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1960 State Track and Field Championships

May 1960
NC State College, Raleigh

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Team Scores:
1. Charlotte Myers Park 23 1/2
2. Raleigh 23
3. Charlotte Garinger 19
4. Greensboro 12 1/2
5. Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 12
6. Durham High 11 1/3
7. New Bern 11
8. Chapel Hill 8
9. Jacksonville 5
10. Chadbourne 3

100 yards
1. John McNinch, Charlotte Garinger 10.4
2. B. McNinch
3. Goodwin, New Bern
4. David Henry, Chapel Hill

220 yards
1. John McNinch, Charlotte Garinger 22.7
2. Harris, Charlotte Myers Park
3. Henry, Chapel Hill
4. Jarnigan, West Mecklenburg

440 yards
1. Hunter, Chapel Hill 51.8
2. Neis, Charlotte Myers Park
3. Allen, Charlotte Myers Park
4. Stokes, East Mecklenburg

880 yards
1. Arthur Jacobsen, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 2:08
2. Styron, Raleigh
3. Stockton, Charlotte Myers Park
4. Emanuel, Lumberton

One-Mile Run
1. Rocky Soderburg, Charlotte Garinger 4:23
(New State Meet Record)
2. Little, Raleigh
3. Snell, Northwest Forsyth
4. Nick Gray, Durham 4:33

120-yard High Hurdles
1. Jim Eads, Raleigh 15.5
2. Goodwin, New Bern
3. Von Hermann, Greensboro
4. White, Charlotte Myers Park

180-yard Low Hurdles
1. Richard Harris, Charlotte Myers Park 19.8
(New State Meet Record)
2. Jim Eads, Raleigh
3. Warren, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds
4. (tie) Von Hermann, Greensboro
4. (tie) Stokes, Kinston

4x440-yard Relay
1.
2.
3.
4.

Long Jump
1. Gregory Steele, Jacksonville 22-7
(New State Meet Record)
2. Wrenn, New Bern
3. John Pleasants, Durham
4. Jarnigan, West Mecklenburg

High Jump
1. Tom Clark, Greensboro 6-2.25
(New State Meet Record)
2. Jim Eads, Raleigh
3. Gibbs, Oxford Orphanage
4. (tie) Wrenn, New Bern
4. (tie) Seawright, Charlotte Myers Park

Pole Vault
1.
2.
3.
4.

Shot Put
1. Jim Poole, Durham 50-7
2. Carter, Chadbourne
3. Sasser, Tarboro
4. Heath, New Bern

Discus
1. Bob Jamieson, Greensboro 153-3
(New State Meet Record)
2. Heath, New Bern
3. Houston, Charlotte Myers Park
4. Rezac, East Mecklenburg


Charlotte Myers Park won their fifth straight championship, edging Raleigh by 23 1/2 to 23. It was the closest winning margin in the 46 years that the meet had been held.

Five state meet records were broken.

Jacksonville's Gregory Steele added 6" to the Long Jump record. Tom Clark (Greensboro Senior) cleared 6-2 1/4 to break the record 6-0 1/2 set the previous year by Durham's Bill Croom. Rocky Soderburg (Charlotte Garinger) ran 4:23 to take two seconds off the mile record. Bob Jamieson (Greensboro Senior) broke the meet discus record with a throw of 153-3. The old record was 150-10 3/8.

Thanks to Coach John Gray, Durham Jordan HS for providing missing data.

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1960 NCHSAC State Meet:
at Atkins High School, Winston-Salem, NC
May 21, 1960

Team champions: Durham Hillside 68

100 yard dash:
1. Herman Graham, Durham Hillside 9.9

220 yard dash:

440 yard dash:

880 yards:

Mile:

120 yard High Hurdles:
1. Levi Dawson, Durham Hillside

220 yard Low Hurdles:
1. Otis Wright, Durham Hillside

880 yard Relay:
1. Durham Hillside

Mile Relay:

Long Jump:

High Jump:

Pole Vault:

Javelin:

Shot Put:

Discus:



Next state meet (1961)

1959 State Cross-Country Meet

State Meet Records | All-Time Top 25

Past champions - State Outdoor Meet | Past champions - State Indoor Meet
NCHSAC champions

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