School records:
100 Markstrom and Vixie 10.4
200 Wright 21.2
400 Wright 47.38
800 Olszowy 1:50.74
Mile Lakeman 4:04.94
2 Mile B. McChesney 8:50.9
110 H. Redman 14.2
300 H. Holland 38.4
440 Relay (not 400 m) 43.46 FAT
Mile Relay (not 1600 M) 3:21.9
Distance Medley 10:01.6 (at the time it was a National Record)
4 x Mile Lakeman, Gustafson, Nielson, B. McChesney 17:06.6 National Record (A Nat'l record 17:11.8 the year before, with S. McChesney) The team also ran 17:31.2 in 74, 17:44.3 in 74.
3K Steeplechase Jeff Hess 8:50.1 National Record (Another S.E. runner held the National record twice before this)
5K B. McChesney 14.12.5
10K B. McChesney 29:06.8
High Jump King and Bates 6'11'
Pole Vault Davis 17'4.5"
Long Jump Bolden 24'10.25"
Triple Jump Yeoman 49'11.5"
Shot Put Sprague 67'11"
Discus Sprague 188'2"
Javelin Carter 239'8"
South Eugene Depth:
This may be more impressive than the school records
South Eugene has had:
100 M. 14 Boys @ 10.7 or better
200 M. 9 boys under 22.0
400 M. 10 @ 50.0 or better
800 M. 13 under 1:56.0
Mile: 10 under 4:18.0 5 under 4:10
2 Mile 10 under 9:10.0 5 under 9:00
3K Steeple 10 under 9:45.0
5K at least 7 under 15:00
10K at least 5 under 31:00
High Jump 10 over 6'5" 4 over 6'8"
Pole Vault 12 over 14'0" 7 over 15'0"
Long Jump 9 over 22'6 5 over 23'0"
Triple Jump 10 over 45'3"
Shot Put 12 over 55'6 3 over 61'7"
Discus 11 over 160'2" 6 over 172'9"
Javelin 10 over 190'1" 5 over 2:05'3"
At one season, there were 22 boys running under 10:00 for the 2mile.
XC teams in 1974 South Eugene had 13 boys under 4:35 in the mile and 11 boys under 10:00 in the 2 mile.
The 1975 XC team had a 4:12.8 miler as our 6th man. Times listed are Mile and 2 Mile
#1 B. McChesney 8:55.7, 14:11.8 3 Mile
#2 S. McChesney 9:04.4, 14:11.0 3 Mile
#3 Seth Brown 31:24 6 Mile Seth was under 9:20, but I do not remember his exact time.
#4 John Gustafson 4:16.25 Mile, 9:06.4 Steeple (nat. record at the time)
#5. Rich Harter 4:25, 9:21
#6. Chris Nielson 4:12.8
#7. Sean O'Conner I believe 9:28 9:45.8 steeple
1975 XC
1. B. McCheseny 8:50.9
2. Sean O ' Conner 9:12 (I believe) 9:31.8 Steeplechase
3. Dirk Lakeman 1:55.22
4. Seth Brown 9:06.6 2 Mile
5. John Gustafson 4:08.0 9:06.2 Steeple (broke his own Nat. Record)
Some info about Craig Brigham:
Decathlon: Brigham 7,523 National Record using college implements in the Shot and Discus. 8th in the Olympic Trials as a high school boy.
First Day 10.9, 22'1, 46'.6.25" (College Shot), 6'4", 52.3
2nd Day 15.5, 144'10 (college discus), 14'6.5", 197'7 (jav), 4:53
Craig Brighams PRs in 1972 (some may argue that he alone may be one of the best ever high school teams)
6'8 HJ, 16'4 PV, 57'8.5" SP, 183'2 Dis, 22'6.5 LJ,
197'7' Jav, 15.2 110 H. 10.9 100 m.
Relay records:
High Jump Relay 19'2.25"
Brigham 67.25", Laney 6'3'5", Smeed 6'3.5"
Long Jump Relay 67'7.25""
Proulx 22'11, Mosley 22'1.75", Rexius 22'0.5"
Discus Relay 509'2"
Brigham 182'2, Perkins 172'9" Auferoth 153'3"
Javelin Relay 620'5
Carter 231'3" Wright 206'4" Carmichael 182'10"
Distance Medley Lakeman 3:03.8 Brown 49.3
Penny 1:57.7 McChesney 4:11.0 10:01.6
At the time a national record
4 x Mile Relay
Lakeman, Nielson B. McChesney Gustafson 17:06.6