Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Villanova’s Delany Starred In NCAA 1500/Mile A duel of collegiate miler greats was one of the features of the 1956 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Edwards Stadium on the campus of California at Berkeley. The headliners were about as big as possible, pitting the first two collegians to break the 4-minute mile barrier with each having done so impressively. Defending NCAA mile champ Jim Bailey of Oregon was the first sub-4 collegiate miler at 3:58.6, upsetting Australian countrymate and mile world record holder John Landy in early May with a ferocious last lap of 55.5. Bailey’s time was a PR by seven seconds.