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The '''1979 AIAW Indoor Track And Field Championships''', officially known as the '''Missouri National Invitational Women's Indoor Championships''', were the 2nd ]-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate ] events in the ]. They were contested March 17−18, 1979 in ] at the ] and won by the ] team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brown to key Miner women |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-brown-to-key-miner-w/163169968/ |publisher=El Paso Herald-Post |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=19 |date=2 Mar 1979}}</ref> The '''1979 AIAW Indoor Track And Field Championships''', officially known as the '''Missouri National Invitational Women's Indoor Championships''', were the 2nd ]-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate ] events in the ]. They were contested March 17−18, 1979 in ] at the ] and won by the ] team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brown to key Miner women |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-brown-to-key-miner-w/163169968/ |publisher=El Paso Herald-Post |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=19 |date=2 Mar 1979}}</ref>


Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate Division I, II, and III championships for indoor track and field. Held for the first two years as an invitational, the meet gained its official national championship status in 1980, though it was called a "de-facto" championships until then.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Miners Take Second In Indoor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-lady-miners-take-second-in/163171082/ |publisher=El Paso Times |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=27 |date=5 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref name=tfn /> At the championships, ] set an ] in the new ] event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women Stars in MU Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-women-stars-in-mu/163170700/ |publisher=The Kansas City Times |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=78 |date=1 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MSU Women Trail In Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-msu-women-trail-in/163170233/ |publisher=The Commercial Appeal |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=46 |date=4 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BYU Coed Sets Mark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-byu-coed-sets-mark/163170767/ |publisher=The Daily Herald |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=9 |date=4 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vetters wreak considerable havoc as they monopolize track meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-vetters-wreak-con/163171209/ |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=13 |date=4 Mar 1979}}</ref> Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate Division I, II, and III championships for indoor track and field. Held for the first two years as an invitational, the meet gained its official national championship status in 1980, though it was called a "de-facto" championships until then.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Miners Take Second In Indoor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-lady-miners-take-second-in/163171082/ |publisher=El Paso Times |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=27 |date=5 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref name=tfn /> At the championships, ] was noted for winning all but one of the events in the new ] event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women Stars in MU Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-women-stars-in-mu/163170700/ |publisher=The Kansas City Times |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=78 |date=1 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MSU Women Trail In Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-msu-women-trail-in/163170233/ |publisher=The Commercial Appeal |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=46 |date=4 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BYU Coed Sets Mark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-byu-coed-sets-mark/163170767/ |publisher=The Daily Herald |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=9 |date=4 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vetters wreak considerable havoc as they monopolize track meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-vetters-wreak-con/163171209/ |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=13 |date=4 Mar 1979}}</ref>


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| {{bronze3}} || {{tfco|}} || | {{bronze3}} || {{tfco|Kansas Jayhawks}} || 34
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| {{ord|4}} || {{tfco|}} || | {{ord|4}} || {{tfco|Kansas State Wildcats}} || 26
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|rowspan=2| {{ord|5}} || {{tfco|}} ||rowspan=2| | {{ord|5}} || {{tfco|Arkansas Razorbacks}} || 24
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| {{tfco|}} | {{ord|6}} || {{tfco|Colorado Buffaloes}} || 22
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|rowspan=2| {{ord|7}} || {{tfco|}} ||rowspan=2| | {{ord|7}} || {{tfco|Villanova Wildcats}} || 19
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| {{ord|10}} || {{tfco|District of Columbia Firebirds}} || 17
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== Results == == Results ==
* ''Only results of finals are shown''<ref name=tfn>{{cite web |title=eTrack eTN1979_02 |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1979_02.pdf |work=] |access-date=January 11, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zambryzcki easy leader in pentathlon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-zambryzcki-easy-l/163171329/ |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=9 |date=3 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref name=prelims>{{cite web |title=COLLEGE WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATIONAL |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-college-womens-n/163172032/ |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=10 |date=3 Mar 1979}}</ref> * ''Only results of finals are shown''<ref name=tfn>{{cite web |title=eTrack eTN1979_02 |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1979_02.pdf |work=] |access-date=January 11, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zambryzcki easy leader in pentathlon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-zambryzcki-easy-l/163171329/ |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=9 |date=3 Mar 1979}}</ref><ref name=prelims>{{cite web |title=COLLEGE WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATIONAL |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-college-womens-n/163172032/ |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=10 |date=3 Mar 1979}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 05:08, 18 January 2025

International athletics championship event
1979 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships
DatesMarch 2–3, 1979
Host cityMissouri Columbia, Missouri
VenueHearnes Multipurpose Building
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 AIAW Indoor Track And Field Championships, officially known as the Missouri National Invitational Women's Indoor Championships, were the 2nd 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 17−18, 1979 in Columbia, Missouri at the Hearnes Multipurpose Building and won by the Iowa State Cyclones track and field team.

Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate Division I, II, and III championships for indoor track and field. Held for the first two years as an invitational, the meet gained its official national championship status in 1980, though it was called a "de-facto" championships until then. At the championships, Themis Zambrzycki was noted for winning all but one of the events in the new indoor pentathlon event.

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.
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Iowa State Cyclones 51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) UTEP Miners 47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kansas Jayhawks 34
4th Kansas State Wildcats 26
5th Arkansas Razorbacks 24
6th Colorado Buffaloes 22
7th Villanova Wildcats 19
8th BYU Cougars 18
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
10th District of Columbia Firebirds 17

Results

  • Only results of finals are shown
60 yards
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sheila Calmese Kansas Jayhawks 6.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lori Green Kansas Jayhawks 7.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elizabeth Young District of Columbia Firebirds 7.05
4th Sandra Milliner Chicago State Cougars 7.08
5th Hazel Lucas Rutgers Scarlet Knights 7.16
6th Wanda Hooker Memphis State Tigers 7.18
300 yards
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elizabeth Young District of Columbia Firebirds 34.50 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeanine Brown UTEP Miners 34.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sheila Calmese Kansas Jayhawks 34.93
4th Nancy Miller Utah State Aggies 35.12
5th Lori Green Kansas Jayhawks 35.57
6th Edna Brown Temple Owls 35.74
600 yards
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diann Ousley Arkansas Razorbacks 1:21.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dorianne Lambelet Villanova Wildcats 1:21.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dana Gildden Missouri Tigers 1:21.9
4th Wanda Trent Kansas State Wildcats 1:23.0
5th Laura Ferguson Wyoming Cowgirls 1:23.0
6th Carolyn Brinkley District of Columbia Firebirds 1:25.2
Lee Ballenger Colorado Buffaloes DNF

1000 yards
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Debbie Vetter Iowa State Cyclones 2:29.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brigid Leddy Villanova Wildcats 2:32.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Diane Vetter Iowa State Cyclones 2:34.2
4th Janel LeValley Kansas State Wildcats 2:35.5
5th Siri Bjelland Oklahoma Sooners 2:39.3
6th Deb Hertzog Kansas Jayhawks 2:39.8
Mile run
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Debbie Mitchell UTEP Miners 4:47.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jody Rittenhouse Arkansas Razorbacks 4:50.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Renee Urish Kansas State Wildcats 4:51.6
4th Wendy Van Mierlo Illinois State Redbirds 4:53.9
5th Brigid Leddy Villanova Wildcats 4:54.6
6th Michelle Brown Kansas Jayhawks 4:58.7
3 miles
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dana Slater Colorado Buffaloes 16:05.45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Bridges Oklahoma State Cowgirls 16:10.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mary Seybold Iowa State Cyclones 16:22.9
4th Alanna McCarthy Morehead State Eagles 16:27.9
5th Matha Stinson Missouri Tigers 16:41.0
6th Cindy Bradley Montana State Bobcats 16:55.9
7th Pippa Holman Rutgers Scarlet Knights 16:59.3

60 yards hurdles
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Debra Deutsch Rutgers Scarlet Knights 7.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gayle Watkins Western Kentucky Lady Toppers 7.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Julie Smithers Rutgers Scarlet Knights 7.84
4th Linda Bourn BYU Cougars 7.98
5th Debbie Kilhoffer Illinois State Redbirds 8.06
6th Pam Page Missouri Tigers 8.11
7th Lori Lowrey Kansas Jayhawks 8.19
4 × 220 yards relay
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Amy Whicker Temple Owls 1:40.69 NR
Ellen Howard
Venita McDavid
Laura Carroll
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ellie Mahall Iowa State Cyclones 1:41.5
Loreen Spearman
Sumetia Wells
Laurie Eder
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) UTEP Miners 1:41.7
4th Auburn Tigers 1:42.8
5th Memphis State Tigers 1:44.8
6th Villanova Wildcats 1:44.8
4 × 440 yards relay
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laurie Eder Iowa State Cyclones 3:47.06 NR
Debbie Esser
Ellie Mahall
Sumetia Wells
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kansas State Wildcats 3:50.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arkansas Razorbacks 3:52.2
4th Colorado Buffaloes 3:52.5
5th Auburn Tigers 3:52.6
6th UTEP Miners 3:53.5

