| IHSAA BOYS STATE T&F MEET CHAMPIONS | R1 = Race 1, R2 = Race 2 | ||||||
| 880 YARD RELAY (1923-1979; two races held 1923-1948 with co-champions crowned) | * Meet Record | ||||||
| ** Tied Record | |||||||
| 880 Yard Relay (nonscoring) | |||||||
| 1923 | R1 | Kokomo | Russell Walter 9, John Puckett 12, | 1:37.0 | * | ||
| John Deater 11, Harold Christie 11 | |||||||
| R2 | Terre Haute Wiley | Herbert Laffoon 11, Sylvester Laffoon 10, | 1:37.1 | ||||
| Richard Ray 11, Herschel Rector 10 | |||||||
| 1924 | R1 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | Rodney Drane 10, Russell Clift 11, | 1:35.5 | * | ||
| Clarence Leet 11, Maurice Rush 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Terre Haute Wiley | Herschel Rector 11, Sylvester Laffoon 11, | 1:36.6 | ||||
| Richard Ray 12, Harry Hutchins 12 | |||||||
| 1925 | R1 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | Russell Clift 12, Rodney Drane 11, | 1:35.8 | |||
| Clarence Leet 12, Harry Murdock 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Kokomo | Eugene Knisely 10, Stanley Dean 9, | 1:37.1 | ||||
| Glen Ryan 12, Russell Walter 11 | |||||||
| 1926 | R1 | Michigan City Elston | John Crumpacker 12, Mike Farroh 11, | 1:34.0 | * | ||
| Jacob Slavin 12, Selwyn Horan 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | Rodney Drane 11, Knoll Kutchback 10, | 1:35.6 | ||||
| Herb Kirk 12, Fred Wuelfing 11, | |||||||
| 1927 | R1 | Indpls. Arsenal Technical | Willis Peelle 12, Knoll Kutchback 11 | 1:33.6 | * | ||
| Emmett Jones 12, Fred Wuelfing 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Michigan City Elston | Robert Adamson 11, Roger Johnson 11, | 1:34.5 | ||||
| Ronald Johnson 11, Mike Farroh 12 | |||||||
| 1928 | R1 | Muncie | Earl Graham 12, Everett Johnson 12, | 1:33.0 | * | ||
| Marion Smith 12, Willie Fowlkes 11 | |||||||
| R2 | Kokomo | Fred Hawkins 11, Frank Overton 12, | 1:36.2 | ||||
| Lester Winslow 11, Carroll Odom 12 | |||||||
| 1929 | R1 | Indpls. Shortridge | David Thomas 12, John Compton 12, | 1:37.8 | |||
| William Kiger 12, John Bertermann 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Gary Froebel | Don Perrotta 10, Earl Smith Sr. 10, | 1:37.4 | ||||
| Willie Hart 9, Walt Nugnis 12 | |||||||
| 1930 | R1 | Gary Froebel | Louis Feister 11, John Mullins 11, | 1:33.5 | |||
| Willie Hart 10, Dan Perrotta 11 | |||||||
| R2 | Elkhart | Marvin Bock 12, Frank Parmater 12, | 1:35.3 | ||||
| William Riblet 11, Horton Sawyer 11 | |||||||
| 880 Yard Relay (scoring) | |||||||
| 1931 | R1 | Elkhart | Horton Sawyer 12, William Riblet 12, | 1:33.5 | |||
| Jack Helfrick 10, Frank Parmater 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Kokomo | Ralph Long 12, Albert Gatlin 10, | 1:35.2 | ||||
| Gilbert Olson 12, Edgar Harvey 12 | |||||||
| 1932 | R1 | Kokomo | William Kreag 10, Albert Gatlin 11, | 1:34.1 | |||
