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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.〔 *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. 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.〔 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1960 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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