May 24-29, 1982: Abilene Christian wins the first of 19 Division II Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships titles between 1982 and 2011 (including seven in a row from 1982 to 1988 under coach Don Hood and another seven straight from 2002 to 2008 under Jon Murray and Hood). May 29, 1982 45
May 16-23, 1982: Stanford wins the first of 13 Division I Women’s Tennis Championships titles between 1982 and 2004. May 23, 1982 38
May-June 1982: The first Division I, II and III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships are conducted. May 20, 1982 41
May 1982: The first National Collegiate Women’s Golf and Lacrosse Championships are conducted. Also, the first Division I, II and III Softball and Tennis Championships are conducted. May 1, 1982 47
March 26-27, 1982: The first National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships are conducted at Utah, where the host team wins the first of nine team titles extending through 1995 under coach Greg Marsden. March 27, 1982 42
March 12-13, 1982: Suleiman Nyambui of UTEP becomes the first participant to win seven career individual titles in the Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships. March 13, 1982 41
March 1982: The first Division I, II and III women’s swimming and basketball championships are conducted. March 1, 1982 41
December 1981: The first Division I, II and III Women’s Volleyball Championships are conducted. December 1, 1981 52
Nov. 23, 1981: UTEP wins the Division I Men’s Cross Country Championships with a record-low score of 17 points (claiming first, second, third, fifth and sixth places individually). November 23, 1981 50
Nov. 21, 1981: The College of New Jersey wins the first of 11 Division III Field Hockey Championships between 1981 and 2014 under coach Sharon Pfluger. November 21, 1981 43
