, topping all throwers at 249-10½ (76.16m), but he was joined by two unlikely teammates advancing to the finals – unlikely only because of the previous several weeks.