BOYS
Team Scores: (Unofficial, prior to 5/30 rerun of 1600)
1. Northern Durham 63
2. East Forsyth 31
3. High Point Andrews 28
4. (tie) Fayetteville EE Smith 22
4. (tie) North Forsyth 22
4. (tie) Raleigh Broughton 22
4. (tie) South Mecklenburg 22
8. Shelby 16
9. Ahoskie 15
10. (tie) Brevard 14
10. (tie) Greenville Rose 14
Boys 1981
100 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Harvey McSwain Shelby 10.62
2 Arthur Glenn Northern Durham 10.65
3 Alston Glenn Northern Durham 10.66
4 Darryl Anderson East Forsyth 10.71
5 James Johnson Charlotte Myers Park 10.73
6 Erskine Evans Greenville Rose 10.76
200 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Alston Glenn Northern Durham 21.44
2 John McClain High Point Andrews 21.50
3 Nathan McCorkle Newton-Conover 21.51
4 Harvey McSwain Shelby 21.55
5 Joe Dingle Greensboro Grimsley 21.68
6 Arthur Glenn Northern Durham 21.89
400 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Ruben Pierce Fayetteville EE Smith 48.17
2 Vic Green South Mecklenburg 48.32
3 Willie Fuller Henderson Vance 48.63
4 Joe Ellis Wilson Beddingfield 48.68
5 Carl Van Payne High Point Central 48.84
6 Butch Smith East Forsyth 49.38
800 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 John Evans North Forsyth 1:52.33
2 Terry Spencer Tarboro 1:53.97
3 Chuckie Kuglar Jacksonville White Oak 1:54.39
4 Diaz Chavis Greensboro Dudley 1:55.02
5 Terry White New Bern 1:56.40
6 Bruce Lillie Chapel Hill 1:56.56
1600 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Greg Richardson Henderson Vance 4:15.70
(Race was rerun Saturday 5/30 following a protest)
(Other places not available)
The Hickory Daily Record reported: "Meet officials ruled
that Wallace had been tripped by Marc Judd of Enka and
ruled a rerun today."
original finish:
1600 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Greg Richardson Vance 4:18.16
2 Ricky Wallace Garner 4:19.86
3 Paul Brim Page 4:20.32
4 Robert Baker N Iredell 4:21.21
5 Harry Williams Greensboro Rose 4:21.28
6 Ken Dowdle MP 4:22.0
9 Marc Judd Enka 4:27.0
3200 Meters
Place Name Team Time
1 Robert Baker North Iredell 9:27.91
2 Ricky Wallace Garner 9:28.25
3 Bill Will Gastonia Ashbrook 9:29.18
4 Phil Roberts East Gaston 9:34.15
5 Harry Williams Greenville Rose 9:38.67
6 Mike Moses Greensboro Grimsley 9:42.65
110m High Hurdles
Place Name Team Mark
1 William Cooper East Forsyth 13.86
(New State Meet Record)
2 Craig White East Duplin 14.22
3 Terry Lawrence East Forsyth 14.43
4 Carson Maske Albemarle 14.45
5 Doug Lunsford Northern Durham 14.62
6 Glenn Mitchell Ahoskie 14.69
165m Low Hurdles
Place Name Team Mark
1 Horace Alston Wilmington Hoggard 19.79
2 Glenn Mitchell Ahoskie 19.94
3 James Foard East Gaston 20.09
4 Terry Lawrence East Forsyth 20.30
5 Bernard Wynn Monroe 20.32
6 Kevin Wardlaw Seventy-First 20.34
4x100m Relay
Place Team Mark
1 Northern Durham 41.69
(Arthur Glenn Alston Glenn Greg Neal Jeff Parker)
2 South Mecklenburg 41.72
3 East Forsyth 41.76
4 High Point Andrews 41.95
5 Raleigh Enloe 42.04
6 Charlotte Harding 42.48
4x220y Relay
Place Team Mark
1 Northern Durham 1:25.50
(Dwayne McDaniel Arthur Glenn Greg Neal Alston Glenn)
(New State Meet Record)
2 High Point Andrews 1:27.51
3 South Mecklenburg 1:28.34
4 Greensboro Grimsley 1:28.58
5 Fayetteville EE Smith 1:28.70
6 Greenville Rose 1:28.84
4x400m Relay
Place Team Mark
1 Fayetteville EE Smith 3:18.99
2 High Point Andrews 3:19.66
3 Raleigh Broughton 3:20.50
4 Richmond County 3:21.00
5 North Forsyth 3:23.48
6 Fayetteville Sanford 3:25.30
Long Jump
Place Name Team Mark
1 Greg Neal Northern Durham 24-4
2 Jimmy Allen Forest Hills 24-3.25
3 Ricky Wall Raleigh Broughton 23-7.25
4 Chris Michael R-S Central 22-10.25
5 Quinton Lytle Shelby 22-9.5
6 Charles Fleming West Rowan 22-7.75
Triple Jump
Place Name Team Mark
1 Ricky Wall Raleigh Broughton 50-1.25
2 Tim Leach West Rowan 49-10.75
3 Greg Neal Northern Durham 49-1.5
