1982 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships

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{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name=1982 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships

|Stadium image=250px

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|Host city={{flagicon|Iowa}} Cedar Falls, Iowa

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|Athletes participating=

|Events=

|Dates=March 12–13, 1982

|Stadium=UNI-Dome

|Previous=1981

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The 1982 AIAW Indoor Track And Field Championships were the third official Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States. They were contested March 12−13, 1982 in Cedar Falls, Iowa at the UNI-Dome and won by the Nebraska Cornhuskers track and field team.

Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate Division I, II, and III championships for indoor track and field. It was the last indoor championships before the AIAW meet was replaced by the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships.

At the meeting, Merlene Ottey won three events for Nebraska to lead them to the team title. World records were set in the 300 yards by Ottey and the 600 yards by Delisa Walton-Floyd.{{cite web |title=Nebraska sprints to AIAW track title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-nebraska-sprints-to-aiaw-tra/163735427/ |publisher=The Courier |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=33 |date=14 Mar 1982}}

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.

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! Rank !! Team !! Points

{{gold1}}{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}84
{{silver2}}{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}64
{{bronze3}}{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}57
{{ord|4}}{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}35
{{ord|5}}{{tfco|Texas Longhorns|women's}}28
{{ord|6}}{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}27
rowspan=2| {{ord|7}}{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}rowspan=2| 22
{{tfco|UTEP Miners}}
{{ord|9}}{{tfco|Richmond Spiders}}16
rowspan=2| {{ord|10}}{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}rowspan=2| 15
{{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}

Results

  • Only results of finals are shown{{cite web |title=1982 AIAW National Indoor Track and Field Championships |url=https://www.nolefan.org/ref/wtf1982_03_13_sid.pdf |publisher=AIAW |access-date=23 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=eTrack eTN1982_04_NCAAInd_AIAWInd|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1982_04_NCAAInd_AIAWInd.pdf |work=Track and Field News |access-date=January 11, 2025 }}

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|+ 60 yards

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Merlene Ottey{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}6.61
{{silver2}}Janet Burke{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}6.76
{{bronze3}}Alicia McQueen{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}6.86
{{ord|4}}Sherri Funn{{tfco|George Mason Patriots}}6.91
{{ord|5}}Deborah James{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}6.92
{{ord|6}}Felicia Moore{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}6.95
{{ord|7}}Marita Payne{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}6.96
{{ord|8}}Tracy Armstead{{tfco|Cortland Red Dragons}}7.02

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|+ 300 yards

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Merlene Ottey{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}32.63 {{AthAbbr|WR}}
{{silver2}}Randy Givens{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}34.49
{{bronze3}}Janet Burke{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}34.62
{{ord|4}}Marita Payne{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}34.77
{{ord|5}}Alicia McQueen{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}34.94
{{ord|6}}Felicia Moore{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}35.01
{{ord|7}}Benita Fitzgerald{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}35.30
{{ord|8}}Sybil Perry{{tfco|Purdue Boilermakers}}35.42

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|+ 440 yards

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Lori McCauley{{tfco|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}54.12
{{silver2}}Edna Brown{{tfco|Temple Owls}}54.65
{{bronze3}}Charmaine Crooks{{tfco|UTEP Miners}}54.82
{{ord|4}}Lisa Garrett{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}54.96
{{ord|5}}Cathy Rattray{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}55.01
{{ord|6}}Angela Wright-Scott{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}55.16
{{ord|7}}Stephanie Bonner{{tfco|Auburn Tigers}}55.73
{{ord|8}}Donethy Jones{{tfco|Ohio State Buckeyes}}55.78

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|+ 600 yards

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Delisa Walton{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}1:17.38 {{AthAbbr|WR}}
{{silver2}}Robbin Coleman{{tfco|Texas Longhorns|women's}}1:18.62
{{bronze3}}Rosalyn Dunlap{{tfco|Missouri Tigers}}1:19.81
{{ord|4}}Marcia Tate{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}1:20.54
{{ord|5}}Ovrill Brown{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}1:21.98
{{ord|6}}Jennifer Whitfield{{tfco|Villanova Wildcats}}1:22.68
{{ord|7}}Veronica McIntosh{{tfco|Villanova Wildcats}}1:26.15
Tammie Hart{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}{{AthAbbr|DQ}}

