1978 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1978 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	May 25–27, 1978
Host city	Knoxville, Tennessee University of Tennessee
Venue	Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium
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The 1978 AIAW Outdoor Track And Field Championships were the 10th annual Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate outdoor track and field events in the United States. They were contested May 25−27, 1978 in Knoxville, Tennessee by host University of Tennessee. ^[1] There were not separate AIAW Division I, II, and III championships for outdoor track and field until 1981.

More than 70 schools and 600 athletes participated. The 1978 championships were the first to use metric distances for all events including relays. The meeting was highlighted by a 5000 m world record from Kathy Mills, who won the 3000 m and 5000 m for Penn State University. ^[2]

Team standings

• Scoring: 10 points for a 1st-place finish, 8 points for 2nd, 6 points for 3rd, 4 points for 4th, 2 points for 5th, and 1 point for 6th. Top 10 teams shown. ^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
	Cal State Northridge Matadors	58
	UCLA Bruins	47
	Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles	43
4th	Arizona State Sun Devils	41
5th	Iowa State Cyclones	39
6th	Penn State Nittany Lions	34
7th	Texas Woman's Pioneers	33
8th	Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers	32
9th	UTEP Miners	28
10th	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	20

Results

• Only results of finals are shown ^{[1] [4] [2] [5]}

100 m Pl. Name Team Mark Leleith Hodges Texas Woman's Pioneers 11.18 Evelyn Ashford UCLA Bruins 11.42 Sheila Calmese Kansas Jayhawks 11.58 4th Gail Douglas USC Trojans 11.75 5th Debra Carter Truman Bulldogs 11.76 6th Brenda Calhoun Arizona State Sun Devils 11.89 Andrea Lynch Long Beach State Beach DNF Rhonda Brady Arizona State Sun Devils DNS Kathey Crawford Arizona State Sun Devils DNS

200 m Pl. Name Team Mark Evelyn Ashford UCLA Bruins 22.91 Rosalyn Bryant Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 23.33 Liz Young District of Columbia Firebirds 23.54 4th Sheila Calmese Kansas Jayhawks 23.58 5th Lorna Forde LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 23.59 6th Patricia Jackson Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 23.74 7th Marie Nickson Cal State East Bay Pioneers 24.33 8th Cynthia Mills Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 24.45 Andrea Lynch Long Beach State Beach DNS

400 m Pl. Name Team Mark Rosalyn Bryant Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 50.93 Lorna Forde LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 52.07 Patricia Jackson Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 52.12 4th Essie Kelley Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 52.52 5th Kim Thomas St. John's Red Storm 52.95 6th Yolanda Rich Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 53.43 7th Mary Harvey Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks NT 8th Paulette Clagon Morgan State Lady Bears NT 9th Avis Mailey Arizona State Sun Devils NT

800 m Pl. Name Team Mark Kathy Weston Cal State Northridge Matadors 2:05.6 Lee Ballenger Colorado Buffaloes 2:06.0 Deb Vetter Iowa State Cyclones 2:06.5 4th Susan Vigil New Mexico Lobos 2:07.9 5th Marcia Romesser Cal State Northridge Matadors 2:08.7 6th Cindy Ashby New Mexico Lobos 2:08.9 7th Kathy Costello Cal State Northridge Matadors NT 8th Rosemarie Giampalmo [6] Florida State Seminoles NT 9th Penny Fales [7] Penn State Nittany Lions NT

1500 m Pl. Name Team Mark Deb Vetter Iowa State Cyclones 4:16.1 Debbie Pearson UTEP Miners 4:17.3 Doreen Ennis Montclair State Red Hawks 4:20.0 4th Margaret Groos Virginia Cavaliers 4:22.6 5th Suzie Houston Wisconsin Badgers 4:23.5 6th Brenda Webb Tennessee Volunteers 4:25.5 7th Diane Vetter Iowa State Cyclones NT 8th Kate Keyes UCLA Bruins NT 9th Kathy Byrnes [8] Penn State Nittany Lions NT 10th Joyce Urish Kansas State Wildcats NT 11th Cindy Dixon Nebraska Cornhuskers NT

3000 m [a] Pl. Name Team Mark Kathy Mills Penn State Nittany Lions 9:08.1 Kris Bankes Penn State Nittany Lions 9:19.0 Ellison Goodall Duke Blue Devils 9:19.3 4th Sue Kinsey Cal State Northridge Matadors 9:19.4 5th Julie Shea NC State Wolfpack 9:29.3 6th Susan Schaefer Eastern Kentucky Colonels 9:31.5 7th Debbie Quatier Seattle Pacific Falcons 9:33.3 8th Kathie Twomey Minnesota Golden Gophers 9:40.1 9th Carrie Crraven Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks 9:46.0 10th Katy Mountain Oregon Ducks 9:46.8 20th Lynn Lashley Tennessee Volunteers 10:30.2

