Track A Look at
Tim Hickey's 31-Year Coaching Career at William Penn High (1973-2003)
This page includes stories,
team scores/places in championship meets, individual winners in championship
meets and overall breakdown during Coach Hickey's 31 seasons.
(No meet in 1973. Informal
meet in 1974,)
To provide additions/corrections:
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Thanks!
The Lady Lions on part of their "practice track" . . . around
the campus on sidewalks.
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN RUNNING EVENTS (Winners in Field Events And Relays At Bottom of Page) 100 yards 1973 Lisa Seay 12.4 1975 Pat Helms 11.4 100 meters 1985 Debbie Bonner 11.8 1986 Debbie Roberts 11.8 1987 Debbie Roberts 12.53 1989 Geneva Pugh 12.5 1992 Donna Comrie 12.4 1993 Jennifer Wilson 11.9 1994 Jennifer Wilson 12.34 2000 Tasha Staten 11.7 2001 Juanita Broaddus 11.6 2002 Juanita Broaddus 11.94 2003 Karina Francis 11.99 200 meters 1989 Geneva Pugh 25.5 1990 Geneva Pugh 25.28 1991 Geneva Pugh 25.39 1992 Jennifer Wilson 23.98 1993 Jennifer Wilson 24.7 1994 Jennifer Wilson 24.71 1997 Angel Patterson 24.28 2000 Tasha Staten 24.3 2001 Juanita Broaddus 23.76 2002 Juanita Broaddus 23.87 2003 Christina Smith 25.31 400 yards 1975 Pat Helms 56.9 1979 Cynthia Colquitt 57.2 400 meters 1980 Rosie Richardson 57.0 1984 Shawn Moore 57.0 1985 Shawn Moore 57.4 1986 Shawn Moore 57.7 1988 Marcia Rush 56.7 1989 Lakeya Smith 57.73 1990 Marcia Rush 58.15 1991 Marcia Rush 56.09 1994 Angel Patterson 55.3 1995 Angel Patterson 55.4 1996 Angel Patterson 54.72 1997 Angel Patterson 54.46 2000 Tasha Staten 54.9 2001 Christina Smith 55.55 2002 Juanita Broaddus 55.08 800 yards 1974 Pat Helms 2:21.8 1975 Jeanette Chapman 0:17.9 1976 Jeanette Chapman 0:21.9 1977 Cynthia Colquitt 0:24.3 1978 Valerie Fisher 0:15.0 1979 Valerie Fisher 0:16.4 1980 Valerie Fisher 0:15.6 800 meters 1984 Tonya Hendrix 0:23.1 1986 Anna Vargas 0:21.2 1987 Dawn Jones 0:19.3 1988 Kim Washington 0:21.1 1989 Marcia Rush 0:23.4 1990 Lakeya Smith 0:22.4 1992 Shelie Turner 0:19.1 1997 Yvonne Anderson 0:17.3 1999 Gorgeous Harper 0:19.9 2000 Gorgeous Harper 0:22.5 2001 Gorgeous Harper 0:20.1 2002 Tyeshia Thomas 0:17.4 Mile 1976 Jeanette Chapman 0:30.0 1977 Cynthia Colquitt 0:57.8 1978 Valerie Fisher 0:17.2 1979 Valerie Fisher 0:33.8 1980 Valerie Fisher 0:31.1 1500 meters 1984 Anna Vargas 0:03.1 1600 meters 1987 Dawn Jones 0:16.0 1992 Traci Jordan 0:26.1 1993 Traci Jordan 0:06.6 2000 Madonna Patterson 0:35.0 2001 Madonna Patterson 0:23.5 2002 Madonna Patterson 0:22.3 3000 meters 1984 Anna Vargas 11:20.0 1985 Anna Vargas 10:28.0 3200 meters 1987 Dawn Jones 11:44.0 1989 Najah Bradford 12:47.5 1990 Blythe Crawley 12:22.8 1991 Blythe Crawley 13:28.4 1992 Traci Jordan 12:07.8 1993 Traci Jordan 11:18.6 2000 Madonna Patterson 12:40.3 2001 Madonna Patterson 12:11.6 80-Yard High H 1976 Tweet Faucett 11.2 1978 Cynthia Colquitt 11.3 100-Meter High H 1985 Shawn Moore 13.7 1986 Shawn Moore 14.0 1988 Camille Hendrix 14.5 1989 Felisha Harris 15.2 1990 Radhiya Teagle 15.39 1991 Radhiya Teagle 15.34 1993 Brandit Copper 14.8 1997 Quanda Talington 14.27 1998 Neffertitti Cooper 14.02 2001 Tyeshia Thomas 14.68 2002 Christina Smith 14.61 2003 Christina Smith 14.56 300-Meter Int. H 1988 Camille Hendrix 43.5 1989 Felisha Harris 45.6 1990 Radhiya Teagle 45.0 1991 Radhiya Teagle 44.22 1992 Shelie Turner 43.55 400-Meter Int. H 1994 Angel Patterson 60.3 1995 Angel Patterson 61.7 1996 Angel Patterson 60.11 1997 Angel Patterson 59.84 2000 Quisha Anthony 65.0 2001 Tyeshia Thomas 63.31 2002 Christina Smith 60.04 2003 Christina Smith 61.09 | INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN RUNNING EVENTS (Winners in Field Events And Relays At Bottom of Page) 100 yards 1973 Lisa Seay 12.4 1975 Pat Helms 11.4 100 meters 1985 Debbie Bonner 11.8 1986 Debbie Roberts 11.8 1987 Debbie Roberts 12.53 1989 Geneva Pugh 12.5 1992 Donna Comrie 12.4 1993 Jennifer Wilson 11.9 1994 Jennifer Wilson 12.34 2000 Tasha Staten 11.7 2001 Juanita Broaddus 11.6 2002 Juanita Broaddus 11.94 2003 Karina Francis 11.99 200 meters 1989 Geneva Pugh 25.5 1990 Geneva Pugh 25.28 1991 Geneva Pugh 25.39 1992 Jennifer Wilson 23.98 1993 Jennifer Wilson 24.7 1994 Jennifer Wilson 24.71 1997 Angel Patterson 24.28 2000 Tasha Staten 24.3 2001 Juanita Broaddus 23.76 2002 Juanita Broaddus 23.87 2003 Christina Smith 25.31 400 yards 1975 Pat Helms 56.9 1979 Cynthia Colquitt 57.2 400 meters 1980 Rosie Richardson 57.0 1984 Shawn Moore 57.0 1985 Shawn Moore 57.4 1986 Shawn Moore 57.7 1988 Marcia Rush 56.7 1989 Lakeya Smith 57.73 1990 Marcia Rush 58.15 1991 Marcia Rush 56.09 1994 Angel Patterson 55.3 1995 Angel Patterson 55.4 1996 Angel Patterson 54.72 1997 Angel Patterson 54.46 2000 Tasha Staten 54.9 2001 Christina Smith 55.55 2002 Juanita Broaddus 55.08 800 yards 1974 Pat Helms 2:21.8 1975 Jeanette Chapman 0:17.9 1976 Jeanette Chapman 0:21.9 1977 Cynthia Colquitt 0:24.3 1978 Valerie Fisher 0:15.0 1979 Valerie Fisher 0:16.4 1980 Valerie Fisher 0:15.6 800 meters 1984 Tonya Hendrix 0:23.1 1986 Anna Vargas 0:21.2 1987 Dawn Jones 0:19.3 1988 Kim Washington 0:21.1 1989 Marcia Rush 0:23.4 1990 Lakeya Smith 0:22.4 1992 Shelie Turner 0:19.1 1997 Yvonne Anderson 0:17.3 1999 Gorgeous Harper 0:19.9 2000 Gorgeous Harper 0:22.5 2001 Gorgeous Harper 0:20.1 2002 Tyeshia Thomas 0:17.4 Mile 1976 Jeanette Chapman 0:30.0 1977 Cynthia Colquitt 0:57.8 1978 Valerie Fisher 0:17.2 1979 Valerie Fisher 0:33.8 1980 Valerie Fisher 0:31.1 1500 meters 1984 Anna Vargas 0:03.1 1600 meters 1987 Dawn Jones 0:16.0 1992 Traci Jordan 0:26.1 1993 Traci Jordan 0:06.6 2000 Madonna Patterson 0:35.0 2001 Madonna Patterson 0:23.5 2002 Madonna Patterson 0:22.3 3000 meters 1984 Anna Vargas 11:20.0 1985 Anna Vargas 10:28.0 3200 meters 1987 Dawn Jones 11:44.0 1989 Najah Bradford 12:47.5 1990 Blythe Crawley 12:22.8 1991 Blythe Crawley 13:28.4 1992 Traci Jordan 12:07.8 1993 Traci Jordan 11:18.6 2000 Madonna Patterson 12:40.3 2001 Madonna Patterson 12:11.6 80-Yard High H 1976 Tweet Faucett 11.2 1978 Cynthia Colquitt 11.3 100-Meter High H 1985 Shawn Moore 13.7 1986 Shawn Moore 14.0 1988 Camille Hendrix 14.5 1989 Felisha Harris 15.2 1990 Radhiya Teagle 15.39 1991 Radhiya Teagle 15.34 1993 Brandit Copper 14.8 1997 Quanda Talington 14.27 1998 Neffertitti Cooper 14.02 2001 Tyeshia Thomas 14.68 2002 Christina Smith 14.61 2003 Christina Smith 14.56 300-Meter Int. H 1988 Camille Hendrix 43.5 1989 Felisha Harris 45.6 1990 Radhiya Teagle 45.0 1991 Radhiya Teagle 44.22 1992 Shelie Turner 43.55 400-Meter Int. H 1994 Angel Patterson 60.3 1995 Angel Patterson 61.7 1996 Angel Patterson 60.11 1997 Angel Patterson 59.84 2000 Quisha Anthony 65.0 2001 Tyeshia Thomas 63.31 2002 Christina Smith 60.04 2003 Christina Smith 