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1978 Track & Field Bests
After a great 2009 season I was feeling nostalgic. Here is a look over thirty years ago when I was a senior. Girls were competing for only the third year. Fiber-glass poles had only been around a few years. I used steel and bamboo at first. All the high school tracks in the area were dirt. At least 11 boys school records are still the current record from that year. 1978 Montgomery team I was a part of Boys 100 9.8y=10.97m Allen Kuhn, Cloverdale, still school record 9.8y=10.97m Bill Robnett, Petaluma 9.8y=10.97m Steve Gullickson, Montgomery 200 22.41c Bill Robnett, Petaluma 22.31 22.2y in 77 22.51c Steve Gullickson, Montgomery 22.61c Jesse Jones, Casa Grande 400 50.05c Greg Clark, Petaluma 51.14c Bob Warner, Analy 51.34c Mark Spaulding, Santa Rosa 800 1:55.67c Rudy Balli, Petaluma 1:55.87c Greg Clark, Petaluma 1:57.75c Kevin Farrell, Rancho Cotate 1600 4:18.23c Dave Royal, Petaluma 4:13.66c in 79 4:19.03c Armand Moreno, Piner 4:19.83c Rudy Balli, Petaluma 3200 9:10.93c Armand Moreno, Piner, Empire record until 2009 9:23.55c Dave Royal, Petaluma 9:12.32c in 79 9:38.96c Bob Luttrell, Rancho Cotate 110HH 14.98 14.7y Chuck Peterson, Montgomery 15.08 14.8y Jeff Eitnear, Montgomery 15.18 14.9y Mark Stryker, El Molino 330y Low Hurdles 38.0 Jim Flores, Piner 38.1 Mark Stryker, El Molino 39.0 Chuck Peterson, Montgomery 39.1 Bob Barham, Ukiah 39.2 Mike Trudeau, Piner 39.3 Mark Stryker, El Molino 400 Relay 43.59 43.7y Cloverdale, still school record 43.89 44.0y Santa Rosa 43.98 44.1y Montgomery 1600 Relay 3:25.94c Petaluma 3:27.33c Montgomery 3:27.53c Ukiah, still school record HJ 6-6¾ John Williams, Piner 6-8 in 79 6-6½ Tim Ryan, Rancho Cotate 6-6 Randy Hitchcock, Montgomery 6-4½ Marvin Colter, Piner PV 14-7 Mark Patterson, Piner 13-6 Jim Crowhurst, Montgomery 13-6 Tony Bashaw, Ukiah 13-6 Tim Ryan, Rancho Cotate LJ 23-0 Marvin Colter, Piner, still school record 22-11½ Jim Flores, Piner 22-9¾ Ray Marchbanks, Santa Rosa 22-4½ Jesse Jones, Casa Grande, still = school record TJ 48-7 Marvin Colter, Piner, still school record 47-9 Ray Marchbanks, Santa Rosa, still school record 46-11½ Allen Kuhn, Cloverdale, still school record 44-3 Ernie Ongaro, Analy SP 53-6½ Chris Sorensen, Analy 51-8¼ Ken George, Piner 51-4 Bob Frye, Petaluma DT 167-8½ Brian Lake, Casa Grande, still school record 164-3 Chris Sorensen, Analy 164-9 in 77 160-4 John Harpe, Laytonville, still school record Girls, list includes those in top 50 still and NBL & SCL Champ 100 SCL Janice Richardson, El Molino 11.5 = 12.83m NBL Kay Quinn, Montgomery 11.8 = 13.13m 200 SCL Peggy Rogers, Sonoma 26.4c NBL Lisa Wolford, Ukiah 27.1c 400 NBL 58.30c Deanne Neff, Montgomery SCL Jackie Boriolo, El Molino 60.1c 800 NBL Denise King, Ukiah 2:25.5c SCL Chari Redeker, Healdsburg 2:25.6c 1600 NBL Dana Flint, Ukiah 5:29.4c SCL Cathy Larrouy, Piner 5:40.0c 3200 NBL Dana Flint, Ukiah 11:36.5c SCL Cathy Larrouy, Piner 12:44.7c 100mLH SCL Annette Richardson, El Molino 15.16c NBL Julie Walters, Petaluma 15.55c 300LH Event began 1981 400 Relay SCL Casa Grande 51.34c NBL Ukiah 51.84c 1600 Relay NBL Ukiah 4:11.9 SCL Sonoma 4:15.1 HJ 5-6 Deanne Neff, Montgomery, still school record 5-2 Julie Walters, Petaluma SCL Lesley Johnson, Analy 4-10 PV Event began 1995 LJ NBL 18-0 Deanne Neff, Montgomery SCL 17-0¾ Terri Robinson, Casa Grande, still school record TJ Event began 1982 SP 36-7¾p Sandi Binns, Clear Lake, 40-2¾ 8lb, still school record NBL Cindy Peterson, Ukiah 36-3 8lb SCL Tina Vale, Analy 34-2 DT 122-3 Cindy Reiter, Healdsburg 116-3½ Cindy Peterson, Ukiah SCL Tina Vale, Analy 101-0 In 1978 Following on the oil crisis Japanese car Imports account for half the US import market for the first time. The first ever Cellular Mobile Phone is introduced in Illinois and Space Invaders appears in arcades Launching a Craze for Computer Video Games . Movies include Grease, Saturday Night Fever and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Popular TV shows: Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie, The Rockford Files, Good Morning America, Saturday Night Live, Wheel of Fortune, Charlie's Angels, Quincy, M.E., The Muppet Show, CHiPs, The Love Boat. Sweden becomes the first nation to ban aerosol sprays that are thought to damage earth's protective ozone layer. The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois) The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens. David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. First appearance of the comic strip Garfield The first so-called test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born. William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks for the world heavyweight boxing title. Jonestown mass suicide: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his People's Temple in a mass murder-suicide; 913 die, including 276 children. In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first woman mayor (she served until January 8, 1988). Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 805 Average Cost of new house $54,800.00 Average Income per year $17,000.00 Average Monthly Rent $260.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 63 cents 1LB of Bacon $1.20 Dozen Eggs 48 Cents Some of the top songs that year. 1. Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb 2. Night Fever, Bee Gees 3. You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone 4. Stayin' Alive, Bee Gees 5. Kiss You All Over, Exile 6. How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees 7. Baby Come Back, Player 8. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water, Andy Gibb 9. Boogie Oogie Oogie, A Taste Of Honey 10. Three Times A Lady, Commodores 13. You're The One That I Want, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 15. Lay Down Sally, Eric Clapton 16. Miss You, Rolling Stones 17. Just The Way You Are, Billy Joel 19. If I Can't Have You, Yvonne Elliman 24. It's A Heartache, Bonnie Tyler 25. We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You, Queen 32. Take A Chance On Me, Abba 34. Last Dance, Donna Summer 35. Hopelessly Devoted To You, Olivia Newton-John 36. Hot Blooded, Foreigner 37. You're In My Heart, Rod Stewart 39. Dust In The Wind, Kansas 41. Short People, Randy Newman 48. Slip Slidin' Away, Paul Simon 63. You Needed Me, Anne Murray 68. Hey Deanie, Shaun Cassidy of "the partridge family" 71. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal Gayle 74. Copacabana, Barry Manilow
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