From 1973-1979, Non-Public Schools were not permitted to enter the championship.
Medalists Results, as well as a few extra relay results, have been preserved. Full Results have not been saved.
Feb 7, 1976 – At NJIT
200 Medley Relay – 1. Montclair (Carol Conlin, Sue Hewitt, Meg Rooney, Shelley O’Grady), 2:07.2 2. Columbia, 2:09.1 3. Livingston, 2:14.7 4. West Essex, 2:16.0 5. Newark East Side, 2:32.6.
200 Freestyle – 1. Cary Carpenter, West Essex, 2:15.9 2. Perkins, Montclair, 2:16.6 3. Kaign, Montclair, 2:21.7 4. Menke, Columbia, 2:21.9 5. White, Montclair, 2:27.9 6. Lewis, Columbia, 2:34.4.
200 IM – 1. Mary Doyle, Columbia, 2:36.5 2. Mintz, West Essex, 2:36.8 3. Calhoun, Montclair, 2:43.9 4. Cross. Columbia, 2:47.7 5. Rooney, Montclair, 2:50.0 6. Derella, Montclair, 3:00.4.
50 Freestyle – 1. Roberta Theise, West Orange, 27.2 2. Granger, Columbia, 27.5 3. J. Conlin, Montclair, 28.6 4. Hoskins, West Essex, 28.8 5. Hewitt, Montclair, 29.5 6. Sheeleigh, West Essex, 30.0.
100 Butterfly – 1. Kate Mintz, West Essex, 1:13.0 2. C. Conlin, Montclair, 1:14.7 3. O’Neal, Mountain, 1:15.2 4. Van Doren, Columbia, 1:17.1 5. Rogers, West Essex, 1:21.9 6. Smith, Livingston, 1:24.0.
100 Freestyle – 1. Wenda Fryer, West Essex, 58.5 2. Theise, West Orange, 1:02.3 (?) 3. Perkins, Montclair, 1:01.6 (?) 4. Rooney, Montclair, 1:03.2 5. Granger, Columbia, 1:04.8 6. Singer, Columbia, 1:05.6.
500 Freestyle – 1. Cary Carpenter, West Essex, 6:14.5 2. Kaign, Montclair, 6:16.9 3. Menke, Columbia, 6:19.4 4. Lewis, Columbia, 6:41.2 5. Derella, Montclair, 6:57.0. No sixth.
100 Backstroke – 1. Carol Conlin, Montclair, 1:11.5 2. Breen, Columbia, 1:12.2 3. Monica, Livingston, 1:13.5 4. Cross, Columbia, 1:15.7 5. Singer, Columbia, 1:16.6 6. Smith, West Essex, 1:18.6.
100 Breaststroke – 1. Wenda Fryer, West Essex, 1:12.9 2. M. Doyle, Columbia, 1:20.9 3. Calhoun, Montclair, 1:22.5 (?) 4. Chen, Livingston, 1:21.5 5. Galucci, Newark East Side, 1:22.9 6. P. Doyle, Columbia, 1:23.0.
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. West Essex (Kate Mintz, Amy Zeuren, Cary Carpenter, Wenda Fryer) 4:12.1 2. Montclair, 4:21.4 3. Columbia, 4:33.9 4. Livingston, 4:50.3 5. Mountain, 4:56.9. 6. Newark East Side, 5:30.6.
Boys
200 Medley Relay – 1. Livingston (Tom Monica, Phil Lagas, Mitch Sheitelman, Chris McCloskey), 1:51.7 2. Columbia, 1:54.1 3. Irvington, 1:55.2 4. West Essex, 1:58.7 5. Montclair, 2:01.4. No Sixth.
200 Freestyle – 1. Bill Giovine, West Essex, 1:55.2 2. Monica, Livingston, 2:04.3 3. Osborne, Irvington, 2:07.7 4. White, Montclair, 2:11.9 5. Murray, Montclair, 2:17.0 6. McKee, Montclair, 2:17.7.
200 IM – 1. Dave Giovine, West Essex, 2:21.6 2. Zuber, Livingston, 2:22.0 3. Villarosa, Montclair, 2:23.0 4. Rasmussen, Irvington, 2:24.6 5. P. Lagas, Livingston, 2:25.0 6. Zichelli, Monclair, 2:43.0.
50 Freestyle – 1. Mike Gallene, Columbia, 24.4 2. McCloskey, Livingston, 24.6 (?) 3. Kroll, Columbia, 24.4 4. D. Lagas, Livingston, 24.8 5. Burgi, Montclair, 25.1 6. Wright, West Essex, 25.2.
100 Butterfly – 1. Mike Wolsky, Caldwell, 57.9 2. Nixon, Irvington, 1:01.0 3. Zuber, Livingston, 1:04.5 4. Podmajersky, West Essex, 1:07.4 5. Benevente, Newark East Side, 1:08.5 6. Sheitelman, Livingston, 1:08.9.
100 Freestyle – 1. Bill Giovine, West Essex, 52.2 2. White, Montclair, 54.6 3. Kroll, Columbia, 55.3 4. Burgi, Montclair, 56.5 5. Berson, Columbia, 57.0 6. Lennon, Livingston, 57.4.
500 Freestyle – 1. Tom Mintz, West Essex, 5:49.4 2. Osborne, Irvingston, 5:49.6 3. Wolsky, Caldwell, 5:57.8 4. Zichelli, Montclair, 6:07.5 5. Egurola, Newark East Side, 6:15