61.09 | INDIVIDUAL WINNERS | IN RUNNING EVENTS | (Winners in Field Events | And Relays At Bottom of Page) | | 100 yards | | 1973 | Lisa Seay | 12.4 | 1975 | Pat Helms | 11.4 | | 100 meters | | 1985 | Debbie Bonner | 11.8 | 1986 | Debbie Roberts | 11.8 | 1987 | Debbie Roberts | 12.53 | 1989 | Geneva Pugh | 12.5 | 1992 | Donna Comrie | 12.4 | 1993 | Jennifer Wilson | 11.9 | 1994 | Jennifer Wilson | 12.34 | 2000 | Tasha Staten | 11.7 | 2001 | Juanita Broaddus | 11.6 | 2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 11.94 | 2003 | Karina Francis | 11.99 | | 200 meters | | 1989 | Geneva Pugh | 25.5 | 1990 | Geneva Pugh | 25.28 | 1991 | Geneva Pugh | 25.39 | 1992 | Jennifer Wilson | 23.98 | 1993 | Jennifer Wilson | 24.7 | 1994 | Jennifer Wilson | 24.71 | 1997 | Angel Patterson | 24.28 | 2000 | Tasha Staten | 24.3 | 2001 | Juanita Broaddus | 23.76 | 2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 23.87 | 2003 | Christina Smith | 25.31 | | 400 yards | | 1975 | Pat Helms | 56.9 | 1979 | Cynthia Colquitt | 57.2 | | 400 meters | | 1980 | Rosie Richardson | 57.0 | 1984 | Shawn Moore | 57.0 | 1985 | Shawn Moore | 57.4 | 1986 | Shawn Moore | 57.7 | 1988 | Marcia Rush | 56.7 | 1989 | Lakeya Smith | 57.73 | 1990 | Marcia Rush | 58.15 | 1991 | Marcia Rush | 56.09 | 1994 | Angel Patterson | 55.3 | 1995 | Angel Patterson | 55.4 | 1996 | Angel Patterson | 54.72 | 1997 | Angel Patterson | 54.46 | 2000 | Tasha Staten | 54.9 | 2001 | Christina Smith | 55.55 | 2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 55.08 | | 800 yards | | 1974 | Pat Helms | 2:21.8 | 1975 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:17.9 | 1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:21.9 | 1977 | Cynthia Colquitt | 0:24.3 | 1978 | Valerie Fisher | 0:15.0 | 1979 | Valerie Fisher | 0:16.4 | 1980 | Valerie Fisher | 0:15.6 | | 800 meters | | 1984 | Tonya Hendrix | 0:23.1 | 1986 | Anna Vargas | 0:21.2 | 1987 | Dawn Jones | 0:19.3 | 1988 | Kim Washington | 0:21.1 | 1989 | Marcia Rush | 0:23.4 | 1990 | Lakeya Smith | 0:22.4 | 1992 | Shelie Turner | 0:19.1 | 1997 | Yvonne Anderson | 0:17.3 | 1999 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:19.9 | 2000 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:22.5 | 2001 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:20.1 | 2002 | Tyeshia Thomas | 0:17.4 | | Mile | | 1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:30.0 | 1977 | Cynthia Colquitt | 0:57.8 | 1978 | Valerie Fisher | 0:17.2 | 1979 | Valerie Fisher | 0:33.8 | 1980 | Valerie Fisher | 0:31.1 | | 1500 meters | | 1984 | Anna Vargas | 0:03.1 | | 1600 meters | | 1987 | Dawn Jones | 0:16.0 | 1992 | Traci Jordan | 0:26.1 | 1993 | Traci Jordan | 0:06.6 | 2000 | Madonna Patterson | 0:35.0 | 2001 | Madonna Patterson | 0:23.5 | 2002 | Madonna Patterson | 0:22.3 | | 3000 meters | | 1984 | Anna Vargas | 11:20.0 | 1985 | Anna Vargas | 10:28.0 | | 3200 meters | | 1987 | Dawn Jones | 11:44.0 | 1989 | Najah Bradford | 12:47.5 | 1990 | Blythe Crawley | 12:22.8 | 1991 | Blythe Crawley | 13:28.4 | 1992 | Traci Jordan | 12:07.8 | 1993 | Traci Jordan | 11:18.6 | 2000 | Madonna Patterson | 12:40.3 | 2001 | Madonna Patterson | 12:11.6 | | 80-Yard High H | | 1976 | Tweet Faucett | 11.2 | 1978 | Cynthia Colquitt | 11.3 | | 100-Meter High H | | 1985 | Shawn Moore | 13.7 | 1986 | Shawn Moore | 14.0 | 1988 | Camille Hendrix | 14.5 | 1989 | Felisha Harris | 15.2 | 1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 15.39 | 1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 15.34 | 1993 | Brandit Copper | 14.8 | 1997 | Quanda Talington | 14.27 | 1998 | Neffertitti Cooper | 14.02 | 2001 | Tyeshia Thomas | 14.68 | 2002 | Christina Smith | 14.61 | 2003 | Christina Smith | 14.56 | | 300-Meter Int. H | | 1988 | Camille Hendrix | 43.5 | 1989 | Felisha Harris | 45.6 | 1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 45.0 | 1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 44.22 | 1992 | Shelie Turner | 43.55 | | 400-Meter Int. H | | 1994 | Angel Patterson | 60.3 | 1995 | Angel Patterson | 61.7 | 1996 | Angel Patterson | 60.11 | 1997 | Angel Patterson | 59.84 | 2000 | Quisha Anthony | 65.0 | 2001 | Tyeshia Thomas | 63.31 | 2002 | Christina Smith | 60.04 | 2003 | Christina Smith | 61.09 | Tim Hickey Tribute Page Tim Hickey coached track at
now-closed William Penn for 31 seasons (1973-2003). He won 23 of 29 possible
Public League championships along with another crown in the "informal" 1974
meet. (There was no meet in 1973. A title in 1997 was forfeited due to an
ineligible runner.) This story was written after Tim won his final crown
(and below that is part of a story that was written in April, when he
announced he'd be stepping down) . . . By Ted
Silary CHRISTINA SMITH kept moving from class to class and kept wondering why
Juanita Broaddus wasn't sitting nearby. In time, curiosity led to concern and then to shock and then, glory be,
to a first that helped to produce a last. Smith, bound for Clemson, and Broaddus, headed for Barton County (Kan.)
Community College, are top-shelf track teammates at William Penn High, where
coach Tim Hickey has dominated the Public League for exactly three decades. Yesterday, in rain at Thomas Edison High that began as annoying and later
increased in intensity to drenching, the fact Broaddus was unavailable
helped Smith accomplish a first-time feat and gave Hickey, who will retire
next month, his 23rd and final championship. Penn scored 163 points. Central placed second with 104. (Here are the years when the winner was not Penn: 1979, '81, '82, '83,
'97 and '99. Penn had to forfeit the '97 title for using an ineligible
runner. There was informal competition in '74 with a season-ending meet.
Penn won that, too, so you could say Hickey is 24-for-30. ) Broaddus did not report to school, but came to Edison expecting to run.
That's a no-no. Students marked absent may not compete in athletics. "It broke my heart to have to tell Juanita that, but rules are rules,"
Hickey said. "But I feel happy for Christina. She was overshadowed all year
long by Juanita. Not today. This was her meet." Hickey, who serves as the PL's unofficial historian, said Smith is the
first girl in league history to win four individual events. She took the high-jump competition Tuesday at Roxborough with an effort
of 5 feet, 2 inches. At Edison, she added firsts in the 100-meter high
hurdles (14.56 seconds), 400 intermediate hurdles (1:01.09) and 200 (25.31). "I didn't know anything about the four-wins thing until right before the
200," Smith said. "Mr. Hickey told me I had a chance to make history. It
didn't add any nervousness. What I had to do hadn't changed. "If Juanita had been running, she would have won the 100, 200 and 400.
