1983 NCAA woMEN (Houston, Texas, May 30–June 04) (hot & humid, with light breezes; light rain early on June 04; most events held in the evening) (final-day attendance 13,600) team scores 1. UCLA...... 116½ 2. Florida State...... 108 2 3. Nebraska...... 106 /3 4. Tennessee...... 87 5. Oregon...... 66 6. Stanford 60; 7. Cal State LA 59; 8. Houston 52; 9. Arizona 47; 10. tie, NC State & Virginia 37; 12. Alabama 36; 13. Arizona State 34; 14. Texas 32; 15. Prairie View 29; 16. BYU 27; 17. Michigan 25; 18. tie, Florida, Michigan State & Washington 24; 21. Clemson 20; 22. Wiscon- sin 19; 23. Penn State 18; 24. tie, LSU & San Diego State 17; 26. UTEP 16; 27. Iowa 15; 28. USC 14½; 29. tie, Princeton, Ohio U & Villanova 14; 32. Georgia 13; 33. tie, Long Beach State & Kansas 12; 35. Oklahoma 11½; 36. tie, Colorado & Illinois State 11; 38. Kansas State 10½; 39. Rice 10; 40. tie, Ball State, Cal State Hayward, Fairleigh Dickinson, Hawai‘i, Maryland, Missouri & Rutgers 9; 47. Kentucky 8; 48. Ohio State 7; 49. tie, Cal & North Texas State 6; 51. tie, Fresno State, Harvard, Kent State & Southern U 5; 55. tie, Texas Southern & Utah 3; 57. New Mexico 2; 58. tie, Idaho, Northeast Louisiana, Old Dominion, Purdue & Texas A&M 1. 100 meters (wind +2.4) 1. Merlene Ottey' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 11.04w (first 2-time winner) 2. Diane Williams (Cal State LA)...... Sr...... 11.05w 3. Brenda Cliette (Florida State)...... Fr...... 11.27w 4. Jennifer Inniss' (Cal State LA)...... Sr...... 11.31w 5. Sharon Ware (Arizona State)...... So...... 11.33w 6. (Florida State)...... Jr...... 11.34w 7. Michele Glover (Houston)...... So...... 11.41w 8. Donna Dennis (Washington)...... Fr...... 11.42w 9. Rufina Ubah' (Missouri)...... Fr...... 11.59w (Heats: II[0.4]–1. Ottey' 11.20 low-altitude MR) © Track & Field News - 1 - 200 meters (wind +0.1) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—23.54) 1. Merlene Ottey' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 22.39 (low-altitude MR) 2. Florence Griffith (UCLA)...... Sr...... 22.42 3. Randy Givens (Florida State)...... Jr...... 22.60 4. Brenda Cliette (Florida State)...... Fr...... 22.98 5. Diane Williams (Cal State LA)...... Sr...... 23.04 6. Marita Payne' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 23.20 7. Juliet Cuthbert' (Texas)...... Fr...... 23.44 8. Angie Thacker (Nebraska)...... Fr...... 24.01 (Heats: I[1.4]–1. Griffith 22.47 l-a MR) 400 meters 1. Florence Griffith (UCLA)...... Sr...... 50.94 (MR) 2. Easter Gabriel (Prairie View)...... Sr...... 50.99 3. Merlene Ottey' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 51.12 (2–3 also under old MR) 4. (Cal State LA)...... Fr...... 51.46 5. Marita Payne' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 51.49 6. (Ohio State)...... Fr...... 51.77 7. Sharon Dabney (Cal State LA)...... So...... 51.91 8. Cathy Rattray' (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 52.06 (Heats: I–1. Griffith 51.31 MR) 800 meters 1. Joetta Clark (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 2:02.28 (MR) 2. Tina Krebs' (Cemson)...... Fr...... 2:03.01 3. Lee Ann Van Landingham (LSU)...... So...... 2:04.09 4. Jacqui Sedwick (Michigan State)...... Jr...... 2:04.60 5. Annette Campbell (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 2:05.20 6. Kathy Williams (Ohio U)...... Sr...... 2:05.40 7. Patty Bradley (Villanova)...... Jr...... 2:05.66 8. Kim Kelly (Virginia)...... So...... 2:07.56