| Chester Warman 11, Fred Elliott 9 | |||||||
| R2 | Gary Froebel | Willie Hart 12, Robert Scott 12, | 1:31.9 | * | |||
| Amos Abrams 11, Wall # | |||||||
| 1933 | R1 | South Bend Central | James Clark 12, Donald Wiltfong 11, | 1:32.1 | |||
| Harsant Tantsi 11, Leonard Sykes 11 | |||||||
| R2 | Ft. Wayne South Side | Robert Beery 12, Roger Pierson 12, | 1:33.0 | ||||
| William Geyer 10, Chester Ensley 11 | |||||||
| 1934 | R1 | Gary Mann | Glenn Cooper 11, Jack Snyder 12, | 1:32.2 | |||
| William Lloyd 10, William Clifford 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Ft. Wayne South Side | Robert Willson 12, Charles Stone 10, | 1:35.6 | ||||
| Gene Reiff 12, William Geyer 11 | |||||||
| 1935 | R1 | Lafayette Jefferson | Charley Weedon 11, Joseph Bordenet 11, | 1:32.6 | |||
| Philip Minton 11, Henry Halpin 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Kokomo | Richard Donahue 11, Chalmer Denny 12, | 1:32.7 | ||||
| Thomas Wood 12, Robert Anderson 12 | |||||||
| 1936 | R1 | Gary Froebel | Walter Pudlo 10, Robert McCants 10, | 1:33.4 | |||
| Russell Boles 11, Herman Carr 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Ft. Wayne Central | Jaehn Charlton 12, Al Russell 11, | 1:32.8 | ||||
| Ben Mourning 12, Robert Brown 12 | |||||||
| 1937 | R1 | Gary Mann | Arthur Nordquist 12, Bob VonBereghy 11, | 1:34.1 | |||
| Hillard Bayer 12, Kenath Sponsel 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Kokomo | Lewis Cameron 12, Jack Halstead 12, | 1:34.2 | ||||
| Robert Denny 12, Kent Hawkins 10 | |||||||
| 1938 | R1 | Indpls. Shortridge | Ed Ziegner 12, Emory Schlake 12, | 1:33.7 | |||
| Hugh Dalzell 11, Alfred Piel 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Ft. Wayne North Side | Don Ormiston 12, Robert Cowan 9, | 1:34.2 | ||||
| Ray Flickinger 11, Kay Green 11 | |||||||
| 1939 | R1 | Ft. Wayne North Side | Sheldon Wager 12, Russell York 11, | 1:33.9 | |||
| Ray Flickinger 12, Robert Cowan 10 | |||||||
| R2 | Hammond | Tom Chintis 12, John Ingram 12, | 1:31.4 | * | |||
| Lyle Dell 11, Robert Cobb 12 | |||||||
| 1940 | R1 | New Albany | Urban Zoeller 12, William Kercheval 12, | 1:33.6 | |||
| Frank Tinius 11, George Zurschmiede 11 | |||||||
| R2 | Gary Froebel | PJ Robinson 12, Walter Lee 10, | 1:31.8 | ||||
| William Burrell 11, Hoyt Brown 11 | |||||||
| 1941 | R1 | Evansville Bosse | Robert Gray 12, Harry Mathews 11, | 1:33.1 | |||
| Bill Detroy 12, Bernard Noelting 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Ft. Wayne South Side | Ralph Shimer 11, William Bond 11, | 1:33.8 | ||||
| Rudolph Wuttke 12, Arthur Parry 12 | |||||||
| 1942 | R1 | Ft. Wayne North Side | Richard Biggs 12, Hubert Sutton 11 | 1:32.2 | |||
| James Snook 12, Robert Douglass 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Hammond | Wade Adams 11, Joe Piatek 11, | 1:32.0 | ||||
