April 20-22, 1979
- The all-new urethane track proved to be super fast, as Clancy Edwards recorded an impressive double victory in the 100m (10.15) and 200m (20.33), and Deby LaPlante blasted to a 13.10 meet record in the 100H
- Edwin Moses sped to a meet record in the 400H, clocking 48.50.
- Greg Foster of UCLA dashed to a 13.43 win in the 110H
- Steve Scott of UC Irvine won the 800m in 1:47.9
- Steve Lacy set a meet record in the 1500m, clocking 3:41.11
- Doug Brown lowered his own meet record in the steeplechase with a time of 8:39.2
- Milan Tiff spanned a windy 56-1 3/4w in the triple jump, while Randy Williams sailed 26-3 to win the long jump
- Mark Anderson, a Mt. SAC student, won the decathlon, racking up a total of 7555 points
- Mike Tully cleared 17-10 1/2 in the pole vault
- Peter Farmer tied his own meet record (set in 1974) in the discus with a toss of 230-1
- Bob Roggy unloaded a meet record setting javelin throw, which covered 279-10
- Francie Larrieu set a meet record in the 1500m (4:09.15) which stood until 1993
