1984 Meet Highlights


April 27-29, 1984
  • Athletes from 23 countries competed at the Relays. Three months later, at the 1984 Olympic Games, athletes who competed at Mt. SAC won a total of 35 medals
  • Carl Lewis won his third consecutive 100m title in 10.06
  • He had to wait another four years before he could claim his Olympic gold medal, but Andre Phillips gave an indication of his talent by winning the 400H in 49.24
  • Tyke Peacock added an inch to the high jump meet record, scaling 7-5 1/2
  • Willie Banks won the second of his three triple jump titles, bounding 56-4w
  • Mike Tully raised the pole vault meet record to 18-5 1/4
  • Brian Oldfield became the Relays' second 70 foot shot putter, tossing 70-7 3/4
  • Carol Lewis jumped 22-10 1/2 to equal the Collegiate Record, and establish the still-current meet and stadium record
  • Versatile Paul Cummings took the 10000m with a time of 27:43.7
  • Evelyn Ashford became the first sprinter to break 11 seconds for 100m, running a windy 10.88w
  • Chandra Cheeseborough lowered the meet record at 400m to 51.05
  • Pam Spencer, who later in the year would qualify for her third Olympic team, won the high jump with a leap of 6-2 3/4
  • Jackie Joyner scored 6329 in the heptathlon
  • Claudia Losch of Germany won the shot with a toss of 66-0 1/2, a mark which remains the meet and stadium record
  • Ria Stalman threw the discus 219-2
  • The Santa Monica TC won the sprint medley in 3:12.2

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