400 METERS 1982 (Provo, June 05) ........................................................................(A) (28 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—52.76) 1. Marita Payne' (Florida State) ............................. So ..............52.01 2. Charmaine Crooks' (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. Denean Howard (Cal State LA) ......................... Fr ................51.46 5. Marita Payne' (Florida State) ............................. Jr ................51.49 6. Diane Dixon (Ohio State) ................................... Fr ................51.77 7. Sharon Dabney (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. Lillie Leatherwood (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. Sherri Howard (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. Rochelle Stevens (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 All-Time NCAA Women’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -73- 1989 (Provo, June 03) ........................................................................(A) (16 contestants, 9 finalists; Q—52.64) 1. Pauline Davis' (Alabama) .................................. Sr ...............50.18 (CR, MR) 2. Natasha Kaiser (Missouri) ................................. Sr ...............50.86 (also under old MR) 3. Celena Mondie (Illinois) ..................................... Jr ................51.14 4. Fali Ogunkoya' (Mississippi State) .................... Jr ................51.33 5. Michelle Taylor (USC) ........................................ Sr ...............51.75 6. Michelle Felder (Howard) .................................. Jr ................51.91 7. Stephanie Saleem (Murray State)...................... Fr ................52.41 8. Opal Cunningham' (LSU) .................................. Jr ................52.61 9. Leslie Hardison (Texas) ..................................... Sr ...............53.41 1990 (Durham, June 02 (15 contestants, 8 finalists; no semis; Q—52.77) 1. Maicel Malone (Arizona State) .......................... So ..............51.13 2. Diane Dunrod' (Alabama) .................................. Jr ................51.25 3. Wendy Watson (Oklahoma) ............................... Sr ...............51.41 4. Ximena Restrepo' (Nebraska) ........................... Jr ................51.64 5. Toinette Holmes (Arizona State) ........................ Sr ...............52.30 6. Michelle Felder (Howard) .................................. Sr ...............52.40 7. Tasha Downing (Florida) .................................... So ..............52.45 8. Keisha Demas (Pitt) ........................................... Jr ................52.62 1991 (Eugene, June 01) (21 contestants, 8 finalists; Q—53.00) 1. Ximena Restrepo' (Nebraska) ........................... Sr ...............51.01 2. Sandie Richards' (Texas) ................................... Sr ...............51.06 3. Maicel Malone (Arizona State) .......................... Jr ................51.21 4. Diane Francis' (Alabama) .................................. Sr ...............52.44 5. Tasha Downing (Florida) .................................... Jr ................52.59 6. Keisha Deimas (Pitt) .......................................... Sr ...............52.69 7. Trisha Carter (Georgia) ...................................... Jr ................52.98 8. Steffanie Smith (Georgetown) ........................... So ..............53.22 All-Time NCAA Women’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -74- 1992 (Austin, June 06) (21 contestants 8 finalists; semis return; Q—52.70) 1. Anita Howard (Florida) ...................................... Sr ...............51.01 2. Youlanda Warren (LSU) ..................................... Jr ................51.55 3. Nelrae Pasha (Georgia Tech) ............................. Jr ................51.59 4. Crystal Irving (UNLV) ......................................... Sr ...............51.90 5. Camara Jones (Oregon) .................................... So ..............52.26 6. Shanelle Porter (Nebraska) ............................... So ..............52.48 7. Faith Idehen' (Alabama) .................................... So ..............53.50 8. Darlena Morganfield (Oklahoma) ....................... Sr ...............54.18 1993 (New Orleans, June 05) (18 contestants, 8 finalists; no semis; Q—52.90) 1. Juliet Campbell' (Auburn) .................................. Sr ...............50.58 (low-altitude MR) 2. Nelrae Pasha (Georgia Tech) ............................. Sr ...............51.68 3. Youlanda Warren (LSU) ..................................... Jr ................51.92 4. Shanelle Porter (Nebraska) ............................... Jr ................52.12