1981 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships

1981 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	March 13–14, 1981
Host city	Pocatello, Idaho
Venue	ASISU Minidome [1]
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The 1981 AIAW Indoor Track And Field Championships, also known as the EAIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships, were the 4th annual Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States. They were contested March 13−14, 1981 in Pocatello, Idaho at the ASISU Minidome and won by the Virginia Cavaliers track and field team. ^[1]

Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate Division I, II, and III championships for indoor track and field. At the championships, Merlene Ottey set a world record in the indoor 300 meters. ^[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. Ties were decided by comparing each team's number of first place finishes, followed by number of second place finishes, going on until the tie is broken. Only top 10 teams are listed. ^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
	Virginia Cavaliers	48
	Florida State Seminoles	46
	Tennessee Volunteers	46
4th	Nebraska Cornhuskers	45
5th	Wisconsin Badgers	41
6th	Michigan State Spartans	23
7th	Oklahoma Sooners	23
8th	Houston Cougars	20
9th	Arizona Wildcats	19
10th	Adelphi Panthers	18

Results

• Only results of finals are shown ^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [3] [7]}

60 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Merlene Ottey Nebraska Cornhuskers 7.24 Esmeralda Garcia Florida State Seminoles 7.35 Lisa Thompson UNLV Rebels 7.41 4th Tara Mastin Houston Cougars 7.48 5th Sherri Funn George Mason Patriots 7.51 6th Cheryl Gilliam Michigan State Spartans 7.53

300 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Merlene Ottey Nebraska Cornhuskers 35.83 WR Sharon Colyear Boston University Terriers 37.46 Robin Jackson Wisconsin Badgers 37.98 4th Normalee Murray Nebraska Cornhuskers 38.41 5th Cathy Rattray Tennessee Volunteers 39.15 6th Gail Stephens Eastern Illinois Panthers 40.42

400 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Pam Moore Wisconsin Badgers 53.88 Lisa Garrett Virginia Cavaliers 54.07 Charmaine Crooks UTEP Miners 54.19 4th Angela Wright Florida State Seminoles 54.37 5th Gwen Murray Pittsburgh Panthers 55.00 6th Annette Campbell Oklahoma Sooners 56.79

600 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Delisa Walton Tennessee Volunteers 1:26.56 Pam Sedwick Michigan State Spartans 1:28.82 Wanda Trent Kansas State Wildcats 1:30.20 4th Barbara Ennis Indiana Hoosiers 1:32.74 5th Jill Lancaster Oklahoma Sooners 1:32.76 6th Rosalyn Dunlap Missouri Tigers 1:42.42

800 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Darlene Beckford Harvard Crimson 2:05.75 Joetta Clark Tennessee Volunteers 2:06.36 Maureen Houghton Oklahoma Sooners 2:13.16 4th Doriane Lambelet Cornell Big Red 2:34.73 Rochelle Collins UTEP Miners DNF

1000 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Josephine White Richmond Spiders 2:43.33 Ilena Hocking North Texas Mean Green 2:47.12 Margaret Coomber Florida State Seminoles 2:47.25 4th Rose Thompson Wisconsin Badgers 2:48.52 5th Marie Simonsson Drake Bulldogs 2:48.95 6th Diane Vetter Iowa State Cyclones 2:50.43 7th Deb Pihl Kansas State Wildcats 2:51.66 8th Tina Bengtsson LSU Lady Tigers 2:54.18 9th Susanne Fredrick Michigan Wolverines 3:02.44

1500 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Jill Haworth Virginia Cavaliers 4:25.20 Joan Hansen Arizona Wildcats 4:26.53 Sue Shea Villanova Wildcats 4:28.15 4th Linda Portasik Tennessee Volunteers 4:31.66 5th Jody Rittenhouse Arkansas Razorbacks 4:37.89 6th Carleen Thon Colorado Buffaloes 4:39.0 7th Penny O'Brien Iowa Hawkeyes 4:42.03 8th Linda Datlefsen Georgia Bulldogs 4:59.66

