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The NCAA News -- November 22, 1999

New championships, 1940-79

March 1941 -- First National Collegiate Fencing Championships held at Ohio State University.

May 1946 -- Team championship first awarded in the National Collegiate Tennis Championships.

June 1947 -- First National Collegiate Baseball Championship held at Western Michigan University.

March 1948 -- First National Collegiate Ice Hockey Championship held at Colorado College.

March 1954 -- First National Collegiate Skiing Championships hosted by the University of Nevada.

December 1959 -- First National Collegiate Soccer Championship held at the University of Connecticut.

January 1961 -- The NCAA Convention votes to abolish the National Collegiate Boxing Championships.

March 1963 -- First National College Division Wrestling Championships held at the University of Northern Iowa.

June 1963 -- First National College Division Tennis Championships held at Washington University (Missouri).

June 1963 -- First National College Division Outdoor Track Championships held at Southwest Missouri State College.

March 1964 -- First National College Division Swimming Championships held at Grove City College.

December 1964 -- First College Division Regional Football Championship games held at four sites.

March 1965 -- First National Collegiate Indoor Track Championships held in Detroit.

March 1968 -- First National College Division Gymnastics Championships held at Springfield College.

June 1968 -- First National College Division Baseball Championship held at Southwest Missouri State College.

April 1969 -- First National Collegiate Trampoline Championships held at the University of Michigan.

November 1969 -- First National Collegiate Water Polo Championship held at California State College, Long Beach.

November 1969 -- First College Division Regional Football Championship games played at two sites.

April 1970 -- First National Collegiate Volleyball Championship held at the University of California, Los Angeles.

June 1971 -- First National Collegiate Lacrosse Championship held at Hofstra University.

November 1973 -- First Division III Cross Country Championships takes place at Wheaton College (Illinois).

December 1973 -- First Division III Football Championship held in Phenix City, Alabama.

March 1974 -- First Division III Wrestling Championships held at Wilkes College.

May 1974 -- First Division II Lacrosse Championship held at Cortland State College.

May 1974 -- First Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Eastern Illinois University.

November 1974 -- First Division III Soccer Championship held at Wheaton College (Illinois).

March 1975 -- First Division III Swimming Championships held at Allegheny College.

June 1975 -- First Division III Golf Championships held at the University of Tennessee, Martin.

May 1976 -- First Division III Tennis Championships held at Millsaps College.

June 1976 -- First Division III Baseball Championship held at Marietta College.

March 1978 -- First Division II Ice Hockey Championship held at Springfield College.

December 1978 -- First Division I-AA Football Championship held in Wichita Falls, Texas.