National Championships

10/30/1999

Tennessee has a rich tradition of excellence competing in national championships. The Lady Volunteer track and field team garnered the women's athletics department's first national title when the squad won the 1981 AIAW Outdoor Championships. All totaled, UT has placed in the top three at either the indoor or outdoor national meet 10 times.

Since the NCAA Championships began in 1982, UT has more top-10 finishes outdoors (11) than all but three schools in the nation, and only 18 schools have finished 10th or better at least four times.

INDOOR

1981 AIAW Championships, Pocatello, Idaho
Team Finish -- 2nd/46 pts
1st: Delisa Walton, World Record (600m)

1982 AIAW Championships, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Team Finish -- 2nd/64 pts
1st: Joetta Clark (1000y), Benita Fitzgerald (60yH), Rose Hauch (shot put), Delisa Walton (600y)

1983 NCAA Championships, Detroit, Mich.
Team Finish -- 2nd/44 pts
1st: Joetta Clark (880y), Delisa Walton, World Record (600y), mileR (Barksdale/Clark/Rattray/Walton)

1984 NCAA Championships, Syracuse, N.Y.
Team Finish -- 2nd/48 pts
1st: Joetta Clark (1000m), Cathy Rattray (500m), 4x400mR (Bolden/Rattray/Barksdale/Oliver), 4x800mR, World Record (Davidson/Quelch/Harvey/Clark)

1985 NCAA Championships, Syracuse, N.Y.
Team Finish -- 6th/22 pts
2nd: LaVonna Martin (55mH)
3rd: Kathy Harris (800m)

1986 NCAA Championships, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Team Finish -- 2nd/26 pts
1st: Ilrey Oliver (500m), 4x400mR (McLaughlin/Benjamin/Martin/Oliver)
2nd: Alisa Harvey (mile)

1987 NCAA Championships, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Team Finish -- 2nd/30 pts
1st: LaVonna Martin (55mH)
2nd: Alisa Harvey (1000m), Ilrey Oliver (500m)

1988 NCAA Championships, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Team Finish -- 10th/12 pts
1st: LaVonna Martin (55mH)

1989 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- t32nd/2 pts

1990 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- t9th/14 pts
2nd: 4x800mR (Moore/Johnson/Bertrand/Jones)

1991 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- t6th/24 pts
1st: Patty Wiegand (3000m), 4x800mR (Johnson/Jones/Olkowski/Wiegand)

1992 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- t13th/12 pts
3rd: Sue Walton (long jump), 4x400mR (Leroy/Prather/Walton/Lee)

1993 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- did not score

1994 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- 11th/17 pts
2nd: Dedra Davis (long jump)
3rd: Dedra Davis (55m)

1995 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- 18th/11 pts
2nd: Sue Walton (200m)
(see page 44 for results)

1996 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- did not score

1997 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- did not score

1998 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish - t31st/7 pts

OUTDOOR

1969 DGWS Championships, San Marcos, Texas
Team Finish -- 5th/20 pts
1st: Terry Hull (220y, 440y)

1970 DGWS Championships, Champaign, Ill.
Team Finish -- n/a
1st: Terry Hull (880y)

1972 DGWS Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.
Team Finish -- 31st/1 pt

1974 AIAW Championships, Denton, Texas
Team Finish -- did not score

1975 AIAW Championships, Corvallis, Ore.
Team Finish -- did not score

1976 AIAW Championships, Manhattan, Kan.
Team Finish -- did not score

1977 AIAW Championships, Los Angeles, Calif.
Team Finish -- 4th/40 pts
1st: Jane Haist (discus), Brenda Webb (5000m)

1978 AIAW Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.
Team Finish -- 13th/14 pts

1979 AIAW Championships, East Lansing, Mich.
Team Finish -- 3rd/32 pts
1st: Brenda Webb (1500m, 3000m)
2nd: Rose Hauch (shot put)