3000 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Patricia Sharples Idaho Vandals 9:33.96 Kelly Spatz Michigan State Spartans 9:34.59 Mary Rawe Penn State Nittany Lions 9:35.84 4th Cindy Duarte Clemson Tigers 9:45.85 5th Aileen O'Connor Virginia Cavaliers 9:46.75 6th Debra Tavik Maryland Terrapins 9:48.03 7th Nancy Scardioa New Hampshire Wildcats 9:49.6 8th Judith McCrone UMass Minutewomen 9:54.2 9th Liz Hjalmarsson Drake Bulldogs NT 10th Nan Doak Iowa Hawkeyes 11th Joan Hansen Arizona Wildcats 12th Mariana Dickerson Illinois Fighting Illini 13th Judy Parker Iowa Hawkeyes 14th Kim Bird Tennessee Volunteers 15th Rebecca Cotta Purdue Boilermakers 16th Karen Campbell Michigan State Spartans

5000 meters Pl. Name Team Mark Aileen O'Connor Virginia Cavaliers 16:33.6 Kim Schnurpfeil Stanford Cardinal 16:38.0 Kellie Cathey Oklahoma Sooners 16:51.6 4th Kathy Mills Penn State Nittany Lions 16:54.9 5th Darien Andrew Florida State Seminoles 17:06.6 6th Marjorie Kaput Arizona Wildcats 17:09.2 7th Margaret Cleary Penn State Nittany Lions 17:17.7 8th Nancy Seeger Rutgers Scarlet Knights 17:20.8 9th Judy Parker Iowa Hawkeyes 17:22.7 10th Lisa Last Michigan State Spartans 17:28.9 11th Nan Doak Iowa Hawkeyes 17:32.4 12th Melanie Weaver Michigan Wolverines 17:32.6 13th Letha Davis Drake Bulldogs 17:35.8 14th Eileen Hornberger Tennessee Volunteers 17:48.9 15th Terry Ebanks Texas Longhorns 17:49.2 16th Zanetta Weber Iowa Hawkeyes 17:49.5 17th Donna Ganly Missouri Tigers 17:54.0 18th Mary Jean Wright Virginia Cavaliers 18:24.7

4 × 200 meters relay Pl. Name Team Mark Esmeralda Garcia Florida State Seminoles 1:36.88 Marita Payne Alice Bennett Randy Givens Marva Fearon Adelphi Panthers [8] 1:37.55 Cheryl Innis Marilyn Gilliard June Griffith Rachel Clary Houston Cougars [7] [9] 1:37.73 Cruz Ibarguen Tara Mastin Darlene Jefferson 4th Benita Fitzgerald Tennessee Volunteers [10] 1:37.82 Lisa Sherrill Sharrieffa Barksdale Paula Hines 5th Cathy Barber Kentucky Wildcats [11] 1:38.49 Antionette Browning Liz Browning Judy Richardson 6th Venita McDavid Temple Owls [12] 1:41.6 Gladys Boone Amy Whicker Lesvia Jackson

4 × 400 meters relay Pl. Name Team Mark Marva Fearon Adelphi Panthers 3:37.28 Cheryl Innis Marilyn Gilliard June Griffith Tammy Etienne Texas Longhorns [13] 3:37.88 Julie Holmes Donna Sherfield Robbin Coleman Lisa Sherrill Tennessee Volunteers [10] 3:38.88 Cathy Rattray Joetta Clark Delisa Walton 4th Debbie Moss Florida State Seminoles [14] 3:40.57 Angie Wright Scooby Golden Marita Payne 5th Leisa Biggers UTEP Miners [15] [16] 3:43.86 Bea Reese Zenobia Haynes Jeanine Brown 6th Normalee Murray Nebraska Cornhuskers [17] 3:47.20 Tami Essington Cheryl Zajic Merlene Ottey

