The 1979 Missouri National Invitational Women's Indoor Track and Field Meet was the second unofficial collegiate championship event for women's indoor track and field to be sanctioned by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in the United States. It was a forerunner of the first official AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships. Held for the first two years as an invitational, the meet gained official national championship status in 1980, when a qualification process was employed. It was called a "de facto" championship until then.

The meet was contested March 2−3, 1979 in Columbia, Missouri at the Hearnes Multipurpose Building and won by the Iowa State Cyclones track and field team. Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate large and small college division championships for indoor track and field. At the championships, Themis Zambrzycki was noted for winning all but one of the events in the new indoor pentathlon event.

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.

Rank Team Points 51 47 34 26 24 22 19 18 17

Results Only results of finals are shown

+ 60 yards Name Team Mark Sheila Calmese 6.90 Lori Green 7.04 Elizabeth Young 7.05 Sandra Milliner 7.08 Hazel Lucas 7.16 Wanda Hooker 7.18

+ 300 yards Name Team Mark Elizabeth Young 34.50 Jeanine Brown 34.92 Sheila Calmese 34.93 Nancy Miller 35.12 Lori Green 35.57 Edna Brown 35.74

+ 600 yards Name Team Mark Diann Ousley 1:21.22 Dorianne Lambelet 1:21.6 Dana Gildden 1:21.9 Wanda Trent 1:23.0 Laura Ferguson 1:23.0 Carolyn Brinkley 1:25.2 Lee Ballenger

+ 1000 yards Name Team Mark Debbie Vetter 2:29.81 Brigid Leddy 2:32.6 Diane Vetter 2:34.2 Janel LeValley 2:35.5 Siri Bjelland 2:39.3 Deb Hertzog 2:39.8

+ Mile run Name Team Mark Debbie Pearson Mitchell 4:47.35 Jody Rittenhouse 4:50.9 Renee Urish 4:51.6 Wendy Van Mierlo 4:53.9 Brigid Leddy 4:54.6 Michelle Brown 4:58.7

+ 3 miles Name Team Mark Dana Slater 16:05.45 Karen Bridges 16:10.2 Mary Seybold 16:22.9 Alanna McCarthy 16:27.9 Matha Stinson 16:41.0 Cindy Bradley 16:55.9 Pippa Holman 16:59.3

+ 60 yards hurdles Name Team Mark Debra Deutsch 7.80 Gayle Harris Watkins 7.82 Julie Smithers 7.84 Linda Bourn 7.98 Debbie Kilhoffer 8.06 Pam Page 8.11 Lori Lowrey 8.19

+ 4 × 220 yards relay Name Team Mark Amy Whicker rowspan=4 1:40.69 Ellen Howard Venita McDavid Laura Carroll Ellie Mahall rowspan=4 1:41.5 Loreen Spearman Sumetia Wells Laurie Eder Dannette Alford rowspan=4 1:41.7 Jeanine Brown Esther Otieno Carrman Rivers rowspan=4 1:42.8 Debra Spencer rowspan=4 1:44.8 Wanda Hooker Jill Ford Mary Walker rowspan=4 1:44.8

+ 4 × 440 yards relay Name Team Mark Laurie Eder rowspan=4 3:47.06 Debbie Esser Ellie Mahall Sumetia Wells Leesa Wallace rowspan=4 3:50.8 Freda Hancock Lorraine Davidson Wanda Trent rowspan=4 3:52.2 rowspan=4 3:52.5 rowspan=4 3:52.6 Esther Otieno rowspan=4 3:53.5 Carrman Rivers Bea Reese Jeanine Brown

+ Distance medley relay Name Team Mark Evelyn McMeekin rowspan=4 11:39.39 Debbie Esser Debbie Vetter Diane Vetter rowspan=4 12:05.7

+ High jump Name Team Mark Sharon Burrill Tammie Thomas Shawn Corwin Lucia Chudy Kay Barstow Mary Cragoe

+ Long jump Name Team Mark Esther Otieno Gayle Harris Watkins Ann Meacham Annette Sittenauer Cheryl Williams Carla Heintz Sharon Burrill Karesa Robbins

+ Shot put Name Team Mark Cecil Hansen Jennifer Smit Deanna Patrick Betty Bogers Jan Hallier Joan Fagerness

+ Pentathlon Name Team Mark Themis Zambrzycki 4358 pts Karen Page 4003 pts Mary Anne Harrington 3804 pts Vivian Estes Eschavarria 3725 pts Allison Manley 3572 pts Dona Lane 3504 pts

See also

1979 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

References