600 yards at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

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This is a list of the NCAA Division I indoor champions in the 600 yards or its metric equivalent 500 meters. The imperial distance was run until 1983, and the 500 meters was contested for only three years from 1984 to 1987 before the event was discontinued. The 1986 and 1987 races were reported to have been shorter than 500 meters, as the track was 25 inches (640 mm) per lap short in 1986. [1] Hand timing was used until 1975 and in 1980, while starting in 1976 fully automatic timing was used. [2]

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Winners

Women

Women's 600 yd / 500 m winners [3] [4]
YearAthleteTeamTime
1983 Delisa Walton Tennessee Volunteers 1:20.21 y
1984 Cathy Rattray Tennessee Volunteers 1:10.82
1985 Cynthia Green Grambling State Tigers 1:10.46
1986 Ilrey Oliver Tennessee Volunteers 1:09.68
1987 Linetta Wilson Nebraska Cornhuskers 1:08.89

Men

Key
y=yards
w=wind aided
A=Altitude assisted

600 yards

YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1965 Leland Albright Louisiana St1:10.0
1966 Martin McGrady Central St OH1:09.4
1967 Steve Carson Iowa St1:10.2
1968 Tom Albright Colgate1:10.6
1969 Bill Wehrwein Michigan St1:09.8
1970 Rick Wohlhuter Notre Dame1:09.5
1971 Tommie Turner Murray St1:09.6
1972 Dale Gibson Mississippi St1:11.3
1973 Beaufort Brown Florida1:10.0
1974 Stan Vinson Eastern Mich1:10.1
1975 Stan Vinson Eastern Mich1:10.2
1976 Charles Dramiga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda New Mexico1:10.58
1977 Mike Solomon Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago New Mexico1:10.01
1978 Walter McCoy Florida St1:09.64
1979 Anthony Tufariello Villanova1:09.41
1980 Mike Ricks Kansas1:10.06
1981 Eugene Sanders Mississippi Valley1:09.84
1982 Eugene Sanders Mississippi Valley1:08.51
1983 Sunder Nix Indiana1:10.51

500 meters

YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1984 Robin Thomas SE Missouri St1:02.06
1985 Willie Caldwell Baylor1:01.24
1986 Roddie Haley Arkansas59.82
1987 Roddie Haley Arkansas59.90

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References

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