4 × 800 meters relay Pl. Name Team Mark Sue Beischel Wisconsin Badgers 8:44.26 Maryann Brunner Ellen Brewster Sue Spaltohlz Tami Essington Nebraska Cornhuskers [18] 8:44.63 Lisa Kramer Pam Schubarth Sara Stricker Sue Shea Villanova Wildcats 8:47.02 Lisa Maree Pat Bradley Jennifer Whitfield 4th Tammy Etienne Texas Longhorns 8:48.65 Ann Morell Felecia Anderson Robbin Coleman 5th Vivian Scruggs Virginia Cavaliers 8:48.83 Linda Nicholson Marisa Schmitt Jill Haworth 6th Sara Cashen Georgetown Hoyas 8:54.18 Marya Small Joanne Sincero Christine Mullen 7th Penny Fales Penn State Nittany Lions 8:56.39 Patricia Murane Dorene Startare Mary Rawe 8th Penny O'Brien Iowa Hawkeyes 8:57.94 Denise Camarigg Julie Williams Kay Stormo 9th Carol Sames Oklahoma Sooners 8:58.40 Jill Lancaster Siri Bielland Maureen Houghton 10th Alverretta Pitts Florida Gators 9:19.00 Denise Marini Donna Campbell Nancy Robinson 11th Karen Sanford Wyoming Cowgirls 9:22.00 Laura Anderson Stephenie Paine Jaunita Neff

Distance medley relay Pl. Name Team Mark Wren Schafer Iowa State Cyclones 11:24.04 Sumetia Wells Diane Vetter Christine McMeekin Vivian Scruggs Virginia Cavaliers 11:26.80 Brenda Brown Linda Nicholson Jill Haworth Pam Sedwick Michigan State Spartans 11:30.60 Judi Brown Ann Pewe Kelly Spatz 4th Penny Fales Penn State Nittany Lions 11:32.47 Tammie Hart Doreen Startare Mary Rawe 5th Carol Sames Oklahoma Sooners 11:32.56 Felicia Moore Siri Bielland Kellie Cathey 6th Sue Spaltohlz Wisconsin Badgers 11:36.02 Pam Moore Ellen Brewster Suzie Houston 7th Jennifer Whitfield Villanova Wildcats 11:38.83 Pat Bradley Lisa Maree Sue Shea 8th Holly Straight Kentucky Wildcats 11:40.58 Judy Richardson Denise Kiernan Bernadette Madigan 9th Kay Stormo Iowa Hawkeyes 11:47.97 Chris Davenport Julie Williams Penny O'Brien 10th Mara Small Georgetown Hoyas 11:49.54 Joanne Sincero Christine Mullen Pia Palladino 11th Sherry Thomas Kansas State Wildcats 12:04.91 Wanda Trent Janet LeValley Deborah Pihl 12th Margaret Smith Missouri Tigers 12:26.46 Lynn Biggs Linda Seale Mary Kunkle

High jump Pl. Name Team Mark Coleen Reinstra Arizona State Sun Devils 1.91 m Sharon Burrill Nebraska Cornhuskers 1.84 m Edith Childress Kentucky Wildcats 1.81 m 4th Anne Erpenbeck Drake Bulldogs 1.81 m Dale Thelma Wallace Georgia Bulldogs 6th Peggy Stewart Villanova Wildcats 1.78 m 7th Maria Betioli BYU Cougars 1.78 m 8th Ellie Hayden Eastern Michigan Eagles 1.78 m 9th Karen Krawiec Penn State Nittany Lions 1.75 m 10th Joan Brochaus Wisconsin Badgers 1.75 m 11th Anneke Magandans UTEP Miners 1.75 m 12th Patsy Walker Houston Cougars 1.75 m 13th Inge-Lisa Christiensen Ohio State Buckeyes 1.72 m Sally McCarthy Oklahoma Sooners 15th Renee Nickles Oklahoma Sooners 1.72 m 16th Cathy Seybold Nebraska Cornhuskers 1.67 m

