Lu Verne Honor Roll

School Summary
First Year: 
Last Year: 1982-83
State Team Championships: 7
State Team Qualifiers: 6
State Individual Championships: 17
Most successful school year: 1959-60


State Champions
Boy's Cross Country: 4-time state champs, 1958 (C), 1959 (C), 1960 (C), 1962 (C); 2-time Team Mile state champs, 1959 (C), 1962 (C); 3 Individual State Titles; 1 Individual Mile State Title
Boy's Track: 1-time state champs, 1960 (C); 7 Outdoor Event Titles; 5 Indoor Event Titles
Wrestling: 1 Individual State Title


Year-by-Year State Qualifiers, State Champions, and All-Staters
1919-20
Boy's Basketball: 1920 (Ames) State Qualifier

1920-21
Boy's Basketball: 1921 (Ames) State Qualifier
Boy's Basketball: 1921 (1st) F - Janse, Lu Verne

1922-23
Girl's Basketball: 1923 State Qualifier

1934-35
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1935 145 - Marvin Farrell, Lu Verne

1955-56
Baseball: 1956 (Sp) State Qualifier

1956-57
Girl's Basketball: 1957 State Qualifier
Girl's Basketball: All-State 1957 (5th/-) F - Patty Patterson, Lu Verne

1958-59
Boy's Cross Country: 1958 (C) STATE CHAMPIONS

1959-60
Boy's Cross Country: 1959 (C) TEAM MILE STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Cross Country: 1959 (C) STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: 1960 (C) STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1959 (C) Earl Hanselman, Lu Verne   9:55.9
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1960 (C) (1 mi) Earl Hanselmann, Lu Verne   4:54.2
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Relay Champion 1960 (C) (high jump) Paul Gilligan, Lu Verne   5-08.75
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Relay Champion 1960 (C) (4x440y relay) Lu Verne (Paul Gilligan, Bob Bristow, Roy Dorweiler, Gary Norcross)   3:53.0
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Relay Champion 1960 (C) (medley relay) Lu Verne (Ray Dorweiler, Paul Gilligan, Gary Norcross, Earl Hanselmann)   4:00.1
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1960 (C) (1 mi) Earl Hanselmann, Lu Verne   4:42.1
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Relay Champion 1960 (C) (4x440y relay) Lu Verne (Ray Dorweiler, Earl Hanselman, Gary Norcross, Paul Gilligan)   3:36.2
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Relay Champion 1960 (C) (medley relay) Lu Verne (Gary Norcross, Charles Weber, Ray Dorweiler, Paul Gilligan)   3:44.7

1960-61
Boy's Cross Country: 1960 (C) STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Cross Country: Individual Mile State Champion 1960 (C) Paul Gilligan, Lu Verne   5:04.0
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1960 (C) John Schade, Lu Verne   10:41.5
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1961 (C) (high jump) (tie) Paul Gilligan, Lu Verne   5-09.50 2nd time

1961-62
Girl's Basketball: All-State 1962 (2nd/2nd) F - Maebelle Maass, Lu Verne

1962-63
Boy's Cross Country: 1962 (C) TEAM MILE STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Cross Country: 1962 (C) STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1962 (C) Bernard Schade, Lu Verne   9:44.0

1966-67
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1967 (C) (long jump) Rex Bristow, Lu Verne   21-01

1968-69
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1969 (C) (440y) Don Bristow, Lu Verne   51.8
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1969 (C) (long jump) Don Bristow, Lu Verne   20-10.25

1971-72
Girl's Basketball: 1972 State Qualifier
Girl's Basketball: All-State 1972 (2nd/5th) F - Bev Nelson, Lu Verne

1979-80
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1980 (C) (3200m) Darwin Penning, Lu Verne   10:04.30



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