1970 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1970 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1970 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	May 29–30, 1970
Host city	Urbana, Illinois
Venue	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 DGWS Outdoor Track And Field Championships were the 2nd 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 29−30, 1970 in Urbana, Illinois at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and won by the host Illinois Fighting Illini track and field team.^[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, when the DGWS changed its name to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).

The meeting was praised for attracting more competition than the previous year, in part due to removing a rule that restricted club athletes from competing. A total of 53 schools and over 200 athletes participated.^[2]^[3]

The meet served as a qualifier for the 1970 World University Games later that year.^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
	Illinois Fighting Illini	40
	Alcorn State Lady Braves	33
	Montclair State Red Hawks	28
4th	Texas Woman's Pioneers	26
5th	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	22
6th	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	19
7th	Grossmont Griffins	18
8th	Colorado State Rams	16
8th	Tennessee Volunteers	16
10th	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	14
	Murray State Racers
	Parkland Cobras

Results

Only top six results of finals are shown^[3]^[5]

100 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Judy Murphy	Texas Woman's Pioneers	10.4 w
	Pat Hawkins	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	10.4 w
	Katherine Jones	Illinois Fighting Illini	10.5 w
4th	Helen Williams	Alcorn State Lady Braves	10.8 w
5th	Linda Reynolds	Kingsborough Wave	10.9 w
6th	Mollie Hence	Alcorn State Lady Braves	10.9 w

220 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Una Morris	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	23.9 w
	Judy Murphy	Texas Woman's Pioneers	24.4 w
	Linda Reynolds	Kingsborough Wave	24.5 w
4th	Katherine Jones	Illinois Fighting Illini	24.7 w
5th	Helen Williams	Alcorn State Lady Braves	24.7 w
6th	Alida Van Gores^[7]	El Camino Warriors	NT

440 yards^[a]
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Gale Fitzgerald	Montclair State Red Hawks	56.2
	Gwen Norman	District of Columbia Firebirds	56.3
	Mary Norrells	Alcorn State Lady Braves	57.7
4th	Karen Lehman	Central Michigan Chippewas	58.4
5th	Laurie Tucholski^[8]	Toledo Rockets	59.7

880 yards
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Terry Hull	Tennessee Volunteers	2:09.7
	Nancy Shafer	Wooster Fighting Scots	2:14.3
	Barbara Lawson	Colorado State Rams	2:16.0
4th	Kathleen Pratt	Minnesota Golden Gophers	2:23.5
5th	Dolly McFadyean^[9]	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	2:27.1
6th	Lyndell Wilken^[2]	Illinois Fighting Illini	2:30.4

Mile run
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Barbara Lawson	Colorado State Rams	5:02.7
	Shelley Marshall	NYU Violets	5:09.1
	Kathleen Pratt	Minnesota Golden Gophers	5:09.6
4th	Kathleen Rogers	McPherson Bulldogs	5:22.0
5th	Wonda Powell	Michigan Wolverines	5:24.4
6th	Lyndell Wilken^[2]	Illinois Fighting Illini	5:25.2

100 m hurdles
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pat Donnelly	Grossmont Griffins	13.5 w
	Cheryl Rogers	Illinois Fighting Illini	13.6 w
	Deanne Carlsen	Chico State Wildcats	13.9 w
4th	Pat Hawkins	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	14.3 w
5th	Carla Coffey	Murray State Racers	14.4 w
6th	Frances Greene	Montclair State Red Hawks	14.6 w

200 m hurdles
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pat Hawkins	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	26.7
	Pat Donnelly	Grossmont Griffins	26.9
	Deanne Carlsen	Chico State Wildcats	27.8
4th	Carla Coffey	Murray State Racers	28.4
5th	Connie Peterson	Illinois Fighting Illini	29.4
6th	Frances Greene	Montclair State Red Hawks	29.7

4 × 110 yards relay
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Helen Williams	Alcorn State Lady Braves	48.5
	Mollie Hence
	Amanda Hornesburger
	Fayetta Dukes
		Illinois Fighting Illini	49.8



		Texas Woman's Pioneers	51.1



4th		Murray State Racers	51.1



5th		Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	51.6



6th		Texas Tech Red Raiders	52.6

Sprint medley relay^[b]
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Lettie Bartee	Alcorn State Lady Braves	1:47.3
	Amanda Hornesburger
	Fayetta Dukes
	Mary Morrells
		Texas Woman's Pioneers	1:56.2



		Washington Huskies	1:56.4



4th		Murray State Racers	1:57.1



5th		Indiana State Sycamores	2:00.0



6th		Texas Tech Red Raiders	2:01.0

High jump
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Connie Peterson	Illinois Fighting Illini	5 ft 4 in (1.62 m)
	Becky Nelson	Eastern Washington Eagles	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
	Roxanne Demik	BYU Cougars	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
4th	Liz Sharp^[11]	Parkland Cobras	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
5th	Retha Regnier^[12]	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
6th	Holly Harrison^[13]	Texas State Bobcats	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)

