Teams
 1. Charlotte Myers Park 90
 2. Greensboro Smith     93
 3. Raleigh Broughton    96
 4. Fayetteville Terry Sanford 106
 5. Greensboro Grimsley 117
 6. South Mecklenburg   143
 7. East Mecklenburg    158
 8. Charlotte Garinger  168
 9. Wilson Fike         175
10. Enka                176
(other team places not available)

Enka High School senior Ben Bailey approaching the finish, followed by RJ Reynolds' George Phillips,
and (Right-to-Left) 1968 champion Steve Grathwohl (Independence), Mike Garcia (71st), Mike Caldwell (Myers Park).
Click Here to view the original full-size version of this photo.
Photo courtesy of Ric Shriver.

Individuals
 1. Ben Bailey      Enka                       10:46.0
 2. George Phillips Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds  10:51
 3. Mike Garcia     Fayetteville 71st          10:54
 4. Steve Grathwohl Charlotte Independence
 5. Mike Caldwell   Charlotte Myers Park
 6. Doug Lockamy    Greensboro Smith
 7. Dennis Davis    Greensboro Smith
 8. Roy Helm        Greensboro Smith
 9. Ricky Edwards   Raleigh Broughton
10. Joe Browder     Greensboro Grimsley
11. Cader Olive     South Mecklenburg
12. Tony Waldrop     Polk Central
13. Ric Shriver     Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds
14. Ricky Prince    Charlotte Myers Park
15. Woody Moss      South Mecklenburg
16. Chris Prather   Fayetteville Terry Sanford
17. Bob Carriker    Charlotte Garinger
18. Jim Wilkins     Person County
19. Toby Lee        Wilson Fike
20. Bruce Tyson     Raleigh Broughton
21. Danny Merritt   Sanford Central
22. Tim Braxton     East Mecklenburg
23. Robert Ritchie  Raleigh Broughton
24. Bill Stiles     Charlotte Garinger
25. Ken Robinson    East Mecklenburg
26. Ned Dietler     Charlotte Myers Park
27. Albert Day      Fayetteville Terry Sanford
28. Ray Coggin      Ahoskie
29. Bob McCarthy    Fayetteville Terry Sanford
30. Gary Gilbert    Charlotte Myers Park
31. David Buie      Greensboro Grimsley
32. Joe Kelleher    Greensboro Grimsley
33. Randy Smith     Northern Durham
34. George Edwards  Raleigh Broughton
35. Mike Freeman    Hendersonville
36. Raggie Yragui   Fayetteville Terry Sanford
37. Doug Van Vaulkenberg  Enka
38. Tom White       East Mecklenburg
39. Gerhard Konig   Fayetteville Terry Sanford
40. Darrell Bowen   Charlotte Garinger
41. Smith           Fayetteville 71st
42. Jack Anderson   Greensboro Grimsley
43. Bob Brady       Greensboro Grimsley
44. David Grissom   Cary
45. James Bland     Cary
46. Tom Caton       South Mecklenburg
47. Dehavlington Fozard  Durham Hillside
48. James Slade     Ahoskie
49. John Glasgow    Raleigh Broughton
50. Tom Jeffries    Cary
51. Jim Hughs       Wilson Fike
52. Dan Quinn       Wilson Fike
53. Steve Walker    Winston-Salem Mount Tabor
54. Danny Felts     Greeensboro Smith
55. Gray Kimbrell   Charlotte Myers Park
56. Fred Garvey     Winston-Salem Mount Tabor
57. Dan Fortson     Charlotte Independence
58. Jim Chapman     Charlotte Myers Park
59. Mike Jones      South Mecklenburg
60. Bill McEvoy     East Mecklenburg
61. Eldrige Smith   Wilson Fike
62. Alan Laycock    Fayetteville Terry Sanford
63. William Helm    Greensboro Smith
64. Tom Edmonds     Greensboro Page
65. Robert Deaton   Greensboro Grimsley
66. Mike Coston     Raleigh Broughton
67. Lonnie Israel   Enka

R.J. Reynolds teammates and training partners George Phillips and Ric Shriver after the race. Shriver placed 13th as a junior, and went on to win the 1971 NCHSAA 2-Mile in 9:27.0. Notes: Ben L. Smith HS from Greensboro put three runners in the top eight and came within three points of Myers Park -- who ran to their 4th consecutive NCHSAA title. Cross Country was not recognized by the NCHSAA as a girls sport until 1980. The 1969 State Cross Country Meet included all classifications (1A to 4A). Other team scores and most times are not available. When I started NCPrepTrack in 1997, I was appalled to learn that the NCHSAA did not have results of their 1969 State Cross Country Championships (which I led until the final straightaway !). Ironic, since the start/finish was no more than 50-yards behind their Chapel Hill offices beside Finley Golf Course. (They had 1969 championship results for football, basketball, and the other sports they considered important at the time.) Fortunately, my high school coach had given me a copy of the individual results -- which I used to create this page. It listed 67 finishers. No team results. I obtained what team results that I could from old newspaper clippings ...and posted this page. Years later I attempted to score (manually) the team results for the 1-67 individual results listed above. That resulted in results of: 1) Myers Park 57, 2) Greensboro Smith 58, 3) Broughton 63, 4) Fayetteville Terry Sanford 70, 5) Grimsley 78. And E Meck, S Meck and Fike had 4 finishers. ..And Cary, Enka, & Garinger had 3 finishers ..and my effort at manually scoring accurate team results looked to be totally wrong. Either the team results were totally scored wrong, or there were a lot more than 67 finishers. Let NCPrepTrack know. If you can help with any of the missing data for this 1969 state championship meet, please email to (E-mail info). Thanks.