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GIA 1952 Classes A-B-C Girls Track Champions
Held in April 1952 at Fort Valley State. Some information from the May 29, 1952 (Eastman) Times-Journal and April 25, 1952, Alabama Tribune Team results
1st - Lisbon Notes Lisbon was located in the Zion Hill community in Dodge County. It was small enough to not just lose its high school upon consolidation in 1957 (with the expansion of Peabody High), but the entire school. Its high school average daily attendance was likely under 50. The number of girls at Lisbon would have been even less. Weeks after the GIA state meet, Lisbon boys and girls competed in perhaps the biggest track meet for Black southern high schools at Tuskegee, Ala. The Eastman Times-Journal offered some details about Lisbon's success there:
Lisbon High school, located in the Zion Hill community, participated on May 2 and 3 at Tuskegee, Ala. Before entering this meet, they had won first place in the state track and field for A, B and C schools held at Fort Valley State College by collecting more points than the other 15 schools participating. Risley High, Brunswick, and Monroe High, Albany, were their closest rivals in points gathered by teams. No doubt that Lisbon's track and field resources would have essentially been nil. Their success here might be the GIA's greatest story. Unfortunately, outside of meet results, few other details about this remarkable team will likely be uncovered. Event results 50-yard dash: 1st - Deloris Brown (Brooks) 100-yard dash: 1st - Deloris Brown (Brooks) Discus: 1st - Deloris Brown (Brooks)
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