1969 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1969 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1969 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	May 8–9, 1969
Host city	San Marcos, Texas
Venue	Southwest Texas State College
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The 1969 DGWS Outdoor Track And Field Championships were the first Division for Girls' and Women's Sports-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate track and field events in the United States. They were contested May 8−9, 1969 in San Marcos, Texas at Southwest Texas State College and won by the Texas Woman's Pioneers track and field team.

There were not separate Division I, II, and III championships for outdoor track and field until 1981. The meet would be called the DGWS Championships until 1972, when the DGWS changed its name to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).

The meeting was criticized for failing to advertise to interested teams, as only 15 schools participated and no schools from California were included. Additionally, a controversial rule was implemented that excluded 'club' athletes although exceptions were made.^[1]^[2]

Team standings

Scoring: 10 points for a 1st-place finish, 8 points for 2nd, 6 points for 3rd, 4 points for 4th, 2 points for 5th, and 1 point for 6th. Top 10 teams shown.^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
	Texas Woman's Pioneers	74
	Texas Tech Red Raiders	61
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4th	Montclair State Red Hawks	60
5th	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	34
6th	Illinois Fighting Illini	28
7th	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	25
8th	Parkland Cobras	22
9th	Tennessee Volunteers	20
10th	Texas State Bobcats	18

Results

Only results of finals are shown, six athletes per final^[3]^[1]^[4]

100 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Helen Jones	Texas Tech Red Raiders	11.7
	Kathy Vogler	Indiana State Sycamores	11.9
	Kathy Wheat	Texas Tech Red Raiders	12.0
4th	Marian Smolka	Texas Woman's Pioneers	12.3
5th	Kathy Hannaford	Texas Woman's Pioneers	12.4
6th	Nancy Carlson	North Texas Mean Green	12.7

220 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Terry Hull	Tennessee Volunteers	25.4
	Kathy Rogers	McPherson Bulldogs	26.9
	Kathy Vogler	Indiana State Sycamores	27.2
4th	Paulette Burrhus	Texas Woman's Pioneers	28.5
5th	Ann Burrell	Texas Tech Red Raiders	28.9
6th	Cindy Woodrow	Texas Woman's Pioneers	29.2

440 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Terry Hull	Tennessee Volunteers	56.4
	Debbie Smith	Texas Woman's Pioneers	1:01.9
	Sylvia Longoria	Texas Woman's Pioneers	1:03.8
4th	Kay Shelton	Texas Tech Red Raiders	1:04.8
5th	Monica Bures	Texas State Bobcats	1:06.1
6th	Karyl Wetz	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks	1:10.0

880 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Cherrie Bridges	Indiana State Sycamores	2:19.4
	Debbie Smith	Texas Woman's Pioneers	2:25.2
	Lyndell Wilken	Illinois Fighting Illini	2:27.2
4th	Carleen Groves	Rice Owls	2:28.6
5th	Sandy Nine	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	2:31.4
6th	Jan Price	Texas Tech Red Raiders	2:46.4

Mile run
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Cherrie Bridges	Indiana State Sycamores	5:15.1
	Kathy Rogers	McPherson Bulldogs	5:34.1
	Lyndell Wilken	Illinois Fighting Illini	6:01.4
4th	Carleen Groves	Rice Owls	6:19.3
5th	Jan Price	Texas Tech Red Raiders	6:21.0
6th	Carol Downer	Texas Woman's Pioneers	6:27.2

100 m hurdles
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Lou Green	Montclair State Red Hawks	15.4
	Judy Foreman	Texas Tech Red Raiders	15.7
	Connie Peterson	Illinois Fighting Illini	16.2
4th	Avis Latham	Florida State Seminoles	17.0
5th	Carolyn Turner	Texas Woman's Pioneers	17.1
6th	Grace Willey	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	17.2

200 m hurdles
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Lou Green	Montclair State Red Hawks	31.5
	Grace Willey	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	31.6
	Jane Carlile	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	32.7
4th	Carolyn Turner	Texas Woman's Pioneers	32.9
5th	Marti Johnson	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	36.0
		Texas Woman's Pioneers	DNF^[a]

4 × 110 yards relay
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Helen Jones	Texas Tech Red Raiders	51.7
	Ann Burrell
	Judy Foreman
	Kathy Wheat
	Kathy Hannaford	Texas Woman's Pioneers	53.1
	Sylvia Longoria
	Estep
	Cindy Woodrow
	Karen Buckner^[5]	Texas State Bobcats 'B'	53.7
	Brannan
	Smith
	Heuvel
4th	Tillison	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks	54.2
	Walker
	Fenske
	Irwin
5th	Beavers	Texas State Bobcats 'A'	54.6
	Riding
	DuVall
	Blake
6th	Atherton	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	54.9
	Thompson
	Taylor
	Jane Carlile

Sprint medley relay^[b]
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Kathy Vogler	Indiana State Sycamores	1:56.9
	Pat Shipley^[4]
	Cheryle Hinton^[4]
	Cherrie Bridges
	Marian Smolka	Texas Woman's Pioneers 'A'	1:57.3
	Sylvia Longoria
	Debbie Smith
	Kathy Hannaford
	Helen Jones	Texas Tech Red Raiders	1:57.8
	Ann Burrell
	Kathy Wheat
	Kay Shelton
4th	Estep	Texas Woman's Pioneers 'B'	2:01.4
	Beyer
	Cindy Woodrow
	Paulette Burrhus
5th	Atherton	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	2:04.8
	Taylor
	Thompson
	Sandy Nine
6th	Monica Bures	Texas State Bobcats	2:05.2
	DuVall
	Riding
	Smith

