FUN FACTS

RAY EIBEN

IS THE ONLY INDOOR CHANMPION MONTICELLO HAS EVER HAD.  HE WAS THE 440 YARD DASH CHAMP IN 1949 WITH A TIME OF 54.5.   

• THE "MINOTAURS" WAS THE OFFICIAL NICKNAME OF MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL 1940 WHEN IT WAS CHANGED TO THE "BLACK PANTHERS"
• THE 1942 TRACK TEAM HAD TO CAR POOL TO MEETS DUE TO TIRE RESTRICTION PLACE ON THE SCHOOL BUSSES.
• FIRST JUNIOR HIGH RELAYS WAS STARTED ON MAY 4 1957.
• AT THE 1958 MONTICELLO MEET THERE WAS A FOOTBALL RELAY.
• THE 400 METER LOW HURDLES OFFICIALLY BECAME A TRACK EVENT IN 1979.
• THE POLE VAULT WAS DISCONTINUED AS A TRACK EVENT IN 1989.
• THE JAVELIN WAS A TRACK EVENT UNTIL 1941.
• THE FOOTBALL THROW WAS A TRACK EVENT UNTIL 1963.
• THE HAMMER THROW WAS A TRACK EVENT FROM 1906 - 1910. THE STATE BEST IN THIS EVENT IS 164' 5" BY GAYLE WEISS OF MARION.
• 200 YARD LOW HURDLES WAS A TRACK EVENT FROM 1935 - 1950.  IT THEN BECAME THE 180 YARD LOW HURDLES UNTIL 1978 WHEN THE EVENT WAS DISCONTINUED.
• THE 3200 METER RUN WAS INTRODUCED AS AN OFFICIAL TRACK EVENT IN 1968.