I'm disappointed about what happened. She's in all my classes. As the day
went on, everybody was saying, 'Has anybody seen Juanita? ' She should be
disappointed in herself. It's not good to miss out on your last-ever Public
League meet. But we had more than enough to win it without her, so that was
good." In the third event, the 100, the Lions suffered a second blow when Karina
Francis pulled a hamstring while clocking 11.99 for first. Moments later, while watching the 800 relay, Hickey said he'd be happy with
a fifth-place finish. Tyeshia Michie, Kneshia Sheard, Kandis Worthington and
Thlayia White instead ran third in 1:47.17. "To go out this way is very satisfying," Hickey said. "We got some very
nice performances from our lesser lights. They're going home with trophies
and they're all very happy." Hickey has expended incredible effort through the years in outdoor track,
indoor track and cross country and is respected on a national level. At
least 20 of his former runners showed up yesterday, and a reception (10
a.m.-1 p.m.) will be held in his honor June 7 at the school. "Our biggest challenge," said girls' basketball coach Alison Eachus,
"will be to find him a gift that he won't give to one of his runners. That's
how Mr. Hickey is. He's in this for the kids." Right after the meet, someone approached Hickey, shook his hand and said,
"Well done! " Hickey turned red and pointed to a Lion standing next to him.
"Hey, say 'well done' to her, too!" he said. "She ran great!" Here's betting a TV will not be Hickey's gift. According to boys' basketball coach George Phillips, in the living room of
Hickey's apartment are two smaller TVs on top of a big TV. "A 25-incher, a 13-incher and maybe a 9-incher," Phillips said. "And while he's watching three basketball games at once, he's listening
to the Phillies on the radio," Eachus said. "And he's got one of those
eating trays stretched across his lap. And his food's burning in the
kitchen. And he's doing all his track stuff. He does everything from his
easy chair." Smith, among many, can't thank Hickey enough. "He didn't start me off, but he got me where I am," she said. "He keeps
you in check. He also keeps it real. If you say, 'I'm gonna beat this girl,'
he'll say, 'You're not quite ready for that. ' He won't try to boost your
head so you're thinking you're going to do something that's not really
possible." ----- By Ted Silary Tim
Hickey expects to hit the next Olympics and World Cup and to make a return
visit to Africa, where he served in the Peace Corps. That's what people do when they retire - check off items on their
always-wanted-to-do list. Hickey, 60 and a teacher for 38 years, yesterday attended a wide-ranging
news conference at the University of Pennsylvania mostly to discuss his new
duties as chairperson of the Penn Relays Carnival high school division. But out the bigger news came: He will step down in June from his job at
William Penn High, where he has coached cross country and track in
magnificent fashion since the fall of 1972. Among his awards have been 24
outdoor titles in Public League track and "somewhat more than half" in cross
country. His girls, of course, also have been terrors on the indoor circuit. "Back in September, saying I was going to retire was pretty easy," Hickey
said, smiling. "It's gotten progressively harder. But it's a done deal now
because I burned my bridge [Tuesday]. I signed all the paperwork and turned
it in to the School District. "These last few years, it hasn't been as much fun. I have more trouble
getting the girls motivated for practice. And myself. At the end of the day,
I'm so tired. The teaching part is so difficult anymore. It's tough to
maintain discipline in the hallways, and even in my own classroom." With a laugh, he added, "I try not to let it get to me. My department
head said she'll know it has when I use one of the 300-some sick days I have
saved up." | Tim Hickey -- PERFORMANCES IN CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS Year Place Points 1973 No meet 1974 1st Unav. 1975 1st Unav. 1976 1st 48 1/2 1977 1st 61 1978 1st 61 1979 2nd 73 1980 1st 81 1/2 1981 6th 61 1/3 1982 2nd 95 1983 2nd 99 1984 1st 178 1985 1st 172 1986 1st 168 1987 1st 136 1988 1st 185 1989 1st 186 1990 1st 186 1991 1st 148 1992 1st 146 1993 1st 188 1/2 1994 1st 177 1/2 1995 1st 179 1996 1st 207 1997 1st 172 1998 2nd 160 1999 2nd 173 1/2 2000 1st 187 1/2 2001 1st 236 2002 1st 202 2003 1st 163 Forfeited (ineligible runner) | PERFORMANCES IN | CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS | Year | Place | Points | 1973 | No meet | | 1974 | 1st | Unav. | 1975 | 1st | Unav. | 1976 | 1st | 48 1/2 | 1977 | 1st | 61 | 1978 | 1st | 61 | 1979 | 2nd | 73 | 1980 | 1st | 81 1/2 | 1981 | 6th | 61 1/3 | 1982 | 2nd | 95 | 1983 | 2nd | 99 | 1984 | 1st | 178 | 1985 | 1st | 172 | 1986 | 1st | 168 | 1987 | 1st | 136 | 1988 | 1st | 185 | 1989 | 1st | 186 | 1990 | 1st | 186 | 1991 | 1st | 148 | 1992 | 1st | 146 | 1993 | 1st | 188 1/2 | 1994 | 1st | 177 1/2 | 1995 | 1st | 179 | 1996 | 1st | 207 | 1997 | 1st | 172 | 1998 | 2nd | 160 | 1999 | 2nd | 173 1/2 | 2000 | 1st | 187 1/2 | 2001 | 1st | 236 | 2002 | 1st | 202 | 2003 | 1st | 163 | Forfeited (ineligible runner)
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN RUNNING EVENTS (Winners in Field Events And Relays At Bottom of Page) 100 yards 1973 Lisa Seay 12.4 1975 Pat Helms 11.4 100 meters 1985 Debbie Bonner 11.8 1986 Debbie Roberts 11.8 1987 Debbie Roberts 12.53 1989 Geneva Pugh 12.5 1992 Donna Comrie 12.4 1993 Jennifer Wilson 11.9 1994 Jennifer Wilson 12.34 2000 Tasha Staten 11.7 2001 Juanita Broaddus 11.6 2002 Juanita Broaddus 11.94 2003 Karina Francis 11.99 200 meters 1989 Geneva Pugh 25.5 1990 Geneva Pugh 25.28 1991 Geneva Pugh 25.39 1992 Jennifer Wilson 23.98 1993 Jennifer Wilson 24.7 1994 Jennifer Wilson 24.71 1997 Angel Patterson 24.28 2000 Tasha Staten 24.3 2001 Juanita Broaddus 23.76 2002 Juanita Broaddus 23.87 2003 Christina Smith 25.31 400 yards 1975 Pat Helms 56.9 1979 Cynthia Colquitt 57.2 400 meters 1980 Rosie Richardson 57.0 1984 Shawn Moore 57.0 1985 Shawn Moore 57.4 1986 Shawn Moore 57.7 1988 Marcia Rush 56.7 1989 Lakeya Smith 57.73 1990 Marcia Rush 58.15 1991 Marcia Rush 56.09 1994 Angel Patterson 55.3 1995 Angel Patterson 55.4 1996 Angel Patterson 54.72 1997 Angel Patterson 54.46 2000 Tasha Staten 54.9 2001 Christina Smith 55.55 2002 Juanita Broaddus 55.08 800 yards 1974 Pat Helms 2:21.8 1975 Jeanette Chapman 0:17.9 1976 Jeanette Chapman 0:21.9 1977 Cynthia Colquitt 0:24.3 1978 Valerie Fisher 0:15.0 1979 Valerie Fisher 0:16.4 1980 Valerie Fisher 0:15.6 800 meters 1984 Tonya Hendrix 0:23.1 1986 Anna Vargas 0:21.2 1987 Dawn Jones 0:19.3 1988 Kim Washington 0:21.1 1989 Marcia Rush 0:23.4 1990 Lakeya Smith 0:22.4 1992 Shelie Turner 0:19.1 1997 Yvonne Anderson 0:17.3 1999 Gorgeous Harper 0:19.9 2000 Gorgeous Harper 0:22.5 2001 Gorgeous Harper 0:20.1 2002 Tyeshia Thomas 0:17.4 Mile 1976 Jeanette Chapman 0:30.0 1977 Cynthia Colquitt 0:57.8 1978 Valerie Fisher 0:17.2 1979 Valerie Fisher 0:33.8 1980 Valerie Fisher 0:31.1 1500 meters 1984 Anna Vargas 0:03.1 1600 meters 1987 Dawn Jones 0:16.0 1992 Traci Jordan 0:26.1 1993 Traci Jordan 0:06.6 2000 Madonna Patterson 0:35.0 2001 Madonna Patterson 