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|+ 880 yards

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Doriane McClive{{tfco|Cornell Big Red}}2:05.34
{{silver2}}Kay Stormo{{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}2:08.77
{{bronze3}}Maureen Houghton{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}2:09.79
{{ord|4}}Sheila Montgomery{{tfco|Indiana Hoosiers}}2:10.89
{{ord|5}}Jymette Bonnivier{{tfco|Purdue Boilermakers}}2:11.10
{{ord|6}}Terry Pioli{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}2:12.30
{{ord|7}}Patricia Bradley{{tfco|Villanova Wildcats}}2:13.03
Delisa Walton{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}{{AthAbbr|DNS}}

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|+ 1000 yards

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Joetta Clark{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}2:26.70
{{silver2}}Josephine White{{tfco|Richmond Spiders}}2:28.91
{{bronze3}}Maryann Brunner{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}2:29.34
{{ord|4}}Tara Arnold{{tfco|Texas Longhorns|women's}}2:30.13
{{ord|5}}Tami Essington{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}2:30.32
{{ord|6}}Suzanne Fredrick{{tfco|Michigan Wolverines}}2:30.74
{{ord|7}}Judith Croasdale{{tfco|BYU Cougars}}2:31.67
{{ord|8}}Margaret Coomber{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}2:31.73
{{ord|9}}Wren Schafer{{cite web |title=Nebraska has 15 qualifiers at women's Big 8 track meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/beatrice-daily-sun-nebraska-has-15-quali/163736622/ |publisher=Beatrice Daily Sun |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=4 |date=27 Feb 1982}}{{tfco|Iowa State Cyclones}}2:32.3
{{ord|10}}Carleen Thom{{cite web |title=Big Eight Conference Women's Indoor Results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-island-independent-big-eight-c/163736783/ |publisher=The Grand Island Independent |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=22 |date=28 Feb 1982}}{{tfco|Colorado Buffaloes}}2:33.6

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|+ Mile run

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Darlene Beckford{{tfco|Harvard Crimson}}4:38.30
{{silver2}}Jill Haworth{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}4:38.51
{{bronze3}}Linda Portasik{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}4:42.30
{{ord|4}}Patty Murnane{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}4:43.33
{{ord|5}}Jenny Stricker{{tfco|Harvard Crimson}}4:44.32
{{ord|6}}Marisa Schmitt{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}4:44.33
{{ord|7}}Rose Thomson{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}4:49.46
{{ord|8}}Mary Herlihy{{tfco|Harvard Crimson}}4:49.62

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|+ 2 miles{{efn|Held as a two-section final}}

