400 METERS 1982 (Provo, June 05)...... (A) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—52.76) 1. ' (Florida State)...... So...... 52.01 2. ' (UTEP)...... So...... 52.33 3. Cathy Rattray' (Tennessee)...... So...... 52.36 4. La Shonn Nedd (UCLA)...... Fr...... 52.93 5. Arlise Emerson (UCLA)...... Jr...... 53.26 6. Easter Gabriel (Prairie View)...... Jr...... 53.90 7. Angie Wright (Florida State)...... Jr...... 54.45 8. Rosalyn Dunlap (Missouri)...... Jr...... 55.82 (Heats [June 02]: I–1. Rattray 51.71[A] MR) 1983 (Houston, June 04) (25 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—52.35) 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. (Cal State LA)...... So...... 51.91 8. Cathy Rattray' (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 52.06 (Heats [June 02]: I–1. Griffith 51.31 MR)

All-Time NCAA Women’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -71- 1984 (Eugene, June 02) (33 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—53.39) 1. Marita Payne' (Florida State)...... Sr...... 51.05 2. Charmaine Crooks' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 51.49 3. (Alabama)...... So...... 52.11 4. Nawal El Moutawakel' (Iowa State)...... Fr...... 52.23 5. Cathy Rattray' (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 52.62 6. Ruth Waithera' (Arizona)...... Jr...... 52.84 7. Rosalyn Dunlap (Missouri)...... Sr...... 53.40 8. Marcia Tate' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 53.89 1985 (Austin, June 01) (20 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—52.98) 1. (Cal State LA)...... Jr...... 50.95 2. Ilrey Oliver' (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 52.05 3. Cynthia Green (Grambling)...... Jr...... 52.17 4. Sharon Dabney (Cal State LA)...... Jr...... 52.34 5. Renee Ross (San Diego State)...... Jr...... 52.62 6. Susan Shurr (Texas)...... Sr...... 52.80 7. Michelle Maxey (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 52.9h 8. Gail Emmanuel' (Grambling)...... Sr...... 54.0h 1986 (Indianapolis, June 07) (17 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—53.05) 1. Lillie Leatherwood (Alabama)...... Jr...... 51.23 2. Ilrey Oliver' (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 51.91 3. Terri Dendy (George Mason)...... So...... 52.12 4. Gervaise McCraw (USC)...... Jr...... 52.24 5. Natasha Kaiser (Missouri)...... Fr...... 52.29 6. Denean Howard (Cal State LA)...... Sr...... 52.68 7. Tracey Cofield (Florida A&M)...... Fr...... 52.72 8. Linetta Wilson (Nebraska)...... Fr...... 53.30 9. Sherri Howard (Cal State LA)...... Sr...... 54.11

All-Time NCAA Women’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -72- 1987 (Baton Rouge, June 06) (14 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—53.69) 1. Lillie Leatherwood (Alabama)...... Sr...... 50.90 (MR) (first 2-time winner) 2. (Morgan State)...... Jr...... 51.23 3. Denise Mitchell (Florida)...... Jr...... 52.09 4. Sonja Fridy (Virginia)...... Sr...... 52.27 5. Janet Davis (Florida State)...... Jr...... 52.77 6. Michelle Milling (Nebraska)...... Jr...... 53.16 7. Natasha Kaiser (Missouri)...... So...... 53.1h 8. Gervaise McCraw (USC)...... Sr...... 53.1h 9. Opal Cunningham' (LSU)...... Fr...... 54.1h 1988 (Eugene, June 04) (23 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—52.60) 1. Rochelle Stevens (Morgan State)...... Sr...... 51.23 2. Maicel Malone (Arizona State)...... Fr...... 51.32 3. Sharron Powell' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 51.67 4. Jearl Miles (Alabama A&M)...... Sr...... 51.58 5. Terri Dendy (George Mason)...... Sr...... 51.96 6. Natasha Kaiser (Missouri)...... Jr...... 52.11 7. Michelle Taylor (USC)...... Jr...... 52.41 8. Tanya McIntosh (Rice)...... Jr...... 52.77