0:23.5 2002 Madonna Patterson 0:22.3 3000 meters 1984 Anna Vargas 11:20.0 1985 Anna Vargas 10:28.0 3200 meters 1987 Dawn Jones 11:44.0 1989 Najah Bradford 12:47.5 1990 Blythe Crawley 12:22.8 1991 Blythe Crawley 13:28.4 1992 Traci Jordan 12:07.8 1993 Traci Jordan 11:18.6 2000 Madonna Patterson 12:40.3 2001 Madonna Patterson 12:11.6 80-Yard High H 1976 Tweet Faucett 11.2 1978 Cynthia Colquitt 11.3 100-Meter High H 1985 Shawn Moore 13.7 1986 Shawn Moore 14.0 1988 Camille Hendrix 14.5 1989 Felisha Harris 15.2 1990 Radhiya Teagle 15.39 1991 Radhiya Teagle 15.34 1993 Brandit Copper 14.8 1997 Quanda Talington 14.27 1998 Neffertitti Cooper 14.02 2001 Tyeshia Thomas 14.68 2002 Christina Smith 14.61 2003 Christina Smith 14.56 300-Meter Int. H 1988 Camille Hendrix 43.5 1989 Felisha Harris 45.6 1990 Radhiya Teagle 45.0 1991 Radhiya Teagle 44.22 1992 Shelie Turner 43.55 400-Meter Int. H 1994 Angel Patterson 60.3 1995 Angel Patterson 61.7 1996 Angel Patterson 60.11 1997 Angel Patterson 59.84 2000 Quisha Anthony 65.0 2001 Tyeshia Thomas 63.31 2002 Christina Smith 60.04 2003 Christina Smith 61.09 | INDIVIDUAL WINNERS | IN RUNNING EVENTS | (Winners in Field Events | And Relays At Bottom of Page) | | 100 yards | | 1973 | Lisa Seay | 12.4 | 1975 | Pat Helms | 11.4 | | 100 meters | | 1985 | Debbie Bonner | 11.8 | 1986 | Debbie Roberts | 11.8 | 1987 | Debbie Roberts | 12.53 | 1989 | Geneva Pugh | 12.5 | 1992 | Donna Comrie | 12.4 | 1993 | Jennifer Wilson | 11.9 | 1994 | Jennifer Wilson | 12.34 | 2000 | Tasha Staten | 11.7 | 2001 | Juanita Broaddus | 11.6 | 2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 11.94 | 2003 | Karina Francis | 11.99 | | 200 meters | | 1989 | Geneva Pugh | 25.5 | 1990 | Geneva Pugh | 25.28 | 1991 | Geneva Pugh | 25.39 | 1992 | Jennifer Wilson | 23.98 | 1993 | Jennifer Wilson | 24.7 | 1994 | Jennifer Wilson | 24.71 | 1997 | Angel Patterson | 24.28 | 2000 | Tasha Staten | 24.3 | 2001 | Juanita Broaddus | 23.76 | 2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 23.87 | 2003 | Christina Smith | 25.31 | | 400 yards | | 1975 | Pat Helms | 56.9 | 1979 | Cynthia Colquitt | 57.2 | | 400 meters | | 1980 | Rosie Richardson | 57.0 | 1984 | Shawn Moore | 57.0 | 1985 | Shawn Moore | 57.4 | 1986 | Shawn Moore | 57.7 | 1988 | Marcia Rush | 56.7 | 1989 | Lakeya Smith | 57.73 | 1990 | Marcia Rush | 58.15 | 1991 | Marcia Rush | 56.09 | 1994 | Angel Patterson | 55.3 | 1995 | Angel Patterson | 55.4 | 1996 | Angel Patterson | 54.72 | 1997 | Angel Patterson | 54.46 | 2000 | Tasha Staten | 54.9 | 2001 | Christina Smith | 55.55 | 2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 55.08 | | 800 yards | | 1974 | Pat Helms | 2:21.8 | 1975 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:17.9 | 1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:21.9 | 1977 | Cynthia Colquitt | 0:24.3 | 1978 | Valerie Fisher | 0:15.0 | 1979 | Valerie Fisher | 0:16.4 | 1980 | Valerie Fisher | 0:15.6 | | 800 meters | | 1984 | Tonya Hendrix | 0:23.1 | 1986 | Anna Vargas | 0:21.2 | 1987 | Dawn Jones | 0:19.3 | 1988 | Kim Washington | 0:21.1 | 1989 | Marcia Rush | 0:23.4 | 1990 | Lakeya Smith | 0:22.4 | 1992 | Shelie Turner | 0:19.1 | 1997 | Yvonne Anderson | 0:17.3 | 1999 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:19.9 | 2000 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:22.5 | 2001 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:20.1 | 2002 | Tyeshia Thomas | 0:17.4 | | Mile | | 1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:30.0 | 1977 | Cynthia Colquitt | 0:57.8 | 1978 | Valerie Fisher | 0:17.2 | 1979 | Valerie Fisher | 0:33.8 | 1980 | Valerie Fisher | 0:31.1 | | 1500 meters | | 1984 | Anna Vargas | 0:03.1 | | 1600 meters | | 1987 | Dawn Jones | 0:16.0 | 1992 | Traci Jordan | 0:26.1 | 1993 | Traci Jordan | 0:06.6 | 2000 | Madonna Patterson | 0:35.0 | 2001 | Madonna Patterson | 0:23.5 | 2002 | Madonna Patterson | 0:22.3 | | 3000 meters | | 1984 | Anna Vargas | 11:20.0 | 1985 | Anna Vargas | 10:28.0 | | 3200 meters | | 1987 | Dawn Jones | 11:44.0 | 1989 | Najah Bradford | 12:47.5 | 1990 | Blythe Crawley | 12:22.8 | 1991 | Blythe Crawley | 13:28.4 | 1992 | Traci Jordan | 12:07.8 | 1993 | Traci Jordan | 11:18.6 | 2000 | Madonna Patterson | 12:40.3 | 2001 | Madonna Patterson | 12:11.6 | | 80-Yard High H | | 1976 | Tweet Faucett | 11.2 | 1978 | Cynthia Colquitt | 11.3 | | 100-Meter High H | | 1985 | Shawn Moore | 13.7 | 1986 | Shawn Moore | 14.0 | 1988 | Camille Hendrix | 14.5 | 1989 | Felisha Harris | 15.2 | 1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 15.39 | 1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 15.34 | 1993 | Brandit Copper | 14.8 | 1997 | Quanda Talington | 14.27 | 1998 | Neffertitti Cooper | 14.02 | 2001 | Tyeshia Thomas | 14.68 | 2002 | Christina Smith | 14.61 | 2003 | Christina Smith | 14.56 | | 300-Meter Int. H | | 1988 | Camille Hendrix | 43.5 | 1989 | Felisha Harris | 45.6 | 1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 45.0 | 1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 44.22 | 1992 | Shelie Turner | 43.55 | | 400-Meter Int. H | | 1994 | Angel Patterson | 60.3 | 1995 | Angel Patterson | 61.7 | 1996 | Angel Patterson | 60.11 | 1997 | Angel Patterson | 59.84 | 2000 | Quisha Anthony | 65.0 | 2001 | Tyeshia Thomas | 63.31 | 2002 | Christina Smith | 60.04 | 2003 | Christina Smith | 61.09
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
IN RUNNING EVENTS
(Winners in Field Events
And Relays At Bottom of Page)
| 100 yards |
1973 | Lisa Seay | 12.4
1975 | Pat Helms | 11.4
| 100 meters |
1985 | Debbie Bonner | 11.8
1986 | Debbie Roberts | 11.8
1987 | Debbie Roberts | 12.53
1989 | Geneva Pugh | 12.5
1992 | Donna Comrie | 12.4
1993 | Jennifer Wilson | 11.9
1994 | Jennifer Wilson | 12.34
2000 | Tasha Staten | 11.7
2001 | Juanita Broaddus | 11.6
2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 11.94
2003 | Karina Francis | 11.99
| 200 meters |
1989 | Geneva Pugh | 25.5
1990 | Geneva Pugh | 25.28
1991 | Geneva Pugh | 25.39
1992 | Jennifer Wilson | 23.98
1993 | Jennifer Wilson | 24.7
1994 | Jennifer Wilson | 24.71
1997 | Angel Patterson | 24.28
2000 | Tasha Staten | 24.3
2001 | Juanita Broaddus | 23.76
2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 23.87
2003 | Christina Smith | 25.31
| 400 yards |
1975 | Pat Helms | 56.9
1979 | Cynthia Colquitt | 57.2
| 400 meters |
1980 | Rosie Richardson | 57.0
1984 | Shawn Moore | 57.0
1985 | Shawn Moore | 57.4
1986 | Shawn Moore | 57.7
1988 | Marcia Rush | 56.7
1989 | Lakeya Smith | 57.73
1990 | Marcia Rush | 58.15
1991 | Marcia Rush | 56.09
1994 | Angel Patterson | 55.3
1995 | Angel Patterson | 55.4
1996 | Angel Patterson | 54.72
1997 | Angel Patterson | 54.46
2000 | Tasha Staten | 54.9
2001 | Christina Smith | 55.55
2002 | Juanita Broaddus | 55.08
| 800 yards |
1974 | Pat Helms | 2:21.8
1975 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:17.9
1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:21.9
1977 | Cynthia Colquitt | 0:24.3
1978 | Valerie Fisher | 0:15.0
1979 | Valerie Fisher | 0:16.4
1980 | Valerie Fisher | 0:15.6
| 800 meters |
1984 | Tonya Hendrix | 0:23.1
1986 | Anna Vargas | 0:21.2
1987 | Dawn Jones | 0:19.3
1988 | Kim Washington | 0:21.1
1989 | Marcia Rush | 0:23.4
1990 | Lakeya Smith | 0:22.4
