3-A/4-A BOYS
Team Scores:
1. Jacksonville 29
2. Raleigh Broughton 25
3. Winston-Salem Atkins 22
4. Charlotte Myers Park 20
5. Chapel Hill 18
6. Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 16
7. Charlotte Garinger 14
8. Fayetteville 12
9. Durham Hillside 10
10. (tie) Greensboro Smith 8
10. (tie) South Mecklenburg 8
100 yards
1. Ken Garrett, Fayetteville 9.9
2. Ron Hunt, Jacksonville
3. McGrew Booker, Jacksonville
4. Nelson, South Mecklenburg
5. Stan Crews, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 10.1
Note: Booker set a new state meet record of 9.8
in the qualifying.
220 yards
1. McGrew Booker, Jacksonville 22.0
2. Stan Crews, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds
3. Ron Hunt, Jacksonville
4. Ken Garrett, Fayetteville
5. Young, Raleigh Enloe
440 yards
1. Thomas Little, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 49.3
2. Wilson, Charlotte Myers Park
3. Williamson, Raleigh Broughton
4. Smith, Greensboro Dudley
5. Johnson, Winston-Salem Atkins
880 yards
1. Tommy Gibbons, Charlotte Garinger 1:56.8
2. Willie Davidson, Greensboro Smith
3. Lanny Davis, Charlotte Myers Park
4. K. Pointe, Jacksonville
5. Wesley Debnam, Raleigh Broughton
One-Mile Run
1. Silas Mayfield, Durham Hillside 4:17.3
(New State Meet Record)
2. Joe Day, Fayetteville
3. Neil Ross, Raleigh Broughton
4. Jim Wilkins, Roxboro
5. Godwin, Wilson Fike
120-yard High Hurdles
1. Alfred Adams, Winston-Salem Atkins 15.2
2. Smith, Hamlet
3. C. Pointe, Jacksonville
4. Reid Hilton, Chapel Hill
5. Foley, Greenville Rose
180-yard Low Hurdles
1. Olin Carter, Winston-Salem Atkins 19.6
2. Alfred Adams, Winston-Salem Atkins
3. Fletcher, Charlotte Myers Park
4. C. Pointe, Jacksonville
5. Eye, Charlotte Garinger
4x220-yard Relay
1. Jacksonville 1:28.7
(NcNair, Ron Hunt, C. Pointe, McGrew Booker)
(New State Meet Record)
2. Charlotte Myers Park
3. East Mecklenburg
4. Winston-Salem Atkins 1:31.9
5. Cary
4x440-yard Relay
1. Charlotte Myers Park 3:24.7
(Wilson, Smith, Todd, Davis)
2. Raleigh Broughton
3. Durham
4. Charlotte Garinger
5. New Bern
6. Winston-Salem Atkins
Long Jump
1. Parsons, Cary 23-6.75
2. Brewer, Durham Hillside
3. Willie Crosby, Winston-Salem Atkins 22-0.25
4. David Hawkins, West Forsyth 21-8.75
5. Reel, Charlotte Independence
High Jump
1. Bobby Jones, South Mecklenburg 6-2.75
2. Mike Terry, East Mecklenburg
3. Calvin Williamson, Greensboro Smith
4. Phil Johnson, Rocky Mount
5. Laymon Williamson, Greensboro Smith
Pole Vault
1. Vince Struble, Raleigh Broughton 13-0
2. Reid Hilton, Chapel Hill
3. Allen, Greensboro Grimsley
4. Helms, West Mecklenburg
5. Ben Toler, Greensboro Page
Shot Put
1. Dave Taylor, Chapel Hill 58-2.75
(New Meet Record)
2. Mike Stafford, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 51-6.75
3. G. Struble, Raleigh Broughton
4. Hunt, Charlotte Garinger
5. Liles, Raleigh Broughton
Discus
1. Dave Taylor, Chapel Hill 171-8
(New Meet Record)
2. Coleman, Raleigh Broughton
3. Hunt, Charlotte Garinger
4. Keith Creeson, North Forsyth 151-7
5. Tracy Lounsbury, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 150-0
Fayetteville High School was renamed Terry Sanford High School during the summer of 1968.
Meet Records were set in five events:
9.8 McGrew Booker, Jacksonville (old record 9.9 Carroll Maxwell, George Soule, Louis Jewell)
4:17.3 Silas Mayfield, Durham Hillside (old record 4:17.7 Frank Spratt, Chapel Hill 1967)
1:28.7 Jacksonville (old record 1:29.8, Charlotte Myers Park 1967)
58-2 3/4 Dave Taylor, Chapel Hill (old record 55-11 1/2, Bill Griffin, Edenton 1966)
171-8 Dave Taylor, Chapel Hill (old record 163-3, Flake Campbell, Myers Park 1964)
For 1968 the 1-A and 2-A schools competed in their own, separate events while the 3-A and 4-A schools competed together.
Philip Wicker of East Southern Pines won the 1-A/2-A vault clearing 13-6.5, higher than the 3-A/4-A winner and only 1 1/2 inches from the meet record.
Sophomore Tony Waldrop (Polk Central) won the 1-A/2-A Mile with a 4:22.0
Boys One Mile
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Silas Mayfield 12 Hillside 4:17.3
Boys 1600m
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Silas Mayfield 12 Hillside 4:15.9c
Boys 880 Yard Dash
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Tommy Gibbons 12 Garinger 1:56.8
Boys 800m Run
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Tommy Gibbons 12 Garinger 1:52.2c
Boys Long Jump
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Parsons 12 Cary 23-6.75
3 Willie Crosby 12 Atkins 22-0.25
4 David Hawkins 12 West Forsyth 21-8.75
Boys Shot Put
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Dave Taylor 12 Chapel Hill 58-2.75
2 Mike Stafford 12 RJ Reynolds 51-6.75
Boys High Jump
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Bobby Jones 12 South Meck 6-2.75
Boys Pole Vault
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Vince Struble 12 Broughton 13-0
Boys Discus
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Dave Taylor 12 Chapel Hill 171-8
4 Keith Creeson 12 North Forsyth 151-7
5 Tracy Lounsbury 12 RJ Reynolds 150-0.