© Track & Field News - 2 - 1500 meters 1. Michele Bush (UCLA)...... Sr...... 4:14.48 (MR) 2. Ranza Clark' (Oregon)...... Jr...... 4:16.23 3. Linda Detlefsen (Georgia)...... Jr...... 4:16.77 4. Jill Haworth (Virginia)...... Sr...... 4:16.89 5. Doreen Startare (Penn State)...... Jr...... 4:16.96 6. Sue Foster (Michigan)...... Sr...... 4:17.58 7. Louise Romo (Cal)...... So...... 4:18.62 8. Liz Natale (Tennessee)...... Fr...... 4:18.87 [14. (Stanford)...... So...... 4:35.50] (Heats: II–1. Jacobs 4:14.53 MR) 3000 meters 1. Alison Wiley' (Stanford)...... Fr...... 9:03.51 (MR) 2. PattiSuePlumer (Stanford)...... Jr...... 9:10.22 3. (Princeton)...... Sr...... 9:11.50 4. Jenny Stricker (Harvard)...... So...... 9:11.95 5. Judith Shepherd' (Clemson)...... So...... 9:14.50 (2–5 all under old MR) 6. Sabrina Peters (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 9:19.35 7. Anthea James (Arizona)...... Sr...... 9:21.37 8. Renee Wyckoff (Fresno State)...... Jr...... 9:22.59 (Heats: I–1. Plumer 9:19.26 MR. II–1. Wiley 9:17.02 MR) 5000 meters 1. Betty Springs (NC State)...... Jr...... 15:51.97 (MR) 2. Kathy Hayes (Oregon)...... So...... 15:53.73 (under old MR) 3. Wendy Van Mierlo' (Illinois State)...... Sr...... 16:06.05 4. Lisa Martin' (Oregon)...... Sr...... 16:07.83 5. Katie Ishmael (Wisconsin)...... Fr...... 16:10.69 6. Nan Doak (Iowa)...... Jr...... 16:16.31 7. Martha White (Virginia)...... Sr...... 16:21.62 8. Tori Neubauer (Wisconsin–La Crosse)...... Jr...... 16:24.93 (Heats: I–1. Springs 15:57.66 MR)

© Track & Field News - 3 - 10,000 meters 1. Betty Springs (NC State)...... Jr...... 33:01.02 (MR) 2. Carey May' (BYU)...... So...... 33:04.23 3. Melanie Weaver (Michigan)...... Sr...... 33:06.70 4. Beth Farmer (Florida)...... So...... 33:10.28 5. Regina Joyce' (Washington)...... Jr...... 33:14.45 (all under old MR) 6. Lisa Weidenbach (Michigan)...... Sr...... 33:38.43 7. Jenny Spangler (Iowa)...... So...... 33:39.94 8. Martha White (Virginia)...... Sr...... 34:02.15 100 hurdles (wind +1.1) 1. Benita Fitzgerald (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 12.84 (CR, MR) (first 2-time winner) 2. (UTEP)...... Jr...... 12.95 (also under old MR) 3. Rhonda Blanford (Nebraska)...... So...... 13.45 4. Candy Young (Fairleigh Dickinson)...... Jr...... 13.48 5. Tonya Lowe (Kentucky)...... Jr...... 13.56 6. Lori Dinello (Florida)...... Sr...... 13.60 7. Lori Smith (San Diego State)...... Sr...... 13.75 8. Jackie Joyner (UCLA)...... Jr...... 13.99 (Heats: II[1.4]–1. Turner 13.13 =MR) 400 hurdles 1. Judi Brown (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 56.44 (MR) 2. (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 56.97 3. Angie Wright (Florida State)...... Sr...... 57.27 4. Lori McCauley (Rutgers)...... Sr...... 57.55 5. Patty Bradley (Villanova)...... Jr...... 57.58 6. Sandra Farmer' (Cal State LA)...... So...... 57.67 7. Piper Bressant (Florida)...... So...... 57.74 8. Ovrill Brown (Florida State)...... Jr...... 58.30 (Heats: I–1. Barksdale 56.77 l-a MR)

© Track & Field News - 4 - 4 x 100 1. Florida State...... 42.94 (CR, MR) (Angie Wright, Marita Payne', Brenda Cliette, Randy Givens) 2. Nebraska...... 43.44 (also under old MR) (Janet Burke', Rhonda Blanford, Angie Thacker, Merlene Ottey') 3. Tennessee...... 43.84 (Sharrieffa Barksdale, Veronica Findley', Kelia Bolton, Benita Fitzgerald) 4. Houston...... 43.84 (Tara Mastin, Jackie Washington, , Michele Glover) 5. UCLA...... 43.90 (Missy Jerold, Jackie Joyner, La Shon Nedd, Florence Griffith) 6. Cal State Bakersfield...... 44.79 (Andralette Gill, Marcella Mariano, Faith Burleson, Gurtha Pounds) 7. Alabama...... 45.13 (Sandy Harris, Rena Oden, , Belinda Little) 8. Prairie View...... 45.44 (Lynn Gamble, Norrie McAfee, Sheila LaBome, Easter Gabriel) (Heats: I–1. Florida State 43.69 low-altitude MR.)

© Track & Field News - 5 - 4 x 400 1. Florida State...... 3:28.46 (CR, MR) (Randy Givens 52.5, Brenda Cliette 51.3, Angie Wright 52.7, Marita Payne' 52.0) 2. Tennessee...... 3:30.13 (Kelia Bolton 54.2, Ilrey Oliver' 53.4, Cathy Rattray' 52.8, Joetta Clark 51.0) 3. Prairie View...... 3:31.78 (Sheila LaBome 53.7, Norrie McAfee 53.4, Lynn Gamble 53.6, Easter Gabriel 51.1) 4. Nebraska...... 3:32.81 (Nicole Ali' 53.1, Jennie Gorham 53.4, Marsha Tate' 53.1, Janet Burke' 53.3) 5. Morgan State...... 3:33.57 (Zanderland Dixon 54.5, Janet Dodson 52.3, Kim Whitehead 53.9, Willetta Page 52.9) 6. UCLA...... 3:33.94 (La Shonn Nedd 53.0, Brenda Peterson 55.8, Jackie Joyner 53.8, Arlise Emerson 51.4) 7. Texas...... 3:38.29 (Susan Shurr 54.4, Florence Walker 54.1, Susan Bean 55.1, Terri Turner 54.7) 8. Houston...... 3:39.45 (Rachael Clary 54.1, Cruz Ibarquen' 56.0, Andrea Berry 54.4, Maxine Underwood 55.0) (Heats: I–1. Prairie View 3:34.10 low-altitude MR. II–1. Tennessee 3:30.44 low-altitude MR)