1992 | Shelie Turner | 0:19.1
1997 | Yvonne Anderson | 0:17.3
1999 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:19.9
2000 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:22.5
2001 | Gorgeous Harper | 0:20.1
2002 | Tyeshia Thomas | 0:17.4
| Mile |
1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 0:30.0
1977 | Cynthia Colquitt | 0:57.8
1978 | Valerie Fisher | 0:17.2
1979 | Valerie Fisher | 0:33.8
1980 | Valerie Fisher | 0:31.1
| 1500 meters |
1984 | Anna Vargas | 0:03.1
| 1600 meters |
1987 | Dawn Jones | 0:16.0
1992 | Traci Jordan | 0:26.1
1993 | Traci Jordan | 0:06.6
2000 | Madonna Patterson | 0:35.0
2001 | Madonna Patterson | 0:23.5
2002 | Madonna Patterson | 0:22.3
| 3000 meters |
1984 | Anna Vargas | 11:20.0
1985 | Anna Vargas | 10:28.0
| 3200 meters |
1987 | Dawn Jones | 11:44.0
1989 | Najah Bradford | 12:47.5
1990 | Blythe Crawley | 12:22.8
1991 | Blythe Crawley | 13:28.4
1992 | Traci Jordan | 12:07.8
1993 | Traci Jordan | 11:18.6
2000 | Madonna Patterson | 12:40.3
2001 | Madonna Patterson | 12:11.6
| 80-Yard High H |
1976 | Tweet Faucett | 11.2
1978 | Cynthia Colquitt | 11.3
| 100-Meter High H |
1985 | Shawn Moore | 13.7
1986 | Shawn Moore | 14.0
1988 | Camille Hendrix | 14.5
1989 | Felisha Harris | 15.2
1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 15.39
1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 15.34
1993 | Brandit Copper | 14.8
1997 | Quanda Talington | 14.27
1998 | Neffertitti Cooper | 14.02
2001 | Tyeshia Thomas | 14.68
2002 | Christina Smith | 14.61
2003 | Christina Smith | 14.56
| 300-Meter Int. H |
1988 | Camille Hendrix | 43.5
1989 | Felisha Harris | 45.6
1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 45.0
1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 44.22
1992 | Shelie Turner | 43.55
| 400-Meter Int. H |
1994 | Angel Patterson | 60.3
1995 | Angel Patterson | 61.7
1996 | Angel Patterson | 60.11
1997 | Angel Patterson | 59.84
2000 | Quisha Anthony | 65.0
2001 | Tyeshia Thomas | 63.31
2002 | Christina Smith | 60.04
2003 | Christina Smith | 61.09
PERFORMANCES IN
CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS
Year | Place | Points
1973 | No meet |
1974 | 1st | Unav.
1975 | 1st | Unav.
1976 | 1st | 48 1/2
1977 | 1st | 61
1978 | 1st | 61
1979 | 2nd | 73
1980 | 1st | 81 1/2
1981 | 6th | 61 1/3
1982 | 2nd | 95
1983 | 2nd | 99
1984 | 1st | 178
1985 | 1st | 172
1986 | 1st | 168
1987 | 1st | 136
1988 | 1st | 185
1989 | 1st | 186
1990 | 1st | 186
1991 | 1st | 148
1992 | 1st | 146
1993 | 1st | 188 1/2
1994 | 1st | 177 1/2
1995 | 1st | 179
1996 | 1st | 207
1997 | *1st | 172
1998 | 2nd | 160
1999 | 2nd | 173 1/2
2000 | 1st | 187 1/2
2001 | 1st | 236
2002 | 1st | 202
2003 | 1st | 163
*Forfeited (ineligible runner)
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INDIVIDUAL WINS
IN CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS
TEN |
Angel Patterson | 1994-97
NINE |
Christina Smith | 2001-03
SIX |
Valerie Fisher | 1978-80
Radhiya Teagle | 1990-91
FIVE |
Pat Helms | 1974-75
Shawn Moore | 1984-86
Jennifer Wilson | 1992-94
Charlene Jones | 1993-96
Madonna Patterson | 2000-02
Juanita Broaddus | 2001-02
FOUR |
Jeanette Chapman | 1975-76
Cynthia Colquitt | 1977-79
Anna Vargas | 1984-86
Marcia Rush | 1988-90
Geneva Pugh | 1989-91
Traci Jordan | 1992-93
THREE |
Debbie Roberts | 1986-87
Dawn Jones | 1987
Lakeya Smith | 1989-90
Gorgeous Harper | 1999-01
Tasha Staten | 2000
Ashley Holiday | 2000-01
Tyeshia Thomas | 2001-02
TWO |
Lynn Fisher | 1976-77
Ballis Nash | 1978-79
Tonya Hendrix | 1984-85
Stacey Lewis | 1987 / 90
Camille Hendrix | 1988
Felisha Harris | 1989
Blythe Crawley | 1990-91
Shelie Turner | 1992
Brandit Copper | 1993-94
Tiffany Smith | 2000-02
ONE |
Lisa Seay | 1973
Beverly Helms | 1974
Gale Smith | 1975
Tweet Faucett | 1976
Lois White | 1977
Sharon Hogue | 1978
Octavia McAliley | 1980
Rosie Richardson | 1980
Julie Rapley | 1984
Dawn Prunty | 1985
Debbie Bonner | 1985
Nordia Samuels | 1986
Kim Washington | 1988
Loutrell Williams | 1988
Najah Bradford | 1989
Shanin Glover | 1989
Donna Comrie | 1992
Jalima Levine | 1996
Quanda Talington | 1997
Yvonne Anderson | 1997
Neffertitti Cooper | 1998
Quisha Anthony | 2000
Cheron Walker | 2001
Karina Francis | 2003
This story was written in 1996 as
Angel Patterson was three-fourths of the way through her wonderful career (10 individual championships . . .
By Ted Silary Tim Hickey says junior Angel Patterson already ranks among the top
runners he has coached in track at William Penn High. "She has the ability to be No. 1,'' he said. "She doesn't quite have the
dedication. She's a little lackadaisical. If she really worked, there's no telling how good she could be. "Have I told her that? Maybe 100 times. Sometimes nicely, sometimes not
so nicely . . . Like water off a duck.'' "He's right, I don't work hard enough,'' Patterson said, laughing. "I try
to, but it doesn't always happen.'' Patterson was speaking yesterday after sparking the Lions to a whopping
207 points and their 18th Public League title in 21 years. Simon Gratz was second with 154 points. The Girl Who Could Be Better was not exactly a stiff. All she did on La
Salle University's track was break her own PL records in the 400 meters (54.72) and 400 intermediate hurdles (1:00.11)
and run a 55.0 anchor split for the 4 x 400 relay team, which also snapped a record (3:51.01). "Any time Angel feels like running, the ability is there,'' Hickey said. "During the indoor season, I was working hard every practice,'' Patterson
said. ``We had to do our best in every meet because the [areawide] competition was so tough. It's a little
different outdoors when it's just the Public eague. It seemed like I got a little lazy. "Mr. Hickey would always be yelling at me and the other girls. `You'll
never beat anybody if you run like that! Don't think you're going to beat Gratz! ' He'd make us mad, then we'd work
harder.'' Gratz's franchise, Joyce Bates, won the 100 (11.85), 200 (24.54) and 100
high hurdles in a record 13.56. Overbrook, which finished third in team scoring with 90 points, leaned heavily on
Tanqueray Hayward, who captured the 800 (2:19.31) and 1,600 (5:18.09). Penn's day was not without consternation. Hickey said senior Kim Stowe
went flying out of school yesterday morning in search of yellow shoes to wear with her yellow prom dress. "She dyed some shoes one shade of yellow,'' Hickey said, "but when she
picked up her dress [Thursday] night, the yellows didn't match. So, of course, she had to go buy new shoes. "She took so long, she didn't make it back in time to catch our team bus.
We didn't know what to think. She was going to be on both our 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay teams. But first she had
to run in the 100. This was a no-scratch meet. If she'd missed it, she would have been out of the relays. For some
reason, the meet started 10 minutes late. She made it 90 seconds before the 100 started.'' Stowe, Brandit Copper, Charlene ``Tweety'' Jones and Neffertitti Cooper
won the 4 x 100 in a record 47.07. Stowe, Zakiyyah Snead, Jones and Talington won the 4 x 200 in 1:41.54.
Patterson's partners in the 4 x 400 were Snead, Talington and Jalima Levine.
This story about Penn's outrageous
practice situation was written in 1987 . . .