Long jump
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pat Shipley	Indiana State Sycamores	18 ft 71⁄4 in (5.67 m)
	Karen Aufdenhaar	Texas State Bobcats	18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
	Barbara Lundberg	Northern Colorado Bears	17 ft 111⁄2 in (5.47 m)
4th	Dee Stoneback	Eastern Washington Eagles	17 ft 41⁄4 in (5.28 m)
5th	April Jaeger	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	17 ft 31⁄2 in (5.27 m)
6th	Judy Cox^[14]	Kentucky Wildcats	17 ft 21⁄4 in (5.23 m)

Shot put
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Pauline Thomas	Green River Gators	43 ft 81⁄2 in (13.32 m)
	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	42 ft 01⁄2 in (12.81 m)
	Marridy Taylor	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	40 ft 51⁄4 in (12.32 m)
4th	Barbara Butler	New Mexico Lobos	40 ft 3 in (12.26 m)
5th	Diane Franklin^[9]	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
6th	Parks^[c]	Indiana State Sycamores	35 ft 5 in (10.79 m)

Discus throw
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Liz Sharp	Parkland Cobras	136 ft 10 in (41.7 m)
	Barbara Butler	New Mexico Lobos	135 ft 10 in (41.4 m)
	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	135 ft 4 in (41.24 m)
4th	Tracy Peterson	Wayne State Warriors	129 ft 7 in (39.49 m)
5th	Pauline Thomas	Green River Gators	113 ft 9 in (34.67 m)
6th	Diane Franklin^[9]	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	103 ft 8 in (31.59 m)

Javelin throw
Pl.	Name	Team	Mark
	Sherry Calvert	USC Trojans	172 ft 10 in (52.67 m)
	Diane Franklin	Flathead Valley Mountainettes	153 ft 2 in (46.68 m)
	Barbara Friedrich	Kean Cougars	151 ft 4 in (46.12 m)
4th	Mary K. Hyde^[16]	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	136 ft 5 in (41.57 m)
5th	Denise Wood	Montclair State Red Hawks	131 ft 1 in (39.95 m)
6th	Barbara Lundberg	Northern Colorado Bears	130 ft 9 in (39.85 m)

Notes

^ Only 5 finishers
^ 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.^[10]
^ Listed as "{Missing} Parks" by Indiana State University^[15]

References

^ "Sites, dates of championship meets" (PDF). nolefan.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "But only get one first place in upset... Ul women cop track title". library.illinois.edu. The Daily Illini. June 2, 1970. p. 20. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). Women's Track & Field World. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
^ "Collegiate track gals open U.S. meet today". Arizona Republic. May 29, 1970. p. 114. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, Mike; Pfeifer, Jack. "The early years of Women's collegiate track" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD - OUTDOOR". nolefan.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "ECC Freshman Is A Girl on the Run". The Daily Breeze. June 16, 1970. p. 31. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "Canton Site of Women's AAU Track". The Plain Dealer. June 13, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "FVCC Timberettes Sixth In Illini Meet". The Daily Inter Lake. May 31, 1970. p. 5. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "eTrack eTN1977_12" (PDF). Track and Field News. p. 97. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
^ "Women's Intercollegiate Track Meet Begins Today". Messenger-Inquirer. May 29, 1970. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "Cowgirl Team Snares Crown In Track Meet". Oklahoma State University Collections. Daily O'Collegian. April 30, 1970. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "At National Meet... Aufdenhaar grabs second". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. June 11, 1970. p. 18. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "UK Relays Results". Lexington Herald-Leader. April 5, 1970. p. 29. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "Non-NCAA "All-Americans"" (PDF). Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "1969 DGWS National Outdoor Track and Field Championships" (PDF). DGWS. Retrieved January 23, 2025.

[8] Only 5 finishers

[12] 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.^[10]

[18] Listed as "{Missing} Parks" by Indiana State University^[15]

[1] "Sites, dates of championship meets" (PDF). nolefan.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[recap-2] "But only get one first place in upset... Ul women cop track title". library.illinois.edu. The Daily Illini. June 2, 1970. p. 20. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[wtw-3] "NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). Women's Track & Field World. Retrieved January 24, 2025.

[4] "Collegiate track gals open U.S. meet today". Arizona Republic. May 29, 1970. p. 114. Retrieved February 21, 2025.

[results-5] Hubbard, Mike; Pfeifer, Jack. "The early years of Women's collegiate track" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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

[7] "ECC Freshman Is A Girl on the Run". The Daily Breeze. June 16, 1970. p. 31. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[9] "Canton Site of Women's AAU Track". The Plain Dealer. June 13, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[fvcc-10] "FVCC Timberettes Sixth In Illini Meet". The Daily Inter Lake. May 31, 1970. p. 5. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

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

[begin-13] "Women's Intercollegiate Track Meet Begins Today". Messenger-Inquirer. May 29, 1970. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[14] "Cowgirl Team Snares Crown In Track Meet". Oklahoma State University Collections. Daily O'Collegian. April 30, 1970. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[swt-15] "At National Meet... Aufdenhaar grabs second". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. June 11, 1970. p. 18. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[16] "UK Relays Results". Lexington Herald-Leader. April 5, 1970. p. 29. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[17] "Non-NCAA "All-Americans"" (PDF). Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[mkh-19] "1969 DGWS National Outdoor Track and Field Championships" (PDF). DGWS. Retrieved January 23, 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