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeam{{Abbr|Ht.|Heat}}Mark
{{gold1}}Bernadette Madigan{{tfco|Kentucky Wildcats}}29:58.22
{{silver2}}Kathy Bryant{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers}}29:59.00
{{bronze3}}Aileen O'Connor{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}210:01.84
{{ord|4}}Martha White{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}210:03.22
{{ord|5}}Melanie Weaver{{tfco|Michigan Wolverines}}210:08.33
{{ord|6}}Nan Doak{{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}210:09.91
{{ord|7}}Wendy Van Mierlo{{tfco|Illinois State Redbirds}}210:14.62
{{ord|8}}Carolyn Thrig{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}210:16.2
{{ord|9}}Paula Renzi{{cite web |title=Lady Lions 10th in AIAW Track Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/centre-daily-times-lady-lions-10th-in-ai/163750114/ |publisher=Centre Daily Times |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=21 |date=15 Mar 1982}}{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}110:18.23
{{ord|10}}Marisa Schmitt{{cite web |title=Virginia Women Run Away With State Track Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-progress-virginia-women-run-aw/163750329/ |publisher=The Daily Progress |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=13 |date=22 Feb 1982}}{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}110:19.71
{{ord|11}}Alanna McCarthy{{cite web |title=Merlene Ottey 300-yard world record for women at Cedar Falls, Iowa, AIAW Indoor Championships |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-merlene-ottey-300-yard-world/150359391/ |publisher=The Courier |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=33 |date=14 Mar 1982}}{{tfco|Purdue Boilermakers}}110:19.75
{{ord|12}}Kate Wiley{{cite web |title=track NCAA Cross-Country BLOOMINGTON, Ind. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-track-ncaa-cross-coun/163751517/ |publisher=Detroit Free Press |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=30 |date=24 Nov 1982}}{{tfco|Harvard Crimson}}210:20.0
{{ord|13}}Carey May{{cite web |title=UTEP team to beat in women's track |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-utep-team-to-bea/163751593/ |publisher=The Albuquerque Tribune |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=39 |date=6 May 1982}}{{tfco|BYU Cougars}}110:26.03
{{ord|14}}Marianne Dickerson{{cite web |title=Scoring not yet top priority for women's track squad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-illini-scoring-not-yet-top-pri/163751698/ |publisher=The Daily Illini |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=23 |date=30 Jan 1982}}{{tfco|Illinois Fighting Illini}}110:27.44
{{ord|15}}Lisa Welch{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}210:29.0
{{ord|16}}Heather Carmichael{{cite web |title=Lady Lions To Defend AIAW Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/centre-daily-times-lady-lions-to-defend/163750562/ |publisher=Centre Daily Times |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=20 |date=4 Mar 1982}}{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}210:30.0
{{ord|17}}Janell Neeley{{cite web |title=Jills Take Second in AIAW Championships |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-sun-jills-take-second-in-a/163750679/ |publisher=Arizona Daily Sun |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=12 |date=28 Feb 1982}}{{tfco|BYU Cougars}}110:32.72
{{ord|18}}Lisa Larsen Rainsberger{{cite web |title=Big Ten women's track meet results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-big-ten-womens-track-meet-resul/163750782/ |publisher=The Sun |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=13 |date=17 May 1982}}{{tfco|Michigan Wolverines}}110:34.08
{{ord|19}}Jenny Spangler{{cite web |title=UW women take fifth straight title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-uw-women-take-fi/163750856/ |publisher=Wisconsin State Journal |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=52 |date=28 Feb 1982}}{{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}110:34.84
{{ord|20}}Kathy Boyle{{cite web|url=https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/1981-82|title=1981-82 Women's Track & Field Roster|website=Boston University Terriers}}{{tfco|Boston University Terriers}}210:35.0
{{ord|21}}Cathy Branta{{cite web |title=Branta living up to high expectations at UW |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/west-bend-news-branta-living-up-to-high/163751862/ |publisher=West Bend News |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=7 |date=20 Mar 1982}}{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}110:36.10
{{ord|22}}Sabina Horne{{cite web |title=Horne in nationals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-bay-nugget-horne-in-nationals/163751954/ |publisher=North Bay Nugget |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=14 |date=19 Feb 1982}}{{tfco|Georgia Bulldogs}}110:37.0
{{ord|23}}Carolyn Booth{{cite web |title=Another area standout at Brown is Northampton junior CAROLYN BOOTH. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette-another-area-sta/163752210/ |publisher=Daily Hampshire Gazette |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=13 |date=16 Jan 1982}}{{tfco|Brown Bears}}110:38.0
{{ord|24}}Becky Cotta{{cite web |title=Purdue men in nationals; women's Cotta qualifies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier-purdue-men-in-nation/163752319/ |publisher=Journal and Courier |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=31 |date=14 Nov 1982}}{{tfco|Purdue Boilermakers}}110:40.0
{{ord|25}}Nancy Scardina{{cite web |title=TRACK N.E. Indoor Championships |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-track-ne-indoor-champ/163752466/ |publisher=The Boston Globe |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=26 |date=1 Mar 1982}}{{tfco|New Hampshire Wildcats}}210:42.0
{{ord|26}}Kristin O'Connell{{cite web |title=Cross-Country The top five teams in yesterday's Rutgers Adidas Cross Country Invitational |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/centre-daily-times-cross-country-the-top/163752698/ |publisher=Centre Daily Times |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=36 |date=3 Oct 1982}}{{tfco|Rhode Island Rams}}110:44.0
{{ord|27}}Pia Palladino{{cite web |title=Track College NCAA Championships (At Provo, Utah) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-track-college-ncaa-c/163752885/ |publisher=The Idaho Statesman |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=5 |date=6 Jun 1982}}{{tfco|Georgetown Hoyas}}210:45.0

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|+ 3 miles

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Kellie Cathy{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}15:18.47
{{silver2}}Kathy Bryant{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}15:18.83
{{bronze3}}Martha White{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}15:25.25
{{ord|4}}Lesley Welch{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}15:34.54
{{ord|5}}Nan Doak{{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}15:34.55
{{ord|6}}Patsy Sharples{{tfco|Idaho Vandals}}15:48.65
{{ord|7}}Jill Molen{{tfco|Utah Utes}}15:49.85
{{ord|8}}Alanna McCarthy{{tfco|Purdue Boilermakers}}15:51.3
{{ord|9}}Marianne Dickerson{{tfco|Illinois Fighting Illini}}16:01.0
{{ord|10}}Mary Jean Wright{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}16:03.0
{{ord|11}}Beth Farmer{{tfco|Florida Gators}}16:11.0
{{ord|12}}Margaret Davis{{tfco|Iowa State Cyclones}}16:17.0
{{ord|13}}Kimberly Biro{{tfco|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}16:20.0
{{ord|14}}Darien Andreu{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}16:24.0
{{ord|15}}Cheryl Konbol{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}16:29.0
{{ord|16}}Maria Tilman{{tfco|Arkansas Razorbacks}}16:30.0
{{ord|17}}Jenny Spangler{{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}16:36.0
{{ord|18}}Johanna Reneke{{tfco|Indiana Hoosiers}}17:20.0

