Dates and sites: The championships will be May 30-June 2 at Oregon.

Field: A total of 388 athletes will compete in the championships. Athletes qualify by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event.

Selection date: The spots remaining in the field after the automatic qualifiers are entered will be filled from the descending-order list of provisional qualifiers May 24.

2000 team champion: Stanford.

Top team contenders: Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Southern Methodist, Stanford, TCU.

Top individual contenders: Libor Charfreitag, Southern Methodist; Kim Collins, TCU; Walter Davis, LSU; Kenny Evans, Arkansas; David Kimani, Alabama; Leonard Scott, Tennessee; Brandon Couts, Baylor.

Division II

Dates and sites: The championships will be May 24-26 at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

Field: A total of 310 athletes will compete in the championships. Athletes qualify by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event.

Selection date: The spots remaining in the field after the automatic qualifiers are entered will be filled from the descending-order list of provisional qualifiers May 15.

2000 team champion: Abilene Christian.

Top team contenders: Abilene Christian, Lewis, New York Tech, St. Augustine's, Western St.

Top individual contenders: Michael Aish, Western St.; Paston Coke, New York Tech; John Kemboi and Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian; Paul Markel, Saginaw Valley; Tim Rusan, St. Augustine's; Victor Tolstov, Lewis.

Division III

Dates and sites: The championships will be May 24-26 at Millikin.

Field: A total of 334 athletes will compete in the championships. Athletes qualify by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event.

Selection date: The spots remaining in the field after the automatic qualifiers are entered will be filled from the descending-order list of provisional qualifiers May 21.

2000 team co-champions: Lincoln (Pennsylvania) and North Central.

Top team contenders: Lincoln (Pennsylvania), North Central, Wheaton (Massachusetts), Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Top individual contenders: Chris Cobbs, Lincoln (Pennsylvania); Ryan Dirks, Pacific Lutheran; Jesse Drake, Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Raheim Greenridge, Wheaton (Massachusetts); Shannon King, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Brad Parris, McMurry.

Olympic great Jesse Owens still holds the Division I
records for most individual titles won in a single championship (four in both 1935 and 1936) and in a career (eight).