BOYS
Team Scores:
1. Tarboro 37
2. Scotland County 15
3. (tie) Cary 10
3. (tie) Charlotte Garinger 10
5. (tie) Greensboro Dudley
100 yards
1. Kelvin Bryant, Tarboro 9.80
220 yards
1. Jeff Cairo, Jacksonville 21.66
440 yards
1. Carleton Bell, Tarboro 48.8
2.
3.
4.
5. Ricky Williams, East Forsyth 50.4
880 yards
1. Robert Dancey, Tarboro 1:55.28
One-Mile Run
1. Glenn Sparrow, Belmont South Point 4:17.15
2.
3.
4.
5. John George, Greensboro Page 4:27.1
Two-Mile Run
1. Dan Morton, Greensboro Grimsley 9:02.31
(New State Meet Record)
2. John Clark, Concord 9:08.61
3. Carl Ivarsson, Western Guilford 9:19
4. Kevin Hustin, Pittsboro Northwood
120-yard High Hurdles
1. Mike Benjamin, New Bern 14.1
2. Alvis Rogers, Washington 14.1
3.
4.
5. Curtis Peterson, Winston-Salem Parkland
180-yard Low Hurdles
1. Ray Hadley, Burlington Cummings 19.35
4x220-yard Relay
1. Tarboro 1:27.7
2. West Charlotte 1:28.2
3. North Forsyth 1:28.3
4.
5.
6. Winston-Salem Parkland
4x440-yard Relay
1. Richmond County 3:19.16
2.
3.
4. Greensboro Grimsley 3:21.5
(Dan Young, Jay Bennett, Stan McAdoo and Weston Whitaker)
5.
6. North Forsyth
Long Jump
1. Eddi McGill, Enka 23-10
2.
3.
4. Ben Julian, South Caldwell 22-4
Triple Jump
1. Johnny Johnson, Tarboro 49-10
High Jump
1. Robert Hicks, Scotland County 6-10
(New State Meet Record)
2. Baron Hunter, Northeast Guilford 6-10
3. (tie) Gary Parmley, West Carteret 6-10
3. (tie) Russell Parker, Bertie County 6-10
5.
Pole Vault
1. Alvin Charleston, East Rowan 15-1
(New State Meet Record)
2. Keith Wilson, Gastonia Ashbrook 14-2
3.
4. Steve Roebuck, North Iredell 13-0
Shot
1. Ernest Butler, West Craven 58-2.5
Discus
1. Mike Rodriguez, Charlotte Garinger 172-5
(New State Meet Record)
Boys Mile Run
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Glenn Sparrow 12 South Point 4:17.15
2
3
4
5 John George 12 Page 4:27.10
Boys 1600m Run
1 Glenn Sparrow 12 South Point 4:15.66
2
3
4
5 John George 12 Page 4:25.55
Boys 2 Mile Run
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Dan Morton 12 Grimsley 9:02.31
2 John Clark 12 Concord 9:08.61
3 Carl Ivarsson 12 Western Guilford 9:19.00
4 Kevin Huston 12 Northwood 9:22.35
5
Boys 3200m Run
1 Dan Morton 12 Grimsley 8:59.16
2 John Clark 12 Concord 9:05.43
3 Carl Ivarsson 12 Western Guilford 9:15.76
4 Kevin Huston 12 Northwood 9:19.09
5
880 Yard Run
1 Robert Dancy 12 Tarboro 1:55.28
2
800m Run
1 Robert Dancy 12 Tarboro 1:54.61
2
Long Jump
Place Name Grade Team Mark
1 Eddi McGill 12 Enka 23-10
2
3
4 Ben Julian 12 South Caldwell 22-4
5
Triple Jump
1 Johnny Johnson 12 Tarboro 49-10
2
3
4
High Jump
1 Robert Hicks 12 Scotland 6-10;
2 Baron Hunter 12 Northeast Guilford 6-10;
3 Gary Parmley 12 West Carteret 6-10;
3 Russell Parker 12 Bertie 6-10;
5
Pole Vault
1 Alvin Charleston 12 East Rowan 15-1
2 Keith Wilson 12 Ashbrook 14-2
3
4 Steve Roebuck 12 North Iredell 13-0
5
Shot Put
1 Ernest Butler 12 West Craven 58-2.5
2
3
4
5
Discus
1 Mike Rodriguez 12 Garinger 172-5
The boys meet was moved to Cary High School for 1978 due to the resurfacing of NC State University's track.
Tarboro's boys won the team title with 37 points. They scored first places in the 100, 440, 880, 880 Relay, and Triple Jump.
State meet records fell in four events. Dan Morton (Greensboro Grimsley) shattered the 2-mile record with a 9:02.31 clocking. The old record was 9:13.7 set in 1973 by Danny Schlesinger of Raleigh Sanderson.
Garinger's Mike Rodriguez set a new meet record in the discus with a throw of 172-5. The old record was 171-8 by Chapel Hill's Dave Taylor in 1968.
Another meet record fell in the vault as East Rowan junior Alvin Charleston cleared 15-1 to better the 15-0 record set in 1974 by David Ward of Charlotte Olympic.
Four high jumpers bettered the meet record of 6-9.25 set in 1974 by Rufus Crawford of Gastonia Hunter Huss. Scotland County's Robert Hicks, Northeast Guilford sophomore Baron Hunter, defending state champ Gary Parmley (West Carteret) and Bertie senior Russell Parker all cleared 6-10.
