GIRLS
Team Scores:
1. Durham Hillside 40
2. East Forsyth 38
3. Smithfield-Selma 34
4. High Point Andrews 28
5t Goldsboro 24
5t Winston-Salem Parkland 24
5t Fayetteville Smith 24
8t Northern Durham 22
8t Asheville AC Reynolds 22
8t Western Guilford 22
Girls 100 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Denise Dayle Durham Hillside 12.0
2 Gwen Ray Smithfield-Selma 12.1
3 Woodbury Winston-Salem Parkland 12.3
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200 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Gwen Ray Smithfield/Selma 24.3
2 Gardin Asheboro 25.2
3 Lucas Northern Durham 25.3
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6 Weaver Durham Hillside 26.4
400 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 V. Weaver Durham Hillside 57.0
2 Morehead Oxford Webb 58.5
3 April Cook Watauga 58.6
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800 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 S Owens Western Guilford 2:15.2
2 Delphine Mabry SW Edgecombe 2:18.6
3 Miller Asheville AC Reynolds 2:20.2
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6 Royster Oxford Webb 2:23.5
1600 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Joan Nesbitt East Mecklenburg 5:05.7
2 Miller Asheville AC Reynolds 5:07.0
3 Leslie Ladd East Forsyth 5:12.3
3200 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Karen Thompson East Henderson 11:20.1
2 Crawely Asheville AC Reynolds 11:44.8
3 Leslie Ladd East Forsyth 12:03.8
100m Hurdles
Place Name Team Mark
1 Sonya Marshall Charlotte Olympic 14.4
2 Clara Hairston East Forsyth 14.4
3 Williams Fayetteville Smith 14.5
4 Morehead Oxford Webb 14.5
200m Low Hurdles
Place Name Team Mark
1 Clara Hairston East Forsyth 28.5
2 Williams Fayetteville Smith 28.8
3 Forbes Winston-Salem Parkland 29.8
4x100m Relay
Place Team Mark
1 High Point Andrews 48.8
2 Northern Durham 49.3
3 Goldsboro 49.4
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6 Durham Hillside 50.2
4x200m Relay
Place Team Mark
1 High Point Andrews 1:42.0
2 Goldsboro 1:42.2
3 Durham Hillside 1:42.6
4x400m Relay
Place Team Mark
1 Goldsboro 3:59.7
2 High Point Andrews 4:02.2
3 South Mecklenburg 4:03.4
4 Durham Hillside 4:03.8
5 East Mecklenburg 4:04.9
(Lisa Blakeney Joan Nesbit Angela Boyce Sandra Carter)
6 Chapel Hill 4:09.7
Long Jump
Place Name Team Mark
1 Dee Dee Slade Reidsville 5.86m
2 Clara Hairston East Forsyth 5.75m
3 Gulley Garner 5.49m
Triple Jump
Place Name Team Mark
1 Teretha Coe North Forsyth 11.55m
2 Gwen Ray Smithfield-Selma 11.50m
3 Dewberry Forest City Chase 11.29m
High Jump
Place Name Team Mark
1 N Ray Western Guilford 5-6.5
2 Lucas Northern Durham 5-6
3 Arends Durham Jordan 5-4
3 Patterson Scotland County 5-4
3 Poole East Rowan 5-4
Shot Put
Place Name Team Mark
1 Mary Herbin Burlington Williams 11.70m
2 Grier Charlotte Garinger 11.53m
3 Robinson North Mecklenburg 11.40m
Discus
Place Name Team Mark
1 Jackie Gandy Thomasville 37.89m
2 Gee Durham Hillside 36.83m
3 Majors Fayetteville Smith 36.63m
The 75th annual NCHSAA boys championship was held at NC State University's Paul Derr Track in Raleigh.
All 4 classifications (4A-3A-2A-1A) competed together.
In 1980 NC State's track was still 440 yards. Metric distances were run for all events except for 4x220 yard and 4x440 yard relays.
Northern Durham ran an excellent 41.23 in the 4x100 meter relay. This was the first year the event was run over a metric distance. Their state meet record was unsurpassed for many years.
East Mecklenburg's Carlton Frazier set a 400 record of 47.36, superior (using the conversion) to the old 440-yard record of 48.1 (hand) by James Fields of New Bern in 1976.
Greg Roseboro (Hillside) set an 800 record (1:51.39) superior to the old 880-yard record of 1:53.9 by Tony Waldrop in 1969.
Athens Drive's Than Emery (171-4) repeated as discus champion, missing Mike Rodriguez's state record by just a foot and an inch.
Charlotte Myers Park, led by Ken Dowdle's second-place finishes in the 800 (1:53.02) and 1600 (4:08.4), compiled 44 points to win the team title. The Mustangs, coached by Richard Prince, won the 4x220 (1:26.93) and placed second in the 200 (Ron King, 21.54).
Metric distances were run for the first time at the girls' state meet in Raeford. At the time the NCHSAA made the decision to "retire" existing records, apparently including field events. Winning performances were listed as "records", even when intrinsically superior performances had been recorded by athletes in the 70s (e.g., Julie and Mary Shea, Lynn Lashley). NCPrepTrack.com has attempted in its archives to recognize records not as yard or metric records but by best performance ever for a given event (e.g., considering the 3200 and 2-mile as the same "event").
The 1980 girls meet included a future Olympian, Joan Nesbitt (East Mecklenburg) who won the 1600 in 5:05.7. Nesbitt competed in the 10,000 meters in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was a 1982 NCAA All-American in cross country while running for UNC.
