1976 Boys Track and Field

Big Nine results
Place	School	Points
1.	Rockford East	67.5
2.	Harlem	58
3.	Belvidere	54
4.	Rockford Guilford	37
5.	Rockford Auburn	33
6.	Rockford West	14
7.	Rockford Boylan	11
8.	Rockford Jefferson	9.5
9.	Freeport	5

                                                 

100 yard
1.	Chris Jordan	Auburn	:10.2
2.	Holland	West
3.	Powell	East
220 yard
1.	Jim Watkins	Harlem	:22.4
2.	Smith	Auburn
3.	Anderson	Belvidere
440 yard
1.	Dale Thomas	East	:49.7
2.	Watkins	Harlem
3.	Smith	Auburn

 

880 yards
1.	Ron Wartgow	Belvidere	1:58.4
2.	McPherron	East
3.	Goodhope	Guilford
Mile
1.	Ron Wartgow	Belvidere	4:20.0
2.	Gilchrist	East
3.	Trojniar	East
Two Mile
1.	Dan Gilchrist	East	9:37.4
2.	K. Johnson	Guilford
3.	Reynolds	Guilford

 

120-yard high hurdles
1.	Bruce Bartels	Harlem	:14.2
2.	Hessian	Jefferson
3.	Bender	Belvidere
330 yard low hurdles
1.	Bruce Bartels	Harlem	:37.7*
2.	Baer	Freeport
3.	Wecker	Guilford

 

Shot put
1.	Greg Gilbaugh	East	57-4
2.	Pearson	Belvidere
3.	Chastain	Harlem
Discus
1.	Jim Chastain	Harlem	171-5
2.	Pearson	Belvidere
3.	Tedford	Guilford

 

Long jump
1.	Bruce Bartels	Harlem	21-11 ¼
2.	Bucklin	Belvidere
3.	Watkins	Harlem
High jump
1.	Jeff Primm	Auburn	6-2
2.	Rote	Harlem
3.	Carl Newton	West
Triple jump
1.	Dave Bucklin	Belvidere	43-5
2.	Rigsby	East
3.	Kampmeier	Boylan
Pole vault
1.	Kerry Lopin	East	13-6*
2.	Atterbury	Harlem
3.	Sheetz	Guilford

                                               

440-yard relay
1.	Auburn	Dickie Jackson, Clayborn Smith, Jim Prunty, Chris Jordan	:43.8
2.	Guilford
3.	Boylan
880-yard relay
1.	Harlem	Craig Verni, Eric Sunbo, Joel Wismken, Bruce Bartels	1:31.0
2.	East
3.	Auburn
Mile relay
1.	East	Blake, Nolan, Pearson, Thomas	3:24.2*
2.	Guilford
3.	Belvidere
Two-mile relay
1.	East	Pat McPherron, Doug Bakke, Dennis Sweeney, Mark Trojnair	8:06.5
2.	Guilford
3.	Harlem

  

IHSA results
Event	Place	School	Time
Mile run	1. Ron Wartgow	Belvidere	4:07.80
Two-mile run	2. Dan Gilchrist	East	NA
120-yard low hurdles	8. Bruce Bartels	Harlem	NA
330-yard low hurdles	4. Bruce Bartels	Harlem	NA
Mile relay	4. Blake, Nolan, Pearson, Thomas	East	NA
Two-mile relay	3. McPherron, Bakke, Sweeney, Trojnair	East	NA
Pole vault	6. Kerry Lopin	East	NA
Discus	4. James Chastain	Harlem	NA
Discus	7. Kurt Pearson	Belvidere	NA
Shot put	5. Greg Gilbaugh	East	NA