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Team Scores:
1. Charlotte Myers Park 30
2. Raleigh Broughton 19
3. Asheville 16
4. Scotland-Laurinburg 15
5. Winston-Salem Atkins 12
6. Durham Hillside 11
7. Cary 9
8. (tie) So. Pines Pinecrest 8
8. (tie) High Point Andrews 8
10. (tie) (9 schools)  6

100 yards 1. Haywood Ray, Raleigh Ligon 9.6 (New State Meet Record) 2. Anthony Kirland, Asheville 9.8 3. John Eddings, Asheville 9.8 4. Zenth Brown, Tarboro 9.8 5. Jerry Sprull, Elizabeth City Northeastern	220 yards 1. Dennis Jones, Rocky Mount 21.8 2. Frank Draper, Winston-Salem Parkland 21.8 3. Ozzie Moore, Charlotte Myers Park 4. LeVone Wilson, South Mecklenburg 5. Larry McMillian, Lumberton
440 yards 1. Richard Holmes, Smithfield 48.6 2. Ronald Griswell, Elizabeth City Northeastern 3. Jerry Ezell, Charlotte Garinger 4. Billy Wingo, Cary 5. Phil Coleman, East Forsyth	880 yards 1. John Brown, Charlotte Myers Park 1:54.7 2. Dan Quinn, Wilson Fike 3. Alec Allen, Greenville Rose 4. Tim Braxton, East Mecklenburg 5. Jerry Harris, Charlotte Independence
One-Mile Run 1. Joe Browder, Greensboro Grimsley 4:18.6 2. Tom Ward, Chapel Hill 3. Jerry Hilliard, Raleigh Millbrook 4. Robert Ritchie, Raleigh Broughton 5. Mike Howard, So. Pines Pinecrest   Mile Photos	Two-Mile Run 1. Ric Shriver, Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 9:27.0 2. Jim Chapman, Charlotte Myers Park 3. Marion Craddock, Rockingham HS 4. Devin Harris, Greensboro Smith 5. Danny Schlesinger, Raleigh Sanderson   2-Mile Photos
120-yard High Hurdles 1. David Bracey, Laurinburg 14.0 (New State Meet Record) 2. David Miller, Asheville 3. Eddie Romes, Durham Hillside 4. Joe Robinson, So. Pines Pinecrest 5. Fred King, West Charlotte	180-yard Low Hurdles 1. Charles Romes, Durham Hillside 20.3 2. David Bracey, Scotland-Laurinburg 3. Fred King, West Charlotte 4. James Woody, Clinton 5. Dennis Griffin, Charlotte Harding
4x220-yard Relay 1. Winston-Salem Atkins 1:28.8 (Jimmy Caldwell, Carl Moore, Willis Miller, Robert Redd) 2. Asheville 3. Charlotte Myers Park 4. South Mecklenburg 5. Raleigh Enloe	4x440-yard Relay 1. Winston-Salem Atkins 3:19.0 (Jimmy Caldwell, Carl Moore, Robert Redd, Willis Miller) (New State Meet Record) 2. Charlotte Myers Park 3. Greensboro Dudley 4. Durham Hillside 5. Northern Nash
Long Jump 1. 1. James Godwin, Fayetteville Cape Fear 23-11 (New State Meet Record) 2. Don Harris, Raleigh Broughton 3. Calvin Moore, Greenville Rose 4. David Bracey, Scotland-Laurinburg 5. Glenn Lee, Burlington Cummings	High Jump 1. Chandler Muse, Charlotte Myers Park 6-6.75 2. Butch Rochette, Raleigh Broughton 3. David Phillips, Scotland-Laurinburg 4. Lee Foye, High Point Andrews 5. David Hawkins, Asheville
Pole Vault 1. Jesse Ratliffe, High Point Andrews 14-0.75 (New State Meet Record) 2. David Turner, Raleigh Broughton 13-9 3. David Robinson, Raleigh Broughton 4. Ollie Ballard, South Mecklenburg 5. Larry Tate, So. Pines Pinecrest	Shot 1. Chip Taylor, Wilmington Hoggard 56-9.75 2. Charles Waddell, So. Pines Pinecrest 3. Bill McDonald, Rockingham HS 4. Don Williams, Greensboro Dudley 5. Brad Mullinax, East Forsyth
Discus 1. Randy Smith, Cary 160-0 2. Lee Stoffell, Charlotte Myers Park 3. Brad Mullinax, East Forsyth 153-0 4. Gary Steinback, Raleigh Broughton 5. Stan Lucas, Cary

