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This was the first year that the 3-A and 4-A classifications had separate state track championships.
Two athletes in this meet later became NFL players: Eric Swann (6th, SP) - picked 6th in the '91 NFL draft by Arizona;
Randy Jordan (100-200-LJ winner) - played for UNC, was not drafted, but scored the first TD in the Jacksonville Jaguars franchise history. Jordan later played several years with the Oakland Raiders.
Jordan set a new state meet record for all classifications of 10.44. He also won the 200 (21.20) and Long Jump (24-1). The 10.44 ranked Jordan 5th nationally for 1987.
3200m winner David Honea of Enka later won $125,000 on ABC's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire".
Francine Dumas (TC Roberson) won the 800-1600-3200 triple.
Sam Harrison (High Point Andrews) won the 100 and 200 and ran on Andrews' winning 4x100 and 4x200 relays.
Girls team champion Burlington Cummings, coached by Ralph Holloway, had qualifiers in 10 of the 16 events, and scored in all 10 of them.