© Track & Field News - 6 - high jump 1. Disa Gisladóttir' (Alabama)...... Jr...... 6‑1½ (MR) (first 2-time winner) 2. Wendy Markham (Florida State)...... So...... 6‑1½ (=MR after Johnson) 3. Katrena Johnson (Arizona)...... Fr...... 6‑1½ (=MR) 4. Bonnie Harrington (Ball State)...... Jr...... 6‑½ 5. Ann Bair (Virginia)...... Sr...... 5‑11¼ 6. Frances Daniell (Ohio U)...... Sr...... 5‑11¼ =7. Rita Graves (Kansas State)...... Fr...... 5‑11¼ =7. Debra Larsen (USC)...... Fr...... 5‑11¼ (1.87, 1.84, 1.81) 1. Carol Lewis (Houston)...... So...... 21‑11¾ (MR) 2. Tudie McKnight (Kansas)...... Sr...... 21‑7¼ 3. Jackie Joyner (UCLA)...... Jr...... 21‑7¼ 4. Gwen Loud (Hawai‘i)...... So...... 21‑6¾ 5. Jennifer Inniss' (Cal State LA)...... Sr...... 21‑5½ 6. Angie Thacker (Nebraska)...... Fr...... 20‑7 7. Donna Thomas (North Texas State)...... Jr...... 20‑3½ 8. Brenda Bailey (Howard)...... Fr...... 19‑10¼ (6.70, 6.58, 6.58, 6.57, 6.54, 6.27, 6.18, 6.05) (Qualifying: Lewis 6.70/21‑11¾w, superior to MR; Inniss 6.65/21‑10 MR) shot 1. (Stanford)...... Jr...... 56‑0 (MR) 2. Peggy Pollock (Long Beach State)...... Sr...... 54‑8¾ 3. Regina Cavanaugh (Rice)...... Fr...... 54‑8¾ 4. Marita Walton' (Maryland)...... Sr...... 54‑4½ 5. Meg Ritchie' (Arizona)...... Sr...... 54‑2 6. Elaine Sobansky (Penn State)...... Jr...... 53‑9¾ 7. Quenna Beasley (Oregon)...... Jr...... 51‑9¼ 8. Pinkie Suggs (Kansas State)...... Fr...... 51‑¼ (17.07, 16.68, 16.68, 16.57, 16.51, 16.40, 15.78, 15.55) © Track & Field News - 7 - discus 1. (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 209‑10 (MR in second flight) 2. Carol Cady (Stanford)...... Jr...... 204‑9 3. Meg Ritchie' (Arizona)...... Sr...... 196‑9 4. Pia Iacovo (Alabama)...... Jr...... 181‑2 5. Julie Jones (BYU)...... Jr...... 177‑8 6. Vickie Gay (Texas Southern)...... Jr...... 174‑3 7. Cindy Johnson (USC)...... Fr...... 173‑11 8. Quenna Beasley (Oregon)...... Jr...... 173‑7 (63.96, 62.42, 59.96, 55.22, 54.16, 53.12, 53.02, 52.90) (Qualifying: Deniz 63.80/209‑4 MR) javelin 1. Denise Thiemard' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 178‑10 2. Lorri Kokkola' (Texas)...... Sr...... 173‑3 3. (Arizona)...... Sr...... 170‑6 4. Roz Rouse (Oregon)...... Sr...... 170‑5 5. Deanna Carr (Washington)...... Sr...... 168‑9 6. Susie Ray (UCLA)...... Jr...... 168‑3 7. Iris Gronfeldt' (Alabama)...... Fr...... 166‑9 8. Kathy Calo (Kent State)...... Sr...... 166‑5 (54.50, 52.80, 51.96, 51.94, 51.44, 51.28, 50.84, 50.72) heptathlon 1. Jackie Joyner (UCLA)...... Jr...... 6365 (CR, MR) (first 2-time winner) 2. Marlene Harmon (Cal State Northridge)...... Fr...... 5988 3. Patsy Walker (Houston)...... Sr...... 5962 4. Annette Tannander' (Colorado)...... Jr...... 5863 5. Susie Ray (UCLA)...... Jr...... 5706 6. Lana Zimmerman (LSU)...... Jr...... 5621 7. Carrie McLaughlin (San Diego State)...... Sr...... 5620 8. Tonya Alston (UCLA)...... Jr...... 5591 (scores on current tables: 6390 CR, MR, 5893, 5857, 5793, 5599, 5488, 5470, 5456)

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