5000 m Pl. Name Team Mark Kathy Mills Penn State Nittany Lions 15:35.5 WR Julie Brown Cal State Northridge Matadors 15:59.9 Sue Kinsey Cal State Northridge Matadors 16:00.4 4th Ellison Goodall Duke Blue Devils 16:02.2 5th Susan Schaefer Eastern Kentucky Colonels 16:05.9 6th Julie Shea NC State Wolfpack 16:10.3 7th Kris Bankes Penn State Nittany Lions 16:12.0 8th Brenda Webb Tennessee Volunteers NT 9th Debbie Quatier Seattle Pacific Falcons NT 10th Valerie Ford NC State Wolfpack NT

100 m hurdles Pl. Name Team Mark Patty Van Wolvelaere USC Trojans 13.14 NR Modupe Oshikoya UCLA Bruins 13.49 Stephanie Hightower Ohio State Buckeyes 13.50 4th Brenda Calhoun Arizona State Sun Devils 13.50 5th Rhonda Brady Arizona State Sun Devils 13.80 6th Mitzi McMillin USC Trojans 13.95

400 m hurdles Pl. Name Team Mark Debbie Esser Iowa State Cyclones 57.85 Denise Waddy Arizona State Sun Devils 58.62 Collette Winlock Cal State East Bay Pioneers 58.70 4th Sandra Souza Texas Woman's Pioneers 58.81 5th Debra Melrose Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 59.58 6th Ellie Mahal Iowa State Cyclones 59.70 7th Carolyn Brinkley District of Columbia Firebirds 1:00.28 8th Betty Spencer Alcorn State Lady Braves NT 9th Mary Shirk Southern Illinois Salukis NT

4 × 100 m relay Pl. Name Team Mark Kathey Crawford Arizona State Sun Devils 45.40 Brenda Calhoun Denise Waddy Val Boyer Texas Woman's Pioneers 45.41 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 45.60 4th Cal State Northridge Matadors 45.72 5th USC Trojans 45.78 6th Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 45.79 7th Kansas Jayhawks 46.13 8th Tennessee Volunteers 46.78 9th UCLA Bruins 56.79

4 × 400 m relay Pl. Name Team Mark Debra Melrose Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 3:34.9 Essie Kelley Angela Dudly Patricia Jackson Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 3:38.5 Cal State Northridge Matadors 3:39.1 4th Iowa State Cyclones 3:39.6 5th Morgan State Lady Bears 3:40.0 6th Adelphi Panthers 3:40.4 June Griffith 7th UCLA Bruins 3:40.5 8th Penn State Nittany Lions 3:41.2 9th Nebraska Cornhuskers 3:42.5

4 × 800 m relay Pl. Name Team Mark Marcia Romesser Cal State Northridge Matadors Roma Antoniewicz Kathy Costello Kathy Weston Iowa State Cyclones 8:35.4 Deb Vetter Penn State Nittany Lions 8:41.1 4th UCLA Bruins 8:46.2 5th Wisconsin Badgers 8:46.5 6th Tennessee Volunteers 8:49.9

Sprint medley relay [b] Pl. Name Team Mark Valerie Milan Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles 1:37.8 Yolanda Rich Cynthia Mills Rosalyn Bryant Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers 1:37.8 UCLA Bruins 1:39.7 4th Cal State East Bay Pioneers 1:40.9 5th Arizona State Sun Devils 1:41.1 6th Texas Woman's Pioneers 1:43.2

High jump Pl. Name Team Mark Louise Ritter Texas Woman's Pioneers 6 ft 13⁄4 in (1.87 m) Paula Girven Maryland Terrapins 6 ft 13⁄4 in (1.87 m) Pam Spencer Seattle Pacific Falcons 6 ft 01⁄2 in (1.84 m) 4th Maggie Garrison Washington Huskies 6 ft 01⁄2 in (1.84 m) 5th Beverly Washington Illinois Fighting Illini 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) 6th Marilyn Dubbs Nebraska–Kearney Lopers 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) 7th Joane MacLeod Tennessee Volunteers 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) 8th Theresa Kaliszewski [10] Ohio State Buckeyes 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 9th Bridgette Bittner [11] Tennessee Volunteers 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 10th Fern Simon [12] Long Beach State Beach 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 11th Sharon Carroll [13] UIC Flames 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Joni Huntley [14] Long Beach State Beach DNS