Long jump Pl. Name Team Mark Pat Johnson Wisconsin Badgers 6.40 m Esmeralda Garcia Florida State Seminoles 6.33 m Donna Thomas North Texas Mean Green 6.27 m 4th Alice Bennett Florida State Seminoles 6.20 m 5th Pamela Donald Stanford Cardinal 6.17 m 6th Ann Meacham Eastern Michigan Eagles 6.16 m 7th Gayle Brandon Eastern Illinois Panthers 6.14 m 8th Kathy Rankin Georgia Bulldogs 6.07 m 9th Vivian Riddick Penn State Nittany Lions 5.94 m 10th Sharon Moultrie Texas Tech Red Raiders 5.93 m 11th Becky Jo Kaiser Illinois Fighting Illini 5.89 m 12th Esther Otieno UTEP Miners 5.88 m 13th Elizabeth Miller Oregon Ducks 5.88 m 14th Halycon McKnight Kansas Jayhawks 5.87 m 15th Robin Taylor Old Dominion Monarchs 5.77 m 16th Tonya Brown Florida State Seminoles 5.77 m 17th Lisa Anne Staton North Carolina Tar Heels 5.77 m 18th Lorrie Thornton Michigan Wolverines 5.71 m 19th Rene Rochester Texas Longhorns 5.63 m 20th Sharrieffa Barksdale Tennessee Volunteers 5.57 m 21st Dawn Renee Mann Indiana Hoosiers 5.53 m 22nd Jeanette Williams Indiana State Sycamores 5.37 m 23rd BJ Eldridge Wyoming Cowgirls 5.19 m

Shot put Pl. Name Team Mark Meg Ritchie Arizona Wildcats 16.82 m Marita Walton Maryland Terrapins 16.56 m Cecil Hansen Oklahoma Sooners 16.42 m 4th Rosemary Hauch Tennessee Volunteers 16.22 m 5th Elaine Sobansky Penn State Nittany Lions 16.08 m 6th Ria Stalman Arizona State Sun Devils 15.68 m 7th Cindy Crapper Kentucky Wildcats 15.55 m 8th Sandy Burke Northeastern Huskies 15.47 m 9th Ramona Pagel Long Beach State Beach 15.18 m 10th Oneita Davis St. John's Red Storm 14.98 m 11th Lisa Ferry Houston Cougars 14.96 m 12th Carol Cady Stanford Cardinal 14.89 m 13th Annie McElroy Long Beach State Beach 14.71 m 14th Deborah Moore Ohio State Buckeyes 14.28 m 15th Sharon Mitnik Temple Owls 14.20 m 16th Nadine Cox Ohio State Buckeyes 14.03 m 17th Debra Pryor Arizona State Sun Devils 14.01 m 18th Karen Wood Nebraska Cornhuskers 13.80 m 19th Sharon Lotmore Florida Gators 13.66 m 20th Jo Beth Palmer Texas Longhorns 13.61 m 21st Janice Stucky Kansas State Wildcats 13.48 m

Pentathlon Pl. Name Team Mark Patsy Walker Houston Cougars 4215 pts Susan Brownell Virginia Cavaliers 4131 pts Juanita Alson Maryland Terrapins 4060 pts 4th Nancy Kindig Nebraska Cornhuskers 4001 pts 5th Myrtle Chester Tennessee Volunteers 3942 pts 6th Kim Hagger Kansas State Wildcats 3781 pts 7th Cathy Seybold Nebraska Cornhuskers 3688 pts 8th Vivian Estes Eschavarria BYU Cougars 3463 pts 9th Wendy Limbaugh Utah State Aggies 1395 pts

See also

• Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships § Indoor track and field

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