BOYS
Team Scores:
1. Fayetteville Terry Sanford
100 yards
1. Otis Melvin, Fayetteville Terry Sanford 10.1
220 yards
1. Otis Melvin, Fayetteville Terry Sanford 21.0
(Tied State Meet Record)
2. Rocky Cunningham, Charlotte Olympic 21.3
3. Brad Cox, Charlotte Independence 21.3
440 yards
1.
2. Rocky Cunningham, Charlotte Olympic 48.5
880 yards
1. Jim Abbott, Cary 1:56.3
2. David Waddill, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 1:56.3
One-Mile Run
1. David Eskins, Northern Durham 4:19.9
Two-Mile Run
1. Billy Lynch, Raleigh Sanderson 9:20.0
120-yard High Hurdles
1. Bobby Phillips, Union Pines 14.3
180-yard Low Hurdles
1. Greg Nunn, Durham Hillside 19.4
4x220-yard Relay
1. Charlotte Independence 1:27.6
4x440-yard Relay
1. Charlotte Independence 3:19.0
Long Jump
1. Andrew Golden, High Point Central 22-9
Triple Jump
1. Greg Artis, Wilson Fike 48-6
(New State Meet Record)
High Jump
1. Lee Shuler, Western Guilford 6-8.5
Pole Vault
1. Tracey Lynn, Charlotte Myers Park 14-0
Shot Put
1. Stan Cunningham, Charlotte Garinger 57-11.5
Discus
1. Robert Bailey, West Forsyth 169-9
Boys Mile Run
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 David Eskins 12 Northern Durham 04:19.9
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4
5
Boys 1600m Run
1 David Eskins 12 Northern Durham 04:18.4
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3
4
5
Boys 2 Mile Run
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Billy Lynch 12 Sanderson 09:20.0
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3
4
5
Boys 3200m Run
1 Billy Lynch 12 Sanderson 09:16.8
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3
4
5
880 Yard Run
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2
800m Run
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2
Long Jump
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Andrew Golden 12 High Point Central 22-9
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3
4
5
Triple Jump
1 Greg Artis 12 Fike 48-6
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3
4
High Jump
1 Lee Shuler 12 Western Guilford 6-8.5
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6
4
5
Pole Vault
1 Tracey Lynn 12 Western Guilford 14-0
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3
4
5
Shot Put
1 Stan Cunningham 12 Garinger 57-11.5
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3
4
5
Discus
1 Robert Bailey 12 West Forsyth 169-9
1976 saw two especially outstanding athletes set new state meet records. Julie Shea, a junior at Cardinal Gibbons took 26 seconds off of the Mile record with a 4:50.8. (Shea set a National Record in this meet in 1977.) Later, running for N.C. State, Shea earned 11 All American Cross Country and Track titles and won 8 national championships. She won the 5000 at the 1980 Olympic Trials.
Kathy McMillian (Hoke County) longed jumped 21-7 to better the record of 20-2.5 she had set her junior year. Previously, as a freshman and sophomore she had set meet records of 17-7 and 18-0. McMillian, who was to compete later in 1976 in the Montreal Olympics, also won the 100-yard dash (11.1) and the 220 (24.4).
Hoke County's girls won their fifth state team championship in a row. This was the fifth year that a state meet for girls was held.
All NCHSAA classifications competed together in Track and Field in 1976.