Distance medley relay
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evelyn McMeekin Iowa State Cyclones 11:39.39 NR
Debbie Esser
Debbie Vetter
Diane Vetter
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colorado Buffaloes 12:05.7
High jump
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sharon Burrill Nebraska Cornhuskers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tammie Thomas Oklahoma State Cowgirls 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shawn Corwin Kansas Jayhawks 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
4th Lucia Chudy Utah State Aggies 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
5th Kay Barstow Western Michigan Broncos 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
6th Mary Cragoe Missouri Tigers 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)
Long jump
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Esther Otieno UTEP Miners 19 ft 01⁄2 in (5.8 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gayle Watkins Western Kentucky Lady Toppers 18 ft 93⁄4 in (5.73 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ann Meacham Eastern Michigan Eagles 18 ft 61⁄2 in (5.65 m)
4th Annette Sittenaurer Kansas State Wildcats 18 ft 51⁄2 in (5.62 m)
5th Cheryl Williams Eastern Michigan Eagles 18 ft 4 in (5.58 m)
6th Carla Heintz Montana State Bobcats 18 ft 31⁄2 in (5.57 m)
7th Sharon Burrill Nebraska Cornhuskers 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
8th Karesa Robbins Kansas State Wildcats

Shot put
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cecil Hansen Oklahoma Sooners 51 ft 5 in (15.67 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Smit UTEP Miners 49 ft 41⁄2 in (15.04 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Deanna Patrick Kansas Jayhawks 47 ft 0 in (14.32 m)
4th Betty Bogers UTEP Miners 46 ft 1 in (14.04 m)
5th Jan Hallier Illinois State Redbirds 45 ft 1 in (13.74 m)
6th Joan Fagerness Minnesota State Mavericks 44 ft 93⁄4 in (13.65 m)
Pentathlon
Pl. Name Team Mark
1st place, gold medalist(s) Themis Zambrzycki BYU Cougars 4358 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Page Utah State Aggies 4003 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mary Anne Harrington Colorado State Rams 3804 pts
4th Vivian Estes Eschavarria BYU Cougars 3725 pts
5th Allison Manley Murray State Racers 3572 pts
6th Dona Lane Iowa State Cyclones 3504 pts

See also

References

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  2. "Lady Miners Take Second In Indoor". El Paso Times. March 5, 1979. p. 27. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
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  4. "Women Stars in MU Meet". The Kansas City Times. March 1, 1979. p. 78. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  5. "MSU Women Trail In Meet". The Commercial Appeal. March 4, 1979. p. 46. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  6. "BYU Coed Sets Mark". The Daily Herald. March 4, 1979. p. 9. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  7. "Vetters wreak considerable havoc as they monopolize track meet". Columbia Daily Tribune. March 4, 1979. p. 13. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  8. "COLLEGE WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATIONAL Yesterday's Finals". Columbia Daily Tribune. March 4, 1979. p. 14. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  9. "Zambryzcki easy leader in pentathlon". Columbia Daily Tribune. March 3, 1979. p. 9. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  10. "COLLEGE WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATIONAL". Columbia Daily Tribune. March 3, 1979. p. 10. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  11. "WOMEN'S TRACK At Morehead St". Lexington Herald-Leader. March 25, 1979. p. 40. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  12. "Deutch sets national mark in 60 hurdles". The Central New Jersey Home News. March 4, 1979. p. 15. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  13. ^ "OwlSports.com 2018-19 Top Indoor Marks and Times" (PDF).
  14. "10,000 record Joan Benoit's". Press and Sun-Bulletin. May 13, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  15. ^ "Vetter, ISU women set 2 U.S. records". The Des Moines Register. March 5, 1979. p. 24. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
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