By Ted Silary The main practice facility used by William Penn's girls track team
consists of a sidewalk approximately 200 meters in length. The sidewalk thinks nothing of torturing runners' shins, and myriad
people (students, neighborhood youth, women pushing baby carriages) think nothing of disrupting coach Tim Hickey's
workouts by walking across it. Except that it's too hard, too short, too straight, too cluttered and too
confining, the sidewalk is perfect. Say you're Hickey, and you want the young ladies to simulate a 400-meter
run. You make them start on the 13th Street sidewalk outside the school fence,
run up to Master Street, make a left, ontinue for about 30 yards, make another left at the gate - hopefully, it's
open - and head down the 200-meter straightaway. Six hundred meters? Do not turn left at the gate, but instead continue on Master to Broad
Street. Make a left on Broad, make another left on Thompson Street, run straight through the gate at the corner of
Thompson and Park Avenue, and conclude by touching the flagpole just a shade removed from the 200-meter sidewalk. A half-mile? Up 13th, over Master, down Broad, across Girard Avenue. Crave a distance workout? Run to City Hall and back. "The 600 - the Flagpole Run, we call it - and the half-mile are the
worst," Hickey said yesterday, taking time out from Penn Relays preparations. ''The wind on Broad Street is a son of a gun
and you never know who you're going to run into when you round the corner. "The half-mile is worse. Down at that corner (13th and Girard), the girls
have to contend with the winos. Up here a little further (on 13th), it's the guys playing cards under the trees.
There is all sorts of verbal abuse." Is this any way to treat one of the nation's very best girls running
programs? No, but don't expect any changes. After coaching Penn's girls for 13
years officially and for several years prior to that on a volunteer basis - before there even was Public League girls track
- Hickey sure does not. Penn has won eight of 12 available Public League outdoor track
championships, including the last three in a row. It has won seven of 11 cross country championships, including four straight.
It has won the only four state indoor championship meets it has entered. It also has taken the last four Spiked
Shoe Meets. "In the last four years," Hickey said, "we've won every meet in which a
team score has been kept. But this year, the sharks are out. They smell blood. There are three teams - West Philly,
Germantown, Washington - that think they can beat us (outdoors). And they might." First things first. Today and tomorrow at Franklin Field, Penn will be
seeking (but not expecting) glory in the 4 x 100- , 4 x 400- and 4 x 800- meter relays. Seniors Barbara Worthington and Debbie Roberts and juniors Kim Washington
and Camille Hendrix are slated to run in the 4 x 100. Roberts, Washington, Hendrix and senior Dawn Jones are
the 4 x 400 quartet, while Washington, Hendrix, Jones and sophomore Najah Bradford will run in the 4 x 800. Even if every Penn runner in every race falls flat on her face, Hickey
still will enjoy himself. As much as anything else, the Penn Relays are reunion time. "We'll be right where we always are, in the upper deck at the finish
line," Hickey said. "The kids always stop by to say hello, reminisce and check out how the current kids are doing." Penn's grandest Penn Relays moment came in 1979, when Rose Richardson,
Pam Hughes, Val Fisher and Cynthia Colquitt clocked 8:59.7 in the 4 x 800 championship. The time was a
national scholastic record then and has slipped only one notch since. Fisher later ran for the University of New Mexico. Current Penn products
performing for big-time colleges include Debbie Bonner, a sophomore at Pitt, and Shawn Moore, a freshman at
Tennessee. Both are here this weekend, and you can bet that both will make a special effort to spend time with
their former coach. Tim Hickey is revered by his runners because they appreciate that he is
totally immersed in what he is doing. They also know - witness that he has lived for 18 years in an apartment
building on Broad above Girard - that his commitment to the inner city is as heavy as his Midwestern twang. "I never met a black person until I was in high school," said Hickey, who
was reared in rural Indiana, then attended Ball State University. "Where I grew up, an Irish Catholic was a
minority. Even in college, there were almost no blacks. "When I got out of college in 1964, I went into the Peace Corps. I was
sent to East Africa and that was when all the race riots were going on back here. We'd hear reports about what was
happening in Detroit, Boston, New York. Places like that, I knew absolutely nothing about. I decided when I got out
of the Peace Corps, I'd go to a big Eastern city, just to see what one looked like. "My original intention was to stay six months, then go . I
stayed for a year and a half, but when I went to grad school at the University of Indiana, I came back on Easter
break to visit the kids at Vaux Jr. High (his first teaching assignment) and I wound up telling the principal, 'I
miss this too much. I'll be back in May.' " Despite his teams' various successes, Tim Hickey sometimes must feel
frustrated. "How much of a hassle is coaching Public League track?" he said,
repeating a question. "Just put down that I laughed."
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WINNERS IN FIELD EVENTS
| High Jump |
1974 | Beverly Helms | 4-7
1976 | Lynn Fisher | 4-9
1977 | Lynn Fisher | 5-1
1980 | Octavia McAliley | 5-1
1984 | Julie Rapley | 5-0
1985 | Dawn Prunty | 4-10
1988 | Loutrell Williams | 4-8
1996 | Jalima Levine | 5-2
2000 | Ashley Holiday | 5-0
2001 | Christina Smith | 5-2
2002 | Christina Smith | 5-3
2003 | Christina Smith | 5-2
| Long Jump |
1974 | Pat Helms | 16-11 1/2
1975 | Pat Helms | 16-9
1976 | Jeanette Chapman | 17-4 1/4
1978 | Sharon Hogue | 16-1 1/2
1989 | Shanin Glover | 15-9
1990 | Lakeya Smith | 16-0
1993 | Charlene Jones | 16-9
1995 | Charlene Jones | 18-11
1996 | Charlene Jones | 18-5
2000 | Ashley Holiday | 17-2 1/4
2001 | Cheron Walker | 18-2
| Triple Jump |
1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 35-2 1/2
1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 34-7
1994 | Brandit Copper | 36-1 1/4
1995 | Charlene Jones | 38-6
1996 | Charlene Jones | 38-4 1/4
1997 | Angel Patterson | 37-6
2000 | Tiffany Smith | 35-6 1/2
2001 | Ashley Holiday | 37-11 3/4
2002 | Tiffany Smith | 36-1 1/2
| Shot Put |
1975 | Gale Smith | 32-10 1/2
1977 | Lois White | 33-4 1/2
1978 | Ballis Nash | 29-8
1979 | Ballis Smith | 32-0
1985 | Tonya Hendrix | 36-1
1986 | Nordia Samuels | 32-2 3/4
1987 | Stacey Lewis | 32-2 1/2
1990 | Stacey Lewis | 33-8 1/4
-- Winners in relays,
1980-2003 (No winning relays from 1976-79; earlier years currently unavailable)