Long jump Pl. Name Team Mark Modupe Oshikoya UCLA Bruins 21 ft 61⁄2 in (6.56 m) June Griffith Adelphi Panthers 21 ft 23⁄4 in (6.47 m) Jodi Anderson Cal State Northridge Matadors 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m) 4th Lorraine Ray Florida Gators 19 ft 101⁄4 in (6.05 m) 5th Sherron Walker Long Beach State Beach 19 ft 83⁄4 in (6.01 m) 6th Shonel Ferguson Florida Gators 19 ft 73⁄4 in (5.98 m) 7th Debra Carson Arizona State Sun Devils 19 ft 5 in (5.91 m) 8th Celeste Johnson Iowa State Cyclones 19 ft 31⁄4 in (5.87 m) 9th Mitzi McMillin USC Trojans 19 ft 21⁄4 in (5.84 m)

Shot put Pl. Name Team Mark Jennifer Smit UTEP Miners 51 ft 93⁄4 in (15.79 m) Kathy Devine Emporia State Hornets 51 ft 43⁄4 in (15.66 m) Caryl Van Pelt Washington Huskies 49 ft 11⁄2 in (14.97 m) 4th Emily Dole Long Beach State Beach 49 ft 01⁄2 in (14.94 m) 5th Lorna Griffin Seattle Pacific Falcons 48 ft 113⁄4 in (14.92 m) 6th Jill Stenwall Nebraska–Kearney Lopers 47 ft 41⁄2 in (14.43 m) 7th Deanna Patrick Morehead State Eagles 47 ft 21⁄4 in (14.38 m) 8th Cecil Hansen Oklahoma Sooners 46 ft 11⁄2 in (14.05 m) 9th Ria Stalman UTEP Miners 45 ft 21⁄2 in (13.77 m)

Discus throw Pl. Name Team Mark Ria Stalman UTEP Miners 179 ft 9 in (54.78 m) Jane Haist Tennessee Volunteers 176 ft 3 in (53.72 m) Lorna Griffin Seattle Pacific Falcons 163 ft 4 in (49.78 m) 4th Julie Hansen Seattle Pacific Falcons 153 ft 8 in (46.83 m) 5th Jackie Gordon Florida Gators 152 ft 8 in (46.53 m) 6th Karen Marshall Cal State Northridge Matadors 150 ft 8 in (45.92 m) 7th Betty Bogers UTEP Miners 148 ft 7 in (45.28 m) 8th Marcia Mecklenburg Seattle Pacific Falcons 146 ft 1 in (44.52 m) 9th Sara La Borde [15] Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers 146 ft 1 in (44.52 m) 10th Lucy Nieman [16] Texas Woman's Pioneers 138 ft 1 in (42.08 m)

Javelin throw Pl. Name Team Mark Kathy Sulinski Cal State East Bay Pioneers 173 ft 1 in (52.75 m) Celeste Wilkinson Arizona State Sun Devils 170 ft 0 in (51.81 m) Donna O'Carroll Rutgers Scarlet Knights 157 ft 0 in (47.85 m) 4th Kari Camarigg Long Beach State Beach 153 ft 6 in (46.78 m) 5th Jeanne Eggart Washington State Cougars 146 ft 0 in (44.5 m) 6th Nancy Townsend Florida State Seminoles 145 ft 8 in (44.39 m) 7th Donna Branch [17] Texas A&M Aggies 142 ft 1 in (43.3 m) 8th Carmen Scherich [18] Pitt Panthers 141 ft 5 in (43.1 m) 9th Renne Lambrecht [19] Western Oregon Wolves 140 ft 2 in (42.72 m) 10th Sue Visconage [20] Southern Illinois Salukis 135 ft 9 in (41.37 m) 11th Lisa Van Benthem [21] USC Trojans 133 ft 10 in (40.79 m) 12th Ross Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 127 ft 6 in (38.86 m)

Pentathlon Pl. Name Team Mark Themis Zambrzycki BYU Cougars 4279 pts Linda Cornelius Texas A&M Aggies 4052 pts Dana Collins Arizona State Sun Devils 4008 pts 4th Heidi Hertz Tennessee Volunteers 3885 pts 5th Joan Russell UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 3872 pts 6th Nancy Kindig Nebraska Cornhuskers 3866 pts 7th Teri Seippel Eastern Kentucky Colonels 3864 pts

See also

• Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships § Outdoor track and field
• 1978 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships
• 1978 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Notes

1. Places 11 through 19 not listed
2. Held at a total distance of 800 m, with the first leg running 200 m, the middle two legs running 100 m each, and the anchor leg running 400 m. ^[9]

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