1980 AIAW Championships, Eugene, Ore.
Team Finish -- 4th/33 pts
1st: Delisa Walton (800m)
2nd: Rose Hauch (shot put), 800mMR (Walton/Fitzgerald/Robinson/Smith)
3rd: Benita Fitzgerald (100mH)

1981 AIAW Championships, Austin, Texas
Team Finish -- 1st/61 pts
1st : Benita Fitzgerald (100mH), 4x400mR (Barksdale/Clark/Rattray/Walton), 800mMR (Barksdale/Fitzgerald/Rattray/Walton)
2nd: Rose Hauch (shot put), Delisa Walton (800m)
3rd: Joetta Clark (800m)

1982 NCAA Championships, Provo, Utah
Team Finish -- 2nd/126 pts
1st: Kathy Bryant (5000m), Benita Fitzgerald (100mH), Delisa Walton (800m), 4x400mR (Barksdale/Clark/Rattray/Walton)
2nd: Joetta Clark (800m), Rose Hauch (shot put)
3rd: Benita Fitzgerald (100m), Cathy Rattray (400m), Patricia Walsh (discus)

1983 NCAA Championships, Houston, Texas
Team Finish -- 4th/87 pts
1st: Joetta Clark (800m), Benita Fitzgerald (100mH)
2nd: Sharrieffa Barksdale (400mH), 4x400mR (Bolton/Oliver/Rattray/Clark)
3rd: 4x100mR (Barksdale/Findley/Bolton/Fitzgerald)

1984 NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore.
Team Finish -- 2nd/124 pts
1st: Joetta Clark (800m)
2nd: Myrtle Chester (heptathlon), 4x100mR (Oliver/Rattray/Findley/Bolden), 4x400mR (Barksdale/Clark/Oliver/Rattray)

1985 NCAA Championships, Austin, Texas
Team Finish -- 7th/30 pts
2nd: Ilrey Oliver (400m), 4x400mR (Harris/Benjamin/Martin/Oliver)

1986 NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.
Team Finish -- 4th/36 pts
1st: Alisa Harvey (1500m), 4x400mR (Benjamin/Oliver/Martin/McLaughlin)
2nd: LaVonna Martin (100mH), Ilrey Oliver (400m)

1987 NCAA Championships, Baton Rouge, La.
Team Finish -- 4th/33 pts
1st: LaVonna Martin (100mH)
2nd: Alisa Harvey (800m, 1500m)

1988 NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore.
Team Finish -- 21st/12 pts
2nd: LaVonna Martin (100mH)

1989 NCAA Championships, Provo, Utah
Team Finish -- 37th/6 pts

1990 NCAA Championships, Durham, N.C.
Team Finish -- 6th/28 pts
2nd: Jasmin Jones (800m, 1500m)

1991 NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore.
Team Finish -- 5th/33 pts
2nd: Jasmin Jones (800m, 1500m), Tonya Lee (400mH), Patty Wiegand (5000m)

1992 NCAA Championships, Austin, Texas
Team Finish -- t9th/21 pts
2nd: Alana Preston (discus)

1993 NCAA Championships, New Orleans, La.
Team Finish -- 18th/15 pts
2nd: Dedra Davis (long jump)

1994 NCAA Championships, Boise, Idaho
Team Finish -- 5th/30 pts
1st: Dedra Davis (long jump)
2nd: Alana Preston (discus), 4x100mR (Bookman/Davis/Fields/Walton)

1995 NCAA Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.
Team Finish -- 9th/23 pts
2nd: 4x100mR (Bookman/Finley/Fields/Walton)
3rd: Alana Preston (shot put)

1996 NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore.
Team Finish -- t49th/3 pts

1997 NCAA Championships, Bloomington, Ind.
Team Finish -- t18th/14 pts
2nd: Marvena Almond (heptathlon), 4x400mR (Jones/Love/White/Briggs)

1998 NCAA Championships, Buffalo, N.Y.
Team Finish -- t15th/15
3rd: Leslie Henley (pole vault)

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