1972 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1972 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1972 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	May 12–13, 1972
Host city	Knoxville, Tennessee; University of Tennessee
Venue	Tom Black Track
	← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 DGWS Outdoor Track And Field Championships were the 4th annual 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 12−13, 1972 in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Tom Black Track by host University of Tennessee.^[1]

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, after which the DGWS changed its name to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).

The meeting was highlighted by Sherry Calvert's 58.52 m throw in the javelin, at the time the best mark in the U.S. that year and among the best in the world despite the competition being hindered by rain. The Cal State East Bay Pioneers (then known as Cal State Hayward) won the team title by 33 points over a field of 48 schools.^[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]^[4]

Rank	Team	Points
	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	76
	Texas Woman's Pioneers	43
	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	30
4th	Illinois Fighting Illini	26
5th	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	20
6th	Brooklyn Bulldogs	18
	Kansas State Wildcats
	Seattle Pacific Falcons
	Western Washington Vikings
10th	UMass Minutewomen	16
10th	Texas Tech Red Raiders	16

Results

Only top six results of finals are shown^[2]^[1]^[3]

100 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pat Hawkins	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	10.8
	Kathy Lawson	UMass Minutewomen	10.9
	Rochelle Barker	Texas Woman's Pioneers	11.0
4th	Lessie Johnson	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	11.1
5th	Alexis Crawford	TCNJ Lions	11.2
6th	Roberta Stetson	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	11.5

220 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Linda Reynolds	Brooklyn Bulldogs	24.7
	Kathy Lawson	UMass Minutewomen	25.0
	Brenda Bryan	Texas Tech Red Raiders	25.2
4th	Rochelle Barker	Texas Woman's Pioneers	25.3
5th	Lucy Vaamonde	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	25.8
6th	Alexis Crawford	TCNJ Lions	25.9

440 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Cis Shafer	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	56.4
	Diedra Moore	Brooklyn Bulldogs	57.9
	Shirley Swanson	Western Washington Vikings	58.7
4th	Cathy Sellers	Texas Woman's Pioneers	59.7
5th	Lora Van Wyk	College of the Ozarks Bobcats	1:00.1
6th	Mindy Sharpe	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	1:00.8

880 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Cis Shafer	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	2:11.8
	Teri Anderson	Kansas State Wildcats	2:12.4
	Kathy Kuyk	Puget Sound Loggers	2:19.4
4th	Lynae Larson	Dickinson State Blue Hawks	2:21.9
4th	Mary Hartzell	Texas State Bobcats	2:21.9
6th	Diana Hooker	Texas Woman's Pioneers	2:23.0

Mile run
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Teri Anderson	Kansas State Wildcats	4:45.8
	Kathy Kuyk	Puget Sound Loggers	5:03.9
	Merilee Underhill	Washington State Cougars	5:06.5
4th	Maria Stearns	Seattle Pacific Falcons	5:11.3
5th	Patty Melby^[5]	Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles	5:13.0
6th	Sharon Burgess	Florida State Seminoles	5:13.1

100 m hurdles
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Donna Schulenberg	Illinois Fighting Illini	14.2
	Kathi Guiney	Dean Bulldogs	14.2
	Wendy Taylor	Western Washington Vikings	14.5
4th	Mary Lalum	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	14.6
5th	Lucy Vaamonde	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	14.7
6th	Barbara Pickel	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	15.0

200 m hurdles
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pat Hawkins	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	27.2
	Donna Schulenberg	Illinois Fighting Illini	28.2
	Kathi Guiney	Dean Bulldogs	28.5
4th	Gail Boyd	Western Oregon Wolves	28.6
5th	Marti Ogilvie	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	28.0
6th	Lynae Larson	Dickinson State Blue Hawks	29.0

High jump
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Audrey Reid	Texas Woman's Pioneers	5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)
	Donna Schulenberg	Illinois Fighting Illini	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
	Mary Lalum	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
4th	Shirley Lagestree	Oregon State Beavers	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
5th	Neysa Miller	Bridgewater State Bears	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
6th	Carol Akmerman	Texas Woman's Pioneers	4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)