4 Norman Mitchell Southern Nash 48-11
5 Carl Harris Northern Durham 47-8
6 Jackie Gary Jacksonville 47-7.25
High Jump
Place Name Team Mark
1 Charles Mack North Forsyth 6-10.25
(State Meet Record)
2 Marvin Jenkins West Craven 6-10.25
3 Michael Vaughn Ahoskie 6-6
4 Shelton Boyer West Charlotte 6-4
5 Billy Williams Charlotte Myers Park 6-4
6 Hans Simpson Western Guilford 6-4
Pole Vault
Place Name Team Mark
1 Mike Thurber Greenville Rose 15-2
(New State Meet Record)
2 Josiah Charleston East Rowan 14-0
3 Stuart Sanderson East Wake 13-6
4 Tracey Fowler Orange County 13-0
5 Denny Cook Lenoir Hibriten 13-0
5 Ben Browder Charlotte Myers Park 13-0
Shot Put
Place Name Team Mark
1 Donnie Wallace Roanoke 56-4
2 Dennis Barron Wilson Beddingfield 55-5.5
3 Steve Johnson Brevard 55-4.75
4 Kevin Huffman East Burke 54-11.5
5 Sheve Shultz Richmond County 54-9
6 John Logan East Gaston 53-5.75
Discus
Place Name Team Mark
1 William Lovick New Bern 163-4
2 Steve Johnson Brevard 164-0
3 Mack McLaries Burlington Williams 161-5
4 Greg Naron Randleman 155-9
5 George Fox Bunker Hill 151-9
6 Allen Boyd Tarboro 151-05
At the NCHSAA boys championship the evening's most memorable performance was a 13.86 over the 110-meter high hurdles by William Cooper of East Forsyth. The Baptist College-bound athlete established a meet record that was still standing 23 years later (2004). 1981 was the second year that the event was run over a metric distance. Hillside's Charles Romes had run a hand-timed 13.6 over the slightly shorter 120-yard hurdles in the 1972 NCHSAA meet with Myers Park's Jeff Howser running a notable 13.6 on cinders in the 1966 Sectionals.
Charles Mack (N. Forsyth) cleared 6-10 1/4 to better the state meet high jump record of 6-10 set in 1978 by Robert Hicks of Scotland County, and matched by three others. West Craven's Marvin Jenkins also leaped 6-10 1/4, with Mack getting the win on fewer misses.
Mike Thurber (Greenville Rose) set a vault record (15-2) adding an inch to Alvin Charleston's record set in 1978. Thurber outjumped defending champion Josiah Charleston of East Rowan.
Northern Durham's Greg Neal won an excellent LJ competition with Forest Hills' Jimmy Allen, 24-4 to 24-3.25, just missing Greg Artis' state meet record. Third was Broughton's Ricky Wall (23-7 1/4), winner of the triple jump at 50-1 1/4, where four jumpers went 48-11 or better.
The 880-yard relay (804.67m) was run again, as in 1980 instead of the 800-meter relay since NC State's track was still in yards with most events lined off at a metric distance. Northern Durham sped to a record 1:25.50 for the event, running an estimated 1:25.01 equivalent for 800-meters. Team members were Dwayne McDaniel, Arthur Glenn, Greg Neal, and 200 winner Alston Glenn.
1981 was the first year that the 1600-meter relay replaced the longer mile relay. Fayetteville Smith won in 3:18.99.
This was the second year that metric events were run at the NCHSAA girls championship in Raeford. Timing was by hand.
Clara Hairston (East Forsyth) ran a notable record in the 100-meter Low Hurdles with a blazing 13.6 performance. The best comparable performance over the 110-yard hurdles (which was run in the 70s) was 14.2 by Stella Johnson from West Charlotte (1977). Hairston also scored a 5th in the long jump. She later starred at Auburn.
Colette Williams of Fayetteville Smith set a state record in the triple jump of 40-6, smashing the old record of 38-9 by Sue Heard of Jacksonville (1979). Williams' jump was reportedly better than the National Federation record in the event at that time.
Williams amassed 26 points of Smith's 40 points to lead them to the state crown.
Mamie Wilson (Northern Durham) ran a 100-meter record of 11.8.
Parkland's Faye Strothers won an excellent Shot competition with a heave of 42-11.5, edging North Meck's Shunta Robinson, who had beaten Strothers at the regional with a 42-10.5 performance.
