1978 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1978 Missouri National Invitational Women's Indoor Track and Field Meet was the first unofficial collegiate championship event for women's indoor track and field to be sanctioned by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in the United States. It was a forerunner of the first official AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships. Held for the first two years as an invitational, the meet gained official national championship status in 1980, when a qualification process was employed.
The meet was contested March 17−18, 1978 in Columbia, Missouri at the Hearnes Multipurpose Building and won by the Wisconsin Badgers track and field team. Unlike other AIAW-sponsored sports, there were not separate large and small college division championships for indoor track and field. At the championships, Sheila Calmese broke the American indoor record in the 300 yards, splitting 35.26 seconds.

Team standings

Scoring: 10 points for a 1st-place finish, 8 points for 2nd, 6 points for 3rd, 4 points for 4th, 2 points for 5th, and 1 point for 6th. Top 10 teams shown.

Rank	Team	Points
		59
		47
		28
		27
		24
		24
		20
		20
		16
		16

Results

Only results of finals are shown

Name	Team	Mark
Deb Carter		6.82
Sheila Calmese		6.86
Athlen Bowles		6.90
Hazel Lucas		7.09
Karen Wilson		7.10
Yvette Hyman		7.10

Name	Team	Mark
Sheila Calmese		35.26
Cindy Tatum		35.59
Yvette Hyman		36.33
Linn Crieb		36.59
Jane Dwyer		37.2
Tammy Richard		37.3

Name	Team	Mark
Lorna Forde		54.48
Jackie Daniels		55.64
Jill Lancaster		56.7
Freda Hancock		57.06
Charmaine Kuhlman		57.24
Julie Seaton		57.4

Name	Team	Mark
Lee Ballenger		1:22.12
Brenda Howard		1:24.29
Karen McDougall		1:24.78
Sue Tallard		1:27.29

Name	Team	Mark
Siri Bjelland		2:11.88
Cindy Worcester		2:12.72
Cynthia Wuss		2:15.77
Sally Rand		2:15.46
Connie Prince		2:16.3
Cynthia Cox		2:17.2

Name	Team	Mark
Donna Fox		2:33.58
Ellen Brewster		2:33.86
Suzie Houston		2:34.81
Cathy McMillin		2:38.34
Lisa Thomas		2:40.2

Name	Team	Mark
Cathie Twomey		4:52.4
Suzie Houston		4:53.46
Susan North		4:55.5
Lynn Morin		4:56.05
Cindy Dixon		4:56.9
Michelle Brown

Name	Team	Mark
Dana Slater		10:20.0
Karen Diane Bridges		10:24.92
Mary Kunkel		10:35.22
Lynn Morin		10:41.74
Anita Moyer		10:43.6
Cathie Twomey		10:45.6
Linda Brown		10:49.6
Diane Long		10:50.7
Kim Dunlap		10:55.8

Name	Team	Mark
Debra Deutsch		7.99
Julie Smithers		8.04
Lori Lowrey		8.10
Carol Thompson		8.26
Gayle Harris		8.30
Nancy Kindig		8.31

Name	Team	Mark
Melissa Hill	rowspan=4	3:47.80
Marshell Davis	-	3:47.80
Debbie Jackson	-	3:47.80
Linda Miller	-	3:47.80
	rowspan=4	3:52.72
	-	3:52.72
	-	3:52.72
	-	3:52.72
Lorraine Davidson	rowspan=4	3:53.82
Cindy Worcester	-	3:53.82
Jan Smith	-	3:53.82
Wanda Trent	-	3:53.82
	rowspan=4	3:54.84
	-	3:54.84
	-	3:54.84
	-	3:54.84
Yvette Hyman	rowspan=4	3:55.8
Ellen Brewster	-	3:55.8
Brenda Howard	-	3:55.8
Sue Tallard	-	3:55.8
	rowspan=4	3:58.6
	-	3:58.6
	-	3:58.6
	-	3:58.6

Name	Team	Mark
Jalene Chase
Shawn Corwin
Mary Grinaker
Beverly Washington
Cindy Farrand
Mary Harrington
Diane Villeneuve
Susan Simpkins
Janelle Smalley

Name	Team	Mark
Mary Harrington
Charmaine Kuhlman
Patricia Miller
Angie Bradley
Brenda Wilson
Georgi Morris

Name	Team	Mark
Jennifer Smit
Cecil Hansen
Ann Turbyne
Branwen Smith
Ria Stalman
Linda Long