Long jump
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Brenda Bryan	Texas Tech Red Raiders	18 ft 53⁄4 in (5.63 m)
	Marilyn King	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
	Alexis Crawford	TCNJ Lions	17 ft 81⁄4 in (5.39 m)
4th	Lucy Vaamonde	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
5th	Jo Meaker	West Texas A&M Buffaloes	17 ft 51⁄4 in (5.31 m)
6th	Karen Aufdenhaar	Texas State Bobcats	17 ft 23⁄4 in (5.25 m)

Shot put
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Maren Seidler	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	52 ft 01⁄4 in (15.85 m)
	Mary Jacobson	Kansas Jayhawks	48 ft 11⁄2 in (14.66 m)
	Lynnette Matthews	Seattle Pacific Falcons	47 ft 51⁄2 in (14.46 m)
4th	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	45 ft 111⁄2 in (14 m)
5th	Rene Kesler	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	39 ft 93⁄4 in (12.13 m)
6th	Lynn Cannon	Chico State Wildcats	38 ft 61⁄2 in (11.74 m)

Discus throw
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	142 ft 4 in (43.38 m)
	Lynnette Matthews	Seattle Pacific Falcons	136 ft 111⁄2 in (41.74 m)
	Rene Kesler	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	130 ft 10 in (39.87 m)
4th	Carol Knight	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	129 ft 21⁄2 in (39.38 m)
5th	Lynn Cannon	Chico State Wildcats	122 ft 61⁄2 in (37.35 m)
6th	Maren Seidler	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	120 ft 01⁄2 in (36.58 m)

Javelin throw
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Sherry Calvert	USC Trojans	192 ft 0 in (58.52 m)
	Lynn Cannon	Chico State Wildcats	156 ft 101⁄2 in (47.81 m)
	Diane Franklin	Montana Western Bulldogs	151 ft 6 in (46.17 m)
4th	Laura Gibbons	Florida State Seminoles	138 ft 11⁄2 in (42.1 m)
5th	Cheryl Patterson	Western Oregon Wolves	152 ft 51⁄2 in (46.46 m)
6th	Ginny Walker	Texas Woman's Pioneers	126 ft 81⁄4 in (38.61 m)

4 × 110 yards relay
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pat Lopez	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	50.0
	Marilyn King
	Barbara Pickel
	Lessie Johnson
		Texas Woman's Pioneers 'X'	50.1



		Oregon State Beavers	50.2



4th		Texas Woman's Pioneers 'Y'	50.8



5th		Northwest Missouri State Bearcats	51.4



6th		Tennessee Volunteers	52.1

Sprint medley relay^[a]
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Lessie Johnson	Cal State East Bay Pioneers	1:52.7
	Pat Lopez
	Marilyn King
	Lucy Vaamonde
		Flathead Valley Mountainettes	1:53.4



		Western Washington Vikings	1:55.0



4th		Texas Woman's Pioneers 'Y'	1:55.4



5th		West Texas A&M Buffaloes	1:56.7



6th		Western Oregon Wolves	1:56.8

Notes

^ 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

^ ^a ^b Hubbard, Mike; Pfeifer, Jack. "The early years of Women's collegiate track" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "CAL STATE HAYWARD NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMP" (PDF). Women's Track & Field World. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Women's Track Summary SEMIFINAL RESULTS". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. May 13, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved January 30, 2025. "California Girls Dash to 2nd Straight College Title Results". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. May 14, 1972. p. 45. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
^ "NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD - OUTDOOR". nolefan.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "Seven UW-L Girls In National Meet". The La Crosse Tribune. May 12, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
^ "eTrack eTN1977_12" (PDF). Track and Field News. p. 97. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[7] 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]

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

[wtw-2] "CAL STATE HAYWARD NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMP" (PDF). Women's Track & Field World. Retrieved January 24, 2025.

[results-3] "Women's Track Summary SEMIFINAL RESULTS". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. May 13, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved January 30, 2025. "California Girls Dash to 2nd Straight College Title Results". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. May 14, 1972. p. 45. Retrieved January 30, 2025.

[4] "NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD - OUTDOOR". nolefan.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[5] "Seven UW-L Girls In National Meet". The La Crosse Tribune. May 12, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved January 30, 2025.

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

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v t e 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