1978 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

1978 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	February 24
Host city	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Level	Senior
Type	Indoor
Events	24 (13 men's + 11 women's)
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the competition took place on February 24 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.^[1] The championships in combined track and field events were held at a different date.^[2][3]

At the championships, Houston McTear ran an electronically timed world record in the 60 yards.^[4]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Houston McTear	6.05
600 yards	Stan Vinson	1:10.0
1000 yards	Gideon Terer (KEN)	2:09.3	Bill Martin	2:09.9
Mile run	Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)	4:01.6	Wilson Waigwa (KEN)	4:02.3	Steve Lacy	4:02.9
3 miles	Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)	13:09.2	Marty Liquori	13:11.8
60 yards hurdles	Charles Foster	7.11
High jump	Dwight Stones	2.25 m
Pole vault	Larry Jessee	5.40 m
Long jump	Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR)	7.72 m	Vesco Bradley	25 ft 21⁄4 in (7.67 m)
Triple jump	Ron Livers	16.85 m
Shot put	Al Feuerbach	20.65 m
Weight throw	Ed Kania	19.73 m
2 miles walk	Todd Scully	13:07.6

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Brenda Morehead	6.73
220 yards	Freida Nichols (BAR)	24.23	Theresa Montgomery	24.73
440 yards	Kim Thomas	55.30
880 yards	Debbie Vetter	2:08.8
Mile run	Francie Larrieu	4:37.0
2 miles	Brenda Webb	9:55.8
60 yards hurdles	Deby LaPlante	7.53
High jump	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.88 m	Joani Huntley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Long jump	Modupe Oshikoya (NGR)	6.25 m	Kathy McMillan	20 ft 33⁄4 in (6.19 m)
Shot put	Maren Seidler	18.59 m
1 mile walk	Sue Brodock	7:01.7

Results

• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
• "2020 & 35th USA Indoor Men's Heptathlon Media Guide". DocsLib. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
• "2014 USATF Indoor Women's Pentathlon" (PDF). Decathlon USA. p. 5. Retrieved 9 August 2024.