| LeRoy Grambo 10, Horace Mamala 12 | |||||||
| 1943 | R1 | Indpls. Washington | Raymond Allen 10, Frank Hines 10, | 1:33.6 | |||
| Norman Dunn 11, John Jacobs 11 | |||||||
| R2 | Ft. Wayne Central | Tom Shopoff 12, Paul Bienz 11, | 1:32.8 | ||||
| Robert Mugg 11, Max Ramsey 11 | |||||||
| 1944 | R1 | Ft. Wayne Central | Paul Bienz 12, Robert Mugg 12, | 1:31.8 | |||
| William Eschoff 12, Max Ramsey 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Hammond | Dick Humphrey 12, Bernie Krueger 12, | 1:33.5 | ||||
| Carlyle Lindholm 11, Ronald Hanock 10 | |||||||
| 1945 | R1 | Gary Roosevelt | Herbert Moody 12, Harold Jones 10, | 1:32.4 | |||
| James Floyd 12, Johnny Jackson 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Hammond | Ronald Hancock 11, Hugh Dawson 12, | 1:33.8 | ||||
| Jack Blair 10, Carlyle Lindholm 12 | |||||||
| 1946 | R1 | Gary Froebel | Charles Hill 10, Joseph Gonzales 9, | 1:33.6 | |||
| Rufus Lackey 10, George Manos 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Anderson | John Wilson 12, Ray Ward 10, | 1:32.6 | ||||
| Clifford Carter 11, Richard Adams 12 | |||||||
| 1947 | R1 | Anderson | Bill Williams 10, Frank Stith 12, | 1:32.5 | |||
| Ray Ward 11, Clifford Carter 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Gary Roosevelt | Harold Jones 12, Robert Givens 12, | 1:32.1 | ||||
| Albert Simms 10, Donald Leek 12 | |||||||
| 1948 | R1 | Terre Haute Wiley | Ernest Sprinkles 11, Aloys Cabell 12, | 1:31.7 | |||
| Baldwin Kloer 11, William Branson 12 | |||||||
| R2 | Gary Froebel | Charles Hill 12, George Bell 12, | 1:31.4 | ** | |||
| Rufus Lackey 12, Joseph Gonzalez 11 | |||||||
| 1949 | Gary Froebel | Lorenzie Williams 10, Alvin Thomas 11, | 1:31.6 | ||||
| Charles Koval 10, Joseph Gonzalez 12 | |||||||
| 1950 | Gary Froebel | John Hill 12, James Sims 9, | 1:30.7 | * | |||
| Alvin Thomas 12, Lorenzie Williams 11 | |||||||
| 1951 | Gary Roosevelt | Cornelius Gay 12, Hosea Hubbard 12, | 1:32.9 | ||||
| Albert Jones 10, Robert Stearns 12 | |||||||
| 1952 | Columbus | John Howe 12, John Hogue 11, | 1:31.6 | ||||
| Ronnie Pence 11, Ed Yeley 12 | |||||||
| 1953 | Hammond | Donald Snow 12, James Sane 12, | N/A | + | |||
| Wayne Freeman 12, Robert George 12 | |||||||
| 1954 | Gary Roosevelt | James Tolliver 12, Alec Spidle 11, | 1:31.4 | ||||
| Raymond Morris 10, Leroy Adams 12 | |||||||
| 1955 | Gary Froebel | Charles Smith 10, Joe Johnson 11, | 1:30.9 | ||||
| Albert Redding 11, Robert Buck 12 | |||||||
| 1956 | Ft. Wayne South Side | Daniel Howe 10, Terry Miller 12, | N/A | + | |||
| Tom Pinder 12, Chris Stavreti 11 | |||||||
| 1957 | Terre Haute Wiley | Larry Sweatt 12, Jerry Harlow 12, | 1:31.4 | ||||
| Larry Reimer 12, Lloyd Robbs 12 | |||||||
| 1958 | South Bend Central | Melvin Ross 12, Cassell Ross 11, | 1:31.1 | ||||
