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1975 - The Opening Chapter

 

 

    The book on Richwoods High School Women's Track and Field was  opened in the 1974 - 1975 school year. The IHSA had only fully recognized girls' track as a competitive sport the preceding season. The members of the original Richwoods High School Women's Track and Field were:

 

  • Sally Adams

  • Joyce Billings

  • Cheryl Coker

  • Eileen Flanagan

  • Debbie Fuger

  • Lynn Gannon

  • Cheryl Helfer

  • Beth Hutchinson

  • Laura Hutt

  • Diane Kahn

  • Kate Kelly

  • Leah Lynch

  • Sharon Marr

  • Sheri Moore

  • Carol Munro

  • Kathy Noack

  • Kris Orth

  • Marcy Overturf

  • Mary Richardson

  • Bev Roland

  • Vikki Sheets

  • Julie Trotter

Regular Season Competition

    Competition began on April 15, 1975 with a triangular meet against Manual and Limestone. The first event to be run by the Knights was the 110 yard hurdles and it also produced the first Richwoods woman trackster victory when Cheryl Helfer won in :16.3 seconds. The Knights went on winning 11 of the 17 events in their first meet. The result:

Richwoods  75, Limestone  72,  and Manual  24

         

    The Knights went on to finish the regular season losing once - by a single point to IVC.

   

1975 Richwoods Results

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Richwoods  75

Richwoods  76

Richwoods  81

Richwoods  94

IVC  66

Limestone  72 

Normal  61

Limestone  60

Spalding/AOL  25

Richwoods  65

Manual  24

Dee - Mac  40

 

 

 

 

District Competition

 

    May 9, 1975 Richwoods traveled to Galesburg to compete  in the IHSA District Meet (now known as the Sectional Meet). This was the qualifying event for the State Championship. The Knights won 5 events at District, each a meet record

  • Vikki Sheets - 80 yd. Hurdles - :11.3

  • Bev Roland - 2 Mile - 11:22

  • Vikki Sheets, Sharon Marr, Cheryl Helfer, Sheri Moore - 880 yd. Relay - 1:49.5

  • Sheri Moore - High Jump - 5'  2"

  • Cheryl Helfer - Long Jump - 16' 8¾"

Richwoods qualified 9 individual events and 2 relays for the State Championship meet. The Knights' District effort produced 56 points and overwhelmed the 26 teams competing against them. Galesburg's second place effort netted 29 points.

 

        

 

 

State Competition

 

The following week the qualifying Knights competed at the IHSA State Championship. The strong performances produced the entire season by Richwoods continued at State. The Knights provided three medal winning  performances:

  • Bev Roland - 3rd - 2 Mile Run

  • Sheri Moore - 7th - 440 Yard Dash

  •  Vikki Sheets, Cheryl Helfer, Sheri Moore, Lynn Gannon - 6th - 440 Yard Relay

 

Top Performances

 

    The 1975 Richwoods Women's Track & Field Team led by Mrs. Nelson, in her only season as coach,  had produced a sterling opening chapter to the Richwoods Women's Track & Field story. The team's top performances that season were

Event

Mark

Athlete

  • 100 yd. Dash

  • 220 yd. Dash+

  • 440 yd. Dash

  • 880 yd. Run

  • Mile Run

  • 2 Mile Run

  • 110 yd. Hurdles

  • 80 yd. Hurdles

  • 50 yd. Dash

  • 440 yd. Relay

  • 880 yd. Relay

  • Mile Relay

  • High Jump

  • Long Jump

  • Triple jump

  • Discus

  • Shot Put

:11.7

:26.0

:59.6

2:29.1

5:31.0

11:22.7

:14.8

:11.3

:06.2

:51.4

1:49.5

4:46.3

5'  2"

16'  9½"

28'  0"

74'  2"

31'  8"

Lynn Gannon

Sharon Marr

Sheri Moore

Sheri Moore

Bev Roland

Bev Roland

Cheryl Helfer

Vikki Sheets

Lynn Gannon

Sheets, Helfer, Moore, Gannon

Marr, Helfer, Coker, Sheets

Orth, Hutchinson, Noack, Marr

Sheri Moore

Cheryl Helfer

Eileen Flanagan

Leah Lynch

Diane Kahn