Shot put
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	43 ft 7 in (13.28 m)
	Lee Ann Wojtkowski	Florida State Seminoles	42 ft 4 in (12.9 m)
	Lynda Spaulding	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	39 ft 113⁄4 in (12.18 m)
4th	Liz Sharp	Parkland Cobras	36 ft 61⁄4 in (11.13 m)
5th	Margaret Kane	Florida State Seminoles	36 ft 41⁄4 in (11.08 m)
6th	Cheryle Hinton	Indiana State Sycamores	34 ft 81⁄4 in (10.57 m)

Discus throw
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	134 ft 111⁄2 in (41.13 m)
	Liz Sharp	Parkland Cobras	129 ft 11 in (39.59 m)
	Lynda Spaulding	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	113 ft 4 in (34.54 m)
4th	Gerry Pinkston	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	113 ft 2 in (34.49 m)
5th	Beverly Averyt	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks	108 ft 2 in (32.96 m)
6th	Barbara Gardner	Texas Woman's Pioneers	105 ft 111⁄2 in (32.29 m)

Javelin throw
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	127 ft 8 in (38.91 m)
	Mary K. Hyde	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	125 ft 2 in (38.15 m)
	Cindi Hartman	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	113 ft 01⁄2 in (34.45 m)
4th	Lynda Spaulding	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	109 ft 6 in (33.37 m)
5th	Connie Peterson	Illinois Fighting Illini	109 ft 2 in (33.27 m)
6th	Susan North	North Texas Mean Green	108 ft 1 in (32.94 m)

High jump
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Liz Sharp	Parkland Cobras	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
	Connie Peterson	Illinois Fighting Illini	5 ft 1 in (1.54 m)
	Pat Shipley	Indiana State Sycamores	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
4th	Phyllis Hobart	Texas Tech Red Raiders	4 ft 11 in (1.49 m)
5th	Karen Buckner	Texas State Bobcats	4 ft 8 in (1.42 m)
6th	Teresa Burrhus	Texas Woman's Pioneers	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)

Long jump
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Frances Greene	Montclair State Red Hawks	17 ft 1 in (5.2 m)
	Pat Shipley	Indiana State Sycamores	17 ft 01⁄2 in (5.19 m)
	Marian Smolka	Texas Woman's Pioneers	16 ft 2 in (4.92 m)
4th	Judy Foreman	Texas Tech Red Raiders	15 ft 101⁄2 in (4.83 m)
5th	Julia Sowell	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks	15 ft 71⁄2 in (4.76 m)
6th	Nancy Carlson	North Texas Mean Green	15 ft 7 in (4.74 m)

Notes

↑ A hurdler from Texas Woman's University was injured and did not finish.
↑ Held at a total distance of 880 yards, with the first leg running 220 yards, the middle two legs running 110 yards, and the anchor leg running 440 yards.^[6]

References

1 2 "1st Annual National Collegiate Championships" (PDF). Women's Track & Field World. p. 7. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
↑ "Cherrie Bridges Leads Way". The Terre Haute Tribune. May 10, 1969. p. 9. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
1 2 "1969 DGWS National Outdoor Track and Field Championships" (PDF). DGWS. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
1 2 3 Hubbard, Mike; Pfeifer, Jack. "The early years of Women's collegiate track" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
↑ "TSD Fems Take Close Track Win". The Austin American. April 9, 1967. p. 62. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
↑ "eTrack eTN1977_12" (PDF). Track and Field News. p. 97. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[5] A hurdler from Texas Woman's University was injured and did not finish.

[8] Held at a total distance of 880 yards, with the first leg running 220 yards, the middle two legs running 110 yards, and the anchor leg running 440 yards.^[6]

[wtw-1] 1 2 "1st Annual National Collegiate Championships" (PDF). Women's Track & Field World. p. 7. Retrieved January 24, 2025.

[2] "Cherrie Bridges Leads Way". The Terre Haute Tribune. May 10, 1969. p. 9. Retrieved January 24, 2025.

[results-3] 1 2 "1969 DGWS National Outdoor Track and Field Championships" (PDF). DGWS. Retrieved January 23, 2025.

[hist-4] 1 2 3 Hubbard, Mike; Pfeifer, Jack. "The early years of Women's collegiate track" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[6] "TSD Fems Take Close Track Win". The Austin American. April 9, 1967. p. 62. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[7] "eTrack eTN1977_12" (PDF). Track and Field News. p. 97. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

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AIAW Division I Track and Field Championships
Outdoor	1969 (DGWS) 1970 (DGWS) 1971 (DGWS) 1972 (DGWS) 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Indoor	1978 (MNI) 1979 (MNI) 1980 1981 1982
MNI = Missouri National Invitational, DGWS = Division for Girls' and Women's Sport. Separate divisional meets were only held for the 1981-1982 outdoor championships.

Team standings

Results

See also

Notes

References