| Joe Winston 12, John West 10 | |||||||
| 1959 | Elkhart | Ted Jackson 12, Moyese Williams 11, | 1:30.6 | * | |||
| Bill Holler 11, Bob Held 11 | |||||||
| 1960 | Gary Roosevelt | Lawrence Robinson 12, Ernest Robinson 12, | 1:30.7 | ||||
| Arthur White 11, Cecil McClendon 12 | |||||||
| 1961 | East Chicago Washington | Ron Smith 12, Richey Rodgers 12, | N/A | + | |||
| Clarence Robinson 11, Bernard Rivers 10 | |||||||
| 1962 | Gary Roosevelt | Gilbert King 12, Clay Leek 12, | 1:30.9 | ||||
| Richard McGregory 12, James Thomas 11 | |||||||
| 1963 | Gary Froebel | Richard Harris 12, John Miles 10, | 1:30.2 | * | |||
| Alan Raspberry 12, James Smith 10 | |||||||
| 1964 | Gary Roosevelt | George Adams 11, Ernest Lawrence 12, | 1:28.6 | * | |||
| Fred Mackey 12, Lee Reedus 11 | |||||||
| 1965 | Ft. Wayne North Side | Steven Bulmahn 12, Howard Doughty 10, | 1:29.1 | ||||
| Jim Hallenbeck 11, Paul Paino 12 | |||||||
| 1966 | Brebeuf | Mike Blakey 11, Sam Carter 10, | 1:29.1 | ||||
| David Wagner 12, Clyde Peach 12 | |||||||
| 1967 | Gary Froebel | William Banks 12, Judge Graddick 12, | 1:28.3 | * | |||
| Robert Mackins 12, Levi Mitchell 11 | |||||||
| 1968 | North Central (Indpls.) | Greg Henderson 11, Dave Reel 11, | 1:29.0 | ||||
| Bruce Blomberg 12, Rick Lash 11 | |||||||
| 1969 | Gary Froebel | Bradley Williams 11, Charles Johnson 12, | 1:28.9 | ||||
| Phil Farrell 12, Patrick Gullett 10 | |||||||
| 1970 | Gary Roosevelt | Bruce Durden 11, Henry Benefield 12, | 1:28.6 | ||||
| Bruce Leek 12, Stephen Link 12 | |||||||
| 1971 | Indpls. Washington | George Russell 12, Stephen Officer 12, | 1:27.8 | * | |||
| Ruben Timmons 12, Wayne Grace 11 | |||||||
| 1972 | Gary Roosevelt | Bernard Ramsey 10, Buford Franklin 12, | 1:30.0 | ||||
| David White 11, Clark Hamer 11 | |||||||
| 1973 | Gary West Side | Richard Burr 12, Edward Payne 11, | 1:28.2 | ||||
| William Pointer 10, Roderick White 11 | |||||||
| 1974 | Ft. Wayne Wayne | Wilfred Rouse 12, Kenneth Cammack 10, | 1:29.1 | ||||
| Watt Williams 12, Willie Knox 12 | |||||||
| 1975 | Gary West Side | Murray Richards 12, Arthur Damper 10, | 1:30.1 | ||||
| William Pointer 12, Clifton Hill 11 | |||||||
| 1976 | North Central (Indpls.) | Al Darring 11, Brent Ervin 11, | 1:26.6 | * | |||
| Mark Highbaugh 11, Oliver Pipkin 12 | |||||||
| 1977 | Gary Roosevelt | Charles Jones 12, Carl Weatherspoon 12, | 1:26.6 | ** | |||
| Jerry Jones 11, Robert Baker 11 | |||||||
| 1978 | Gary West Side | Sotero Burnett 10, Terrence Duckett 10, | 1:27.6 | ||||
| Victor Greer 10, James McDuffie 12 | |||||||
| 1979 | Gary West Side | Kenneth Carter 11, Terrence Duckett 11, | 1:27.05 | ||||
| Victor Greer 11, Walter Monagan 10 | |||||||
| # first name and grade unknown | |||||||
| + winner disqualified and runnerup awarded title but time unknown | |||||||