Five new state meet records were set:

9.6 - Haywood Ray, Raleigh Ligon (old record: 9.8, McGrew Booker, Jacksonville 1968 and Jerry Stancil, East Montgomery 1970)

3:19.0 - Winston-Salem Atkins (old record: 3:21.7 Charlotte Myers Park 1970)

14.0 - David Bracey, Laurinburg (old record: 14.3 Jeff Howser, Myers Park 1966 and Carlester Crumpler, Wilson Fike 1970)

23-11 - James Godwin, Fayetteville Cape Fear (old record 23-0 1/2 Mike Lemmons, Hendersonville 1969)

14-0 3/4 - Jesse Ratliffe, High Point Andrews (old record 13-8 3/4 Steve Peterson, Broughton 1970)

No girls championship was held. The NCHSAA did not start holding girls state championships in track and field until 1972.

But... a few coaches did organize a "First Girls' State Track Championship" meet:

FIRST GIRLS' STATE TRACK MEET   (Not sanctioned by the NCHSAA)
Saturday, May 8, 1971 - At High Point T.W. Andrews High School

Team Results:
Greensboro Dudley 52
Hoke County 43
High Point Andrews 28
Jamestown Ragsdale 11
High Point Central 10
North Forsyth 5
Piedmont 5;
Charlotte Myers Park 5
Greensboro Grimsley 3
West Montgomery 3
High Point Allen Jay 2
East Montgomery 2
Graham 2
West Carteret 2
Chatham Central 1
No score: 
Cape Fear, Forest Hills, Stoneville, Western Guilford, Williamston

50-yard low hurdles
Pat McKoy, Hoke County 8.0
Betty Bombalis, High Point Andrews
Katherine Roseboro, Dudley
Sandra Tatten, Dudley

70-yard low hurdles
Betty Bambalis, High Point Andrews 10.8
Pat McCoy, Hoke County
Wanda Stewart, Dudley
Katherine Roseboro, Dudley

50-yard dash
Gloria Cartherns, Hoke County 6.7
Monica Foster, Dudley, 6.7
Debbie Little, Hoke County, 4
Gail Cheek, Ragsdale

75-yard dash
Montica Foster, Dudley 9.5
Coretta McCoy, Dudley
Janie Beatty, Hoke County
Karen Durham, Dudley

880-yard run
Sharon Theodore, North Forsyth 2:49.2
Sarah Sorrell, Andrews
Gloris Cartherns, Hoke County
Thomasine Hester, West Carteret

440-yard relay
Hoke County (Janie Beatty, Gloris Cartherns, Debbie Little, Shirley) 53.8
Ragsdale
Dudley
High Point Central

100-yard dash
Debbie Little, Hoke County 12.3
Vanessa Hairston, Ragsdale
Coretta McCoy, Dudley
Gail Cheeck, Ragsdale

880-yard relay
Dudley (Coretta McCoy, Karen Durham, Danita Winchester, Montica Foster) 1:55.0
Hoke County
High Point Andrews
West Montgomery

220-yard dash
Katherine Roseboro, Dudley 28.5
Nancy Wall, Dudley
Genell Pratt, East Montgomery
Ella McIver, High Point Central

440-yard dash
Juanita Williams, Dudley 1:04.4
Janie Beatty, Hoke County
Jan Cox, Ragsdale
Candy Clark, High Point Andrews

Long Jump
Norma Stegall, Piedmont 16-5
Rosa Hodges, Grimsley
Val Pinnix, High Point Andrews
Barbara Lide, Hoke County

High Jump
Susie Creech, High Point Central 4-11
Doris Wall, Dudley
Debbie Little, Hoke County
Angela McPhatter, Hoke County

Triple Jump
Barbara Jones, High Point Andrews 29-8.25
Candy Clark, High Point Andrews
Debbie Royal, West Montgomery
Florence Knight, West Montgomery

Shot Put
Tish Edwards, Myers Park 36-7
Ethel Ruffin, Dudley
Glenda Van Hook, Graham
Teresa Cook, Dudley

Discus
Ethen Ruffin, Dudley 96-7.5
Sharon Simrel, High Point Central
Jackie McEaching, Hoke County
Teresa Cook, Dudley

Softball Throw
Ethel Ruffin, Dudley 215-0
Sarah Sorrell, High Point Andrews
Debbie Madden, Allen Jay
Cheryl Brewer, Chatham Central


Thanks to Brett Honeycutt for researching this history.

1971 Winston-Salem Forsyth/County Championships