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|+ 60 yards hurdles

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Benita Fitzgerald{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}7.54
{{silver2}}Kim Turner{{tfco|UTEP Miners}}7.65
{{bronze3}}Rhonda Blanford{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}7.70
{{ord|4}}Kathy Borgwarth{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}7.77
{{ord|5}}Clara Hairston{{tfco|Auburn Tigers}}7.85
{{ord|6}}Carolyn Faison{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}7.98
{{ord|7}}Tonja Brown{{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}7.99
{{ord|8}}Tonya Lowe{{tfco|Kentucky Wildcats}}8.05

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|+ 4 × 220 yards relay{{Efn|Only two teams competed}}

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
rowspan=4| {{gold1}}Merlene Otteyrowspan=4 {{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}rowspan=4| 1:37.70
Jennie Gorham
Rhonda Blanford
Deborah James
rowspan=4| {{silver2}}Kim Parrishrowspan=4 {{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}rowspan=4| 1:38.80
Marita Payne
Alice Bennett
Randy Givens

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|+ 4 × 440 yards relay

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
rowspan=4| {{gold1}}Donna Sherfieldrowspan=4 {{tfco|Texas Longhorns|women's}}rowspan=4| 3:44.06
Florence Walker
Susan Bean
Robbin Coleman
rowspan=4| {{silver2}}Lisa Garrettrowspan=4 {{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}rowspan=4| 3:45.66
Kim Hatchett
Gail Bryant
Karen Hatchett
rowspan=4| {{bronze3}}Jennie Gorhamrowspan=4 {{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}rowspan=4| 3:47.07
Ruth Pugh
Merlene Ottey
Marcia Tate
rowspan=4| {{ord|4}}Kim Youngrowspan=4 {{tfco|Indiana Hoosiers}}rowspan=4| 3:48.25
Barbara Ennis
Mary Watson
Sheila Montgomery
rowspan=4| {{ord|5}}Kathy Tisdalerowspan=4 {{tfco|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}rowspan=4| 3:48.71
Andrea Patterson
Terry Dembek
Lori McCauley
rowspan=4| {{ord|6}}Tonja Brownrowspan=4 {{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}rowspan=4| 3:48.89
Eunice Golden
Angela Wright-Scott
Ovrill Brown
rowspan=4| {{ord|7}}Glenda Truesdalerowspan=4 {{tfco|Temple Owls}}rowspan=4| 3:50.28
Pat Lee
Edyizi Parkinson
Edna Brown
rowspan=4| {{ord|8}}Felicia Moorerowspan=4 {{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}rowspan=4| 3:51.66
Maureen Houghton
Rene Nickles
Annette Campbell

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|+ 4 × 880 yards relay

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
rowspan=4| {{gold1}}Margaret Coomberrowspan=4 {{tfco|Florida State Seminoles}}rowspan=4| 8:47.26
Carla Borovicka
Janette Wood
Ovrill Brown
rowspan=4| {{silver2}}Sue Beischelrowspan=4 {{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}rowspan=4| 8:47.49
Rose Thomson
Maryann Brunner
Sue Spaltholz
rowspan=4| {{bronze3}}Sharon Neugebauerrowspan=4 {{tfco|Texas Longhorns|women's}}rowspan=4| 8:50.39
Robbin Coleman
Florence Walker
Tara Arnold
rowspan=4| {{ord|4}}Dawn Woodruffrowspan=4 {{tfco|Michigan Wolverines}}rowspan=4| 8:53.12
Lisa Larsen Rainsberger
Melanie Weaver
Sue Fredrick
rowspan=4| {{ord|5}}Ruth Pughrowspan=4 {{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}rowspan=4| 8:54.74
Jennie Gorham
Sara Stricker
Tami Essington
rowspan=4| {{ord|6}}Karen Vanwagenenrowspan=4 {{tfco|BYU Cougars}}rowspan=4| 9:13.65
Karen Alexander
Aulikki Kononoff
Janell Nelley

