BOYS
 1. Charlotte Myers Park 44
 2. Northern Durham 37
 3t Durham Hillside 24
 3t West Rowan 24
 5. North Forsyth 17
 6t Richmond County 16
 6t West Mecklenburg 16
 8. Ahoskie 15
 9t Clinton 14
 9t Wilmington Hoggard 14
 9t North Mecklenburg 14
 9t Belmont South Point 14
13t Raleigh Athens Drive 12
13t Greenville J.H. Rose 12
13t Rutherfordton-Spindale Central 12
16. Eden Morehead 11
17t Cary 10
17t C.B. Aycock 10
17t Burlington Cummings 10
17t Fayetteville E.E. Smith 10
17t East Rowan 10
17t Greene Central 10
17t Hickory 10
17t North Iredell 10
17t Oxford Webb 10
26t Bunker Hill 8
26t East Forsyth 8
26t Pembroke 8
26t Person County 8
26t South Mecklenburg 8
26t West Craven 8
32t East Wake 6
32t Charlotte Harding 6
32t Lenoir Hibriten 6
32t Kings Mountain 6
32t Jamestown Ragsdale 6
32t Wilmington Laney 6
38. Jacksonville 5
39t Fayetteville Cape Fear 4
39t Charlotte Independence 4
39t North Moore 4
39t Williamston 4
43t Asheville Clyde Erwin 2
43t Garner 2
43t Goldsboro 2
43t High Point Central 2
43t Fayetteville Seventy-First 2
43t Shelby 2
43t Southern Durham 2
43t Western Guilford 2
51t Asheville A.C. Reynolds 1
51t High Point T.W. Andrews 1
51t Chapel Hill 1
51t Raleigh Millbrook 1
51t New Bern 1
51t Randleman 1
51t Southwest Randolph 1

Note the relay distances. The 4x100 was run at the metric distance while the other relays were run at the yard distances. This was because NC State's track had not yet been converted from a 440-yard track to a 400-meter track.

GIRLS
Team Scores:
1. Durham Hillside 40
2. East Forsyth 38
3. Smithfield-Selma 34
4. High Point Andrews 28
5t Goldsboro 24
5t Winston-Salem Parkland 24
5t Fayetteville Smith 24
8t Northern Durham 22
8t Asheville AC Reynolds 22
8t Western Guilford 22

100 meters 1. Denise Dayle, Durham Hillside 12.0 2. Gwen Ray, Smithfield-Selma 12.1 3. Woodbury, Winston-Salem Parkland 12.3 4. 5. 6.	200 meters 1. Gwen Ray, Smithfield/Selma 24.3 2. Gardin, Asheboro 25.2 3. Lucas, Northern Durham 25.3 4. 5. 6. Weaver, Durham Hillside 26.4
400 meters 1. V. Weaver, Durham Hillside 57.0 2. Morehead, Oxford Webb 58.5 3. April Cook, Watauga 58.6 4. 5. 6.	800 meters 1. S. Owens, Western Guilford 2:15.2 2. Mabry, SW Edgecombe 2:18.6 3. Miller, Asheville AC Reynolds 2:20.2 4. 5. 6. Royster, Oxford Webb 2:23.5
1600 meters 1. Joan Nesbit, East Mecklenburg 5:05.7 2. Miller, Asheville AC Reynolds 5:07.0 3. Leslie Ladd, East Forsyth 5:12.3	3200 meters 1. Karen Thompson, East Henderson 11:20.1 2. Crawely, Asheville AC Reynolds 11:44.8 3. Leslie Ladd, East Forsyth 12:03.8
100m Hurdles 1. Sonya Marshall, Charlotte Olympic 14.4 2. Clara Hairston, East Forsyth 14.4 3. Colette Williams, Fayetteville Smith 14.5 4. Morehead, Oxford Webb 14.5	200m Low Hurdles 1. Clara Hairston, East Forsyth 28.5 2. Colette Williams, Fayetteville Smith 28.8 3. Forbes, Winston-Salem Parkland 29.8
4x100m Relay 1. High Point Andrews 48.8 2. Northern Durham 49.3 3. Goldsboro 49.4 4. 5. 6. Durham Hillside 50.2	4x200m Relay 1. High Point Andrews 1:42.0 2. Goldsboro 1:42.2 3. Durham Hillside 1:42.6
4x400m Relay 1. Goldsboro 3:59.7 2. High Point Andrews 4:02.2 3. South Mecklenburg 4:03.4 4. Durham Hillside 4:03.8 5. East Mecklenburg 4:04.9 (Lisa Blakeney, Joan Nesbit, Angela Boyce, Sandra Carter) 6. Chapel Hill 4:09.7	Long Jump 1. Dee Dee Slade, Reidsville 19-3/5.86 2. Clara Hairston, East Forsyth 5.75 3. Gulley, Garner 5.49
Triple Jump 1. Teretha Coe, North Forsyth 37-10.75/11.55 2. Gwen Ray, Smithfield-Selma 11.50 3. Dewberry, Forest City Chase 11.29	High Jump 1. N. Ray, Western Guilford 5-6.5 2. Lucas, Northern Durham 5-6 3. (tie) Arends, Durham Jordan 5-4 3. (tie) Patterson, Scotland County 5-4 3. (tie) Poole, East Rowan 5-4
Shot 1. Mary Herbin, Burlington Williams 38-4.5/11.70 2. Grier, Charlotte Garinger 11.53 3. Robinson, North Mecklenburg 11.40	Discus 1. Jackie Gandy, Thomasville 124-4/37.89 2. Gee, Durham Hillside 36.83 3. Majors, Fayetteville Smith 36.63

The 75th annual NCHSAA boys championship was held at NC State University's Paul Derr Track in Raleigh. All 4 classifications (4A-3A-2A-1A) competed together. In 1980 NC State's track was still 440 yards. Metric distances were run for all events except for 4x220 yard and 4x440 yard relays. Northern Durham ran an excellent 41.23 in the 4x100 meter relay. This was the first year the event was run over a metric distance. Their state meet record was unsurpassed for many years. East Mecklenburg's Carlton Frazier set a 400 record of 47.36, superior (using the conversion) to the old 440-yard record of 48.1 (hand) by James Fields of New Bern in 1976. Greg Roseboro (Hillside) set an 800 record (1:51.39) superior to the old 880-yard record of 1:53.9 by Tony Waldrop in 1969. Athens Drive's Than Emery (171-4) repeated as discus champion, missing Mike Rodriguez's state record by just a foot and an inch. Charlotte Myers Park, led by Ken Dowdle's second-place finishes in the 800 (1:53.02) and 1600 (4:08.4), compiled 44 points to win the team title. The Mustangs, coached by Richard Prince, won the 4x220 (1:26.93) and placed second in the 200 (Ron King, 21.54). Metric distances were run for the first time at the girls' state meet in Raeford. At the time the NCHSAA made the decision to "retire" existing records, apparently including field events. Winning performances were listed as "records", even when intrinsically superior performances had been recorded by athletes in the 70s (e.g., Julie and Mary Shea, Lynn Lashley). NCPrepTrack.com has attempted in its archives to recognize records not as yard or metric records but by best performance ever for a given event (e.g., considering the 3200 and 2-mile as the same "event"). The 1980 girls meet included a future Olympian, Joan Nesbit (East Mecklenburg) who won the 1600 in 5:05.7. Nesbit competed in the 10,000 meters in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was a 1982 NCAA All-American in cross country while running for UNC.