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International athletics championship event
1997 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
OrganisersNCAA
Edition33rd (Men)
15th (Women)
DatesMarch 7-8, 1997
Host cityIndiana Indianapolis, Indiana
VenueRCA Dome
LevelDivision I
1996 1998

The 1997 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States after the 1996–97 season, the 33rd annual meet for men and 15th annual meet for women.

The championships were again held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Arkansas won the men's team title, the Razorbacks' thirteenth overall and thirteenth in fourteen years.

Four-time defending champions LSU again won the women's team title, the Lady Tigers' eighth.

Qualification

All teams and athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.

Team standings

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • Scoring: 6 points for a 1st-place finish in an event, 4 points for 2nd, 3 points for 3rd, 2 points for 4th, and 1 point for 5th
  • (DC) = Defending Champions

Men's title

  • 66 teams scored at least one point
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arkansas 59
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Auburn 27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Tech 25
Iowa State
Oklahoma
6 George Mason (DC) 24
7 South Carolina 21
8 Boston College 18
9 UCLA 17
T10 LSU 16
Minnesota
Tennessee


Women's title

  • 50 teams scored at least one point
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) LSU (DC) 49
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Texas 39
Wisconsin
4 South Carolina 36
5 Florida 35
6 Georgetown 32
7 UCLA 24
8 Pittsburgh 23
T9 Nebraska 20
Villanova

References

  1. "NCAA DI Indoor Championships 1997". Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. "NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. "NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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