1959 NCAA Track And Field Championships
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, NCAA Track and Field Championships were contested June 12−13 at the 38th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Nebraska at Memorial Stadium (Lincoln), Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln. Kansas Jayhawks track and field, Kansas won the team national championship, the Jayhawks' first team title. Program changes * The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's two-mile run, two-mile run event was discontinued after being held annually since 1921. * The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 5,000 meter run, 5,000 meter run was added to the NCAA championship program, the first new event since 1948. Team Result * Note: Top 10 only * (H) = Hosts See also * NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and F ...
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln- Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States. The city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the state ...
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