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|+ Distance medley relay

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
rowspan=4| {{gold1}}Linda Nicholsonrowspan=4 {{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}rowspan=4| 11:21.92
Karen Hatchett
Lisa Welch
Jill Haworth
rowspan=4| {{silver2}}Missy Mullettrowspan=4 {{tfco|Richmond Spiders}}rowspan=4| 11:29.98
Betsy Spilman
Patty Thomas
Jo White
rowspan=4| {{bronze3}}Lynn Biggsrowspan=4 {{tfco|Missouri Tigers}}rowspan=4| 11:34.05
Ramona Riley
Sabrina Dornhoefer
Andrea Fischer
rowspan=4| {{ord|4}}Kay Stormorowspan=4 {{tfco|Iowa Hawkeyes}}rowspan=4| 11:35.07
Chris Davenport
Jenny Hayden
Nan Doak
rowspan=4| {{ord|5}}Doreen Startarerowspan=4 {{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}rowspan=4| 11:35.11
Tammie Hart
Patty Murnane
Carolyn Thrig
rowspan=4| {{ord|6}}Ellen Olsonrowspan=4 {{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}rowspan=4| 11:35.24
Mary Mulrooney
Maryann Brunner
Cathy Brant
rowspan=4| {{ord|7}}Wren Schaferrowspan=4 {{tfco|Iowa State Cyclones}}rowspan=4| 11:36.78
Sumetia Wells
Margaret Davis
Catherine Hunter
rowspan=4| {{ord|8}}Jymette Bonnivierrowspan=4 {{tfco|Purdue Boilermakers}}rowspan=4| 11:39.16
Patty Jongleux
Nancy Sanford
Andrea Marek

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|+ High jump

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Gale Charmaine{{tfco|Arizona Wildcats}}1.87 m
{{silver2}}Suzanne Lorentzon{{tfco|UTEP Miners}}1.87 m
{{bronze3}}Maria Luísa Betioli{{tfco|BYU Cougars}}1.84 m
{{ord|4}}Yolanda Gibson{{tfco|Brooklyn Bulldogs}}1.81 m
{{ord|5}}Jonna Bullard{{tfco|Michigan Wolverines}}1.81 m
{{ord|6}}Peggy Stewart{{tfco|Villanova Wildcats}}1.81 m
{{ord|7}}Cheryl Essman{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}1.78 m
{{ord|8}}Sharon Burrill{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}1.78 m

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|+ Long jump

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Donna Thomas{{tfco|North Texas Mean Green}}6.31 m
{{silver2}}Patricia Johnson{{tfco|Wisconsin Badgers}}6.25 m
{{bronze3}}Becky Jo Kaiser{{tfco|Illinois Fighting Illini}}6.15 m
{{ord|4}}Annette Tannender{{tfco|Colorado Buffaloes}}6.14 m
{{ord|5}}Vivian Riddick{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}6.10 m
{{ord|6}}Gayle Brandon{{tfco|Eastern Illinois Panthers}}6.06 m
{{ord|7}}Lisa Staton{{tfco|North Carolina Tar Heels}}5.96 m
{{ord|8}}Kathy Rankins{{tfco|Georgia Bulldogs}}5.90 m

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|+ Shot put

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Rosemarie Blauch{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}16.76 m
{{silver2}}Marita Walton{{tfco|Maryland Terrapins}}16.75 m
{{bronze3}}Elaine Sobansky{{tfco|Penn State Nittany Lions}}16.57 m
{{ord|4}}Cecil Hansen{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}15.99 m
{{ord|5}}Sandra Burke{{tfco|Northeastern Huskies}}15.95 m
{{ord|6}}Cindy Crapper{{tfco|Kentucky Wildcats}}15.77 m
{{ord|7}}Julie Jones{{tfco|BYU Cougars}}15.37 m
{{ord|8}}Annette Bohach{{tfco|Indiana Hoosiers}}15.35 m

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|+ Pentathlon

{{Abbr|Pl.|Place}}NameTeamMark
{{gold1}}Julie White{{tfco|Boston University Terriers}}4268 pts
{{silver2}}Nancy Kindig{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}4217 pts
{{bronze3}}Susan Brownell{{tfco|Virginia Cavaliers}}4153 pts
{{ord|4}}Juanita Alson{{tfco|Maryland Terrapins}}3953 pts
{{ord|5}}Marjin Goedken{{tfco|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}3913 pts
{{ord|6}}Linda Spenst{{tfco|Missouri Tigers}}3803 pts
{{ord|7}}Lillian Nickles{{tfco|Oklahoma Sooners}}3782 pts
{{ord|8}}Myrtle Chester{{tfco|Tennessee Volunteers|women's}}3767 pts
{{ord|9}}Carla Battaglia{{tfco|Indiana Hoosiers}}3586 pts
{{ord|10}}Nora Aravjo{{tfco|Auburn Tigers}}3028 pts

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