1972 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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]

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 →

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
	Texas Tech Red Raiders

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 Mary Hartzell Texas State Bobcats 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

See also

• Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships § Outdoor track and field
• 1972 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Notes

1. 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]