4x100 Relay April Baker 1982 Missy Milligan 49.3 Chandra Wilson Marcia Brandon Pam White 1983 Missy Milligan 48.6 Chandra Wilson Sandy Bass Anita Stackhouse 1984 Yolanda Atkins 49.4 Pam White Debbie Roberts Dana Lancaster 1985 Debbie Roberts 49 Lisa Lucas Camille Hendrix Towanna Holloway 1986 Yolanda Atkins 51.1 Yolanda Santiago Kim Washington Felisha Harris 1988 Camille Hendrix 49.54 Lakeya Smith Kim Washington Geneva Pugh 1989 Felisha Harris 50.54 Shanin Glover Cliffae Wallace Alcqueline Dixon 1990 Shanin Glover 50.47 Lakeya Smith Geneva Pugh Quandra Reynolds 1991 Alcqueline Dixon 49.74 Donna Comrie Geneva Pugh Donna Comrie 1992 Alcqueline Dixon 48.85 Shelie Turner Jennifer Wilson Charlene Jones 1993 Brandit Copper 49 Donna Comrie Jennifer Wilson Kim Stowe 1995 Brandit Copper 49.3 Charlene Jones Jalima Levine Kim Stowe 1996 Brandit Copper 47.07 Charlene Jones Neffertitti Cooper Tina Carroll 1998 Zakiyyah Snead 50.2 Jasmine Tucker Ashley Holiday Tina Carroll 1999 Zakiyyah Snead 49.28 Tasha Staten Tiffany Poole 4x200 Relay April Baker 1982 Missy Milligan 1:44.4 Marcia Brandon Chandra Wilson Pam White 1983 Missy Milligan 1:42.6 Chandra Wilson Sandy Bass Dana Lancaster 1985 Yolanda Atkins 1:47.3 Debbie Roberts Missy Milligan Alcqueline Dixon 1990 Geneva Pugh 1:46.46 Shanin Glover Marcia Rush Blythe Crawley 1991 Marcia Rush 1:43.35 Lakeya Smith Geneva Pugh Donna Comrie 1992 Michelle Wright 1:42.18 Jennifer Wilson Latrice Jordan Kim Stowe 1996 Zakiyyah Snead 1:41.54 Charlene Jones Quanda Talington Tina Carroll 1998 Gorgeous Harper 1:46.2 Zakiyyah Snead Tiffany Poole Tina Carroll 2000 Gorgeous Harper 1:42.8 Juanita Broaddus Christina Smith Gorgeous Harper 2001 Kandis Worthington 1:41.69 Mary McAliley Tyeshia Thomas Runners With at Least Five Relay Victories NINE Gorgeous Harper 1998-01 SEVEN Camille Hendrix 1985-88 Kim Washington 1986-88 Marcia Rush 1988-91 SIX Alcqueline Dixon 1990-92 Geneva Pugh 1989-91 Kandis Worthington 2001-02 Lakeya Smith 1988-91 Missy Milligan 1982-84 Zakiyyah Snead 1996-99 FIVE Donna Comrie 1991-93 Madonna Patterson 1999-02 Najah Bradford 1986-89 | 4x100 Relay | | April Baker | 1982 | Missy Milligan | 49.3 | Chandra Wilson | | Marcia Brandon | | Pam White | 1983 | Missy Milligan | 48.6 | Chandra Wilson | | Sandy Bass | | Anita Stackhouse | 1984 | Yolanda Atkins | 49.4 | Pam White | | Debbie Roberts | | Dana Lancaster | 1985 | Debbie Roberts | 49 | Lisa Lucas | | Camille Hendrix | | Towanna Holloway | 1986 | Yolanda Atkins | 51.1 | Yolanda Santiago | | Kim Washington | | Felisha Harris | 1988 | Camille Hendrix | 49.54 | Lakeya Smith | | Kim Washington | | Geneva Pugh | 1989 | Felisha Harris | 50.54 | Shanin Glover | | Cliffae Wallace | | Alcqueline Dixon | 1990 | Shanin Glover | 50.47 | Lakeya Smith | | Geneva Pugh | | Quandra Reynolds | 1991 | Alcqueline Dixon | 49.74 | Donna Comrie | | Geneva Pugh | | Donna Comrie | 1992 | Alcqueline Dixon | 48.85 | Shelie Turner | | Jennifer Wilson | | Charlene Jones | 1993 | Brandit Copper | 49 | Donna Comrie | | Jennifer Wilson | | Kim Stowe | 1995 | Brandit Copper | 49.3 | Charlene Jones | | Jalima Levine | | Kim Stowe | 1996 | Brandit Copper | 47.07 | Charlene Jones | | Neffertitti Cooper | | Tina Carroll | 1998 | Zakiyyah Snead | 50.2 | Jasmine Tucker | | Ashley Holiday | | Tina Carroll | 1999 | Zakiyyah Snead | 49.28 | Tasha Staten | | Tiffany Poole | | 4x200 Relay | | April Baker | 1982 | Missy Milligan | 1:44.4 | Marcia Brandon | | Chandra Wilson | | Pam White | 1983 | Missy Milligan | 1:42.6 | Chandra Wilson | | Sandy Bass | | Dana Lancaster | 1985 | Yolanda Atkins | 1:47.3 | Debbie Roberts | | Missy Milligan | | Alcqueline Dixon | 1990 | Geneva Pugh | 1:46.46 | Shanin Glover | | Marcia Rush | | Blythe Crawley | 1991 | Marcia Rush | 1:43.35 | Lakeya Smith | | Geneva Pugh | | Donna Comrie | 1992 | Michelle Wright | 1:42.18 | Jennifer Wilson | | Latrice Jordan | | Kim Stowe | 1996 | Zakiyyah Snead | 1:41.54 | Charlene Jones | | Quanda Talington | | Tina Carroll | 1998 | Gorgeous Harper | 1:46.2 | Zakiyyah Snead | | Tiffany Poole | | Tina Carroll | 2000 | Gorgeous Harper | 1:42.8 | Juanita Broaddus | | Christina Smith | | Gorgeous Harper | 2001 | Kandis Worthington | 1:41.69 | Mary McAliley | | Tyeshia Thomas | | | | Runners With at Least | | Five Relay Victories | | NINE | | Gorgeous Harper | 1998-01 | SEVEN | | Camille Hendrix | 1985-88 | Kim Washington | 1986-88 | Marcia Rush | 1988-91 | SIX | | Alcqueline Dixon | 1990-92 | Geneva Pugh | 1989-91 | Kandis Worthington | 2001-02 | Lakeya Smith | 1988-91 | Missy Milligan | 1982-84 | Zakiyyah Snead | 1996-99 | FIVE | | Donna Comrie | 1991-93 | Madonna Patterson | 1999-02 | Najah Bradford | 1986-89 | 4x400 Relay Tonya Blaylock 1980 Octavia McAliley 4:03.0 Rosie Richardson Tracey Finley Debbie Steele 1984 Tonya Hendrix 3:57.3 Debbie Roberts Shawn Moore Lisa Lucas 1985 Dawn Jones 3:57.2 Camille Hendrix Shawn Moore Najah Bradford 1986 Kim Washington 4:06.8 Barbara Worthington Camille Hendrix Camille Hendrix 1987 Kim Washington 4:01.1 Najah Bradford Barbara Worthington Felisha Harris 1988 Camille Hendrix 4:02.72 Lakeya Smith Kim Washington Felisha Harris 1989 Radhiya Teagle 3:59.44 Marcia Rush Lakeya Smith Alcqueline Dixon 1990 Radhiya Teagle 4:07.85 Primrose Channer Geneva Pugh Donna Comrie 1991 Radhiya Teagle 4:05.04 Marcia Rush Lakeya Smith Alcqueline Dixon 1992 Radhiya Teagle 3:57.37 Traci Jordan Shelie Turner Jennifer Wilson 1994 Michelle Wright 3:52.4 Brandit Copper Angel Patterson Aja Patterson 1995 Quanda Talington 3:54.2 Precious Harper Angel Patterson Zakiyyah Snead 1996 Quanda Talington 3:51.01 Jalima Levine Angel Patterson Gorgeous Harper 2000 Tiffany Smith 3:56.8 Angel Patterson Tasha Staten Kandis Worthington 2001 Gorgeous Harper 3:50.30 Madonna Patterson Juanita Broaddus Lynda Whitfield 2002 Shantia Byrd 3:56.17 Tyeshia Thomas Kandis Worthington 4x800 Relay Jackie Westbrook 1981 Val Phillips 9:50.7 Roz Smith Octavia McAliley Desiree Harris 1984 Christine Taylor 10:22.1 Missy Milligan Debbie Steele Najah Bradford 1986 Kim Washington 9:57.4 Barbara Worthington Camille Hendrix Cliffae Wallace 1988 Kim Washington 10:23.25 Najah Bradford Primrose Channer Jackie Rowley 1989 Dawn Maxwell 10:06.8 Marcia Rush Najah Bradford Primrose Channer 1990 Dawn Maxwell 10:12.5 Blythe Crawley Marcia Rush Wendy Miller 1991 Michelle Wright 10:36.5 Blythe Crawley Marcia Rush Shelly Dancy 1997 Zakiyyah Snead 9:49.84 Aja Patterson Yvonne Anderson Shelly Dancy 1998 Asa Patterson 10:09.4 Gorgeous Harper Unavailable Jasmine Tucker 1999 Tiffany Smith 9:56.57 Madonna Patterson Gorgeous Harper Shelly Dancy 2000 Gorgeous Harper 10:01.9 Jasmine Tucker Madonna Patterson Jessica Fulton 2001 Kandis Worthington 10:02.79 Gorgeous Harper Madonna Patterson Shantia Byrd 2002 Lynda Whitfield 9:54.99 Kandis Worthington Madonna Patterson Tyeshia Michie 2003 Lynda Whitfield 10:03.91 Kandis Worthington Dominique Samuels | 4x400 Relay | | Tonya Blaylock | 1980 | Octavia McAliley | 4:03.0 | Rosie Richardson | | Tracey Finley | | Debbie Steele | 1984 | Tonya Hendrix | 3:57.3 | Debbie Roberts | | Shawn Moore | | Lisa Lucas | 1985 | Dawn Jones | 3:57.2 | Camille Hendrix | | Shawn Moore | | Najah Bradford | 1986 | Kim Washington | 4:06.8 | Barbara Worthington | | Camille Hendrix | | Camille Hendrix | 1987 | Kim Washington | 4:01.1 | Najah Bradford | | Barbara Worthington | | Felisha Harris | 1988 | Camille Hendrix | 4:02.72 | Lakeya Smith | | Kim Washington | | Felisha Harris | 1989 | Radhiya Teagle | 3:59.44 | Marcia Rush | | Lakeya Smith | | Alcqueline Dixon | 1990 | Radhiya Teagle | 4:07.85 | Primrose Channer | | Geneva Pugh | | Donna Comrie | 1991 | Radhiya Teagle | 4:05.04 | Marcia Rush | | Lakeya Smith | | Alcqueline Dixon | 1992 | Radhiya Teagle | 3:57.37 | Traci Jordan | | Shelie Turner | | Jennifer Wilson | 1994 | Michelle Wright | 3:52.4 | Brandit Copper | | Angel Patterson | | Aja Patterson | 1995 | Quanda Talington | 3:54.2 | Precious Harper | | Angel Patterson | | Zakiyyah Snead | 1996 | Quanda Talington | 3:51.01 | Jalima Levine | | Angel Patterson | | Gorgeous Harper | 2000 | Tiffany Smith | 3:56.8 | Angel Patterson | | Tasha Staten | | Kandis Worthington | 2001 | Gorgeous Harper | 3:50.30 | Madonna Patterson | | Juanita Broaddus | | Lynda Whitfield | 2002 | Shantia Byrd | 3:56.17 | Tyeshia Thomas | | Kandis Worthington | | 4x800 Relay | | Jackie Westbrook | 1981 | Val Phillips | 9:50.7 | Roz Smith | | Octavia McAliley | | Desiree Harris | 1984 | Christine Taylor | 10:22.1 | Missy Milligan | | Debbie Steele | | Najah Bradford | 1986 | Kim Washington | 9:57.4 | Barbara Worthington | | Camille Hendrix | | Cliffae Wallace | 1988 | Kim Washington | 10:23.25 | Najah Bradford | | Primrose Channer | | Jackie Rowley | 1989 | Dawn Maxwell | 10:06.8 | Marcia Rush | | Najah Bradford | | Primrose Channer | 1990 | Dawn Maxwell | 10:12.5 | Blythe Crawley | | Marcia Rush | | Wendy Miller | 1991 | Michelle Wright | 10:36.5 | Blythe Crawley | | Marcia Rush | | Shelly Dancy | 1997 | Zakiyyah Snead | 9:49.84 | Aja Patterson | | Yvonne Anderson | | Shelly Dancy | 1998 | Asa Patterson | 10:09.4 | Gorgeous Harper | | Unavailable | | Jasmine Tucker | 1999 | Tiffany Smith | 9:56.57 | Madonna Patterson | | Gorgeous Harper | | Shelly Dancy | 2000 | Gorgeous Harper | 10:01.9 | Jasmine Tucker | | Madonna Patterson | | Jessica Fulton | 2001 | Kandis Worthington | 10:02.79 | Gorgeous Harper | | Madonna Patterson | | Shantia Byrd | 2002 | Lynda Whitfield | 9:54.99 | Kandis Worthington | | Madonna Patterson | | Tyeshia Michie | 2003 | Lynda Whitfield | 10:03.91 | Kandis Worthington | | Dominique Samuels |
4x100 Relay |
April Baker | 1982
Missy Milligan | 49.3
Chandra Wilson |
Marcia Brandon |
Pam White | 1983
Missy Milligan | 48.6
Chandra Wilson |
Sandy Bass |
Anita Stackhouse | 1984
Yolanda Atkins | 49.4
Pam White |
Debbie Roberts |
Dana Lancaster | 1985
Debbie Roberts | 49
Lisa Lucas |
Camille Hendrix |
Towanna Holloway | 1986
Yolanda Atkins | 51.1
Yolanda Santiago |
Kim Washington |
Felisha Harris | 1988
Camille Hendrix | 49.54
Lakeya Smith |
Kim Washington |
Geneva Pugh | 1989
Felisha Harris | 50.54
Shanin Glover |
Cliffae Wallace |
Alcqueline Dixon | 1990
Shanin Glover | 50.47
Lakeya Smith |
Geneva Pugh |
Quandra Reynolds | 1991
Alcqueline Dixon | 49.74
Donna Comrie |
Geneva Pugh |
Donna Comrie | 1992
Alcqueline Dixon | 48.85
Shelie Turner |
Jennifer Wilson |
Charlene Jones | 1993
Brandit Copper | 49
Donna Comrie |
Jennifer Wilson |
Kim Stowe | 1995
Brandit Copper | 49.3
Charlene Jones |
Jalima Levine |
Kim Stowe | 1996
Brandit Copper | 47.07
Charlene Jones |
Neffertitti Cooper |
Tina Carroll | 1998
Zakiyyah Snead | 50.2
Jasmine Tucker |
Ashley Holiday |
Tina Carroll | 1999
Zakiyyah Snead | 49.28
Tasha Staten |
Tiffany Poole |
4x200 Relay |
April Baker | 1982
Missy Milligan | 1:44.4
Marcia Brandon |
Chandra Wilson |
Pam White | 1983
Missy Milligan | 1:42.6
Chandra Wilson |
Sandy Bass |
Dana Lancaster | 1985
Yolanda Atkins | 1:47.3
Debbie Roberts |
Missy Milligan |
Alcqueline Dixon | 1990
Geneva Pugh | 1:46.46
Shanin Glover |
Marcia Rush |
Blythe Crawley | 1991
Marcia Rush | 1:43.35
Lakeya Smith |
Geneva Pugh |
Donna Comrie | 1992
Michelle Wright | 1:42.18
Jennifer Wilson |
Latrice Jordan |
Kim Stowe | 1996
Zakiyyah Snead | 1:41.54
Charlene Jones |
Quanda Talington |
Tina Carroll | 1998
Gorgeous Harper | 1:46.2
Zakiyyah Snead |
Tiffany Poole |
Tina Carroll | 2000
Gorgeous Harper | 1:42.8
Juanita Broaddus |
Christina Smith |
Gorgeous Harper | 2001
Kandis Worthington | 1:41.69
Mary McAliley |
Tyeshia Thomas |
Runners With at Least |
Five Relay Victories |
NINE |
Gorgeous Harper | 1998-01
SEVEN |
Camille Hendrix | 1985-88
Kim Washington | 1986-88
Marcia Rush | 1988-91
SIX |
Alcqueline Dixon | 1990-92
Geneva Pugh | 1989-91
Kandis Worthington | 2001-02
Lakeya Smith | 1988-91
Missy Milligan | 1982-84
Zakiyyah Snead | 1996-99
FIVE |
Donna Comrie | 1991-93
Madonna Patterson | 1999-02
Najah Bradford | 1986-89
4x400 Relay |
Tonya Blaylock | 1980
Octavia McAliley | 4:03.0
Rosie Richardson |
Tracey Finley |
Debbie Steele | 1984
Tonya Hendrix | 3:57.3
Debbie Roberts |
Shawn Moore |
Lisa Lucas | 1985
Dawn Jones | 3:57.2
Camille Hendrix |
Shawn Moore |
Najah Bradford | 1986
Kim Washington | 4:06.8
Barbara Worthington |
Camille Hendrix |
Camille Hendrix | 1987
Kim Washington | 4:01.1
Najah Bradford |
Barbara Worthington |
Felisha Harris | 1988
Camille Hendrix | 4:02.72
Lakeya Smith |
Kim Washington |
Felisha Harris | 1989
Radhiya Teagle | 3:59.44
Marcia Rush |
Lakeya Smith |
Alcqueline Dixon | 1990
Radhiya Teagle | 4:07.85
Primrose Channer |
Geneva Pugh |
Donna Comrie | 1991
Radhiya Teagle | 4:05.04
Marcia Rush |
Lakeya Smith |
Alcqueline Dixon | 1992
Radhiya Teagle | 3:57.37
Traci Jordan |
Shelie Turner |
Jennifer Wilson | 1994
Michelle Wright | 3:52.4
Brandit Copper |
Angel Patterson |
Aja Patterson | 1995
Quanda Talington | 3:54.2
Precious Harper |
Angel Patterson |
Zakiyyah Snead | 1996
Quanda Talington | 3:51.01
Jalima Levine |
Angel Patterson |
Gorgeous Harper | 2000
Tiffany Smith | 3:56.8
Angel Patterson |
Tasha Staten |
Kandis Worthington | 2001
Gorgeous Harper | 3:50.30
Madonna Patterson |
Juanita Broaddus |
Lynda Whitfield | 2002
Shantia Byrd | 3:56.17
Tyeshia Thomas |
Kandis Worthington |
4x800 Relay |
Jackie Westbrook | 1981
Val Phillips | 9:50.7
Roz Smith |
Octavia McAliley |
Desiree Harris | 1984
Christine Taylor | 10:22.1
Missy Milligan |
Debbie Steele |
Najah Bradford | 1986
Kim Washington | 9:57.4
Barbara Worthington |
Camille Hendrix |
Cliffae Wallace | 1988
Kim Washington | 10:23.25
Najah Bradford |
Primrose Channer |
Jackie Rowley | 1989
Dawn Maxwell | 10:06.8
Marcia Rush |
Najah Bradford |
Primrose Channer | 1990
Dawn Maxwell | 10:12.5
Blythe Crawley |
Marcia Rush |
Wendy Miller | 1991
Michelle Wright | 10:36.5
Blythe Crawley |
Marcia Rush |
Shelly Dancy | 1997
Zakiyyah Snead | 9:49.84
Aja Patterson |
Yvonne Anderson |
Shelly Dancy | 1998
Asa Patterson | 10:09.4
Gorgeous Harper |
Unavailable |
Jasmine Tucker | 1999
Tiffany Smith | 9:56.57
Madonna Patterson |
Gorgeous Harper |
Shelly Dancy | 2000
Gorgeous Harper | 10:01.9
Jasmine Tucker |
Madonna Patterson |
Jessica Fulton | 2001
Kandis Worthington | 10:02.79
Gorgeous Harper |
Madonna Patterson |
Shantia Byrd | 2002
Lynda Whitfield | 9:54.99
Kandis Worthington |
Madonna Patterson |
Tyeshia Michie | 2003
Lynda Whitfield | 10:03.91
Kandis Worthington |
Dominique Samuels |
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Published
March 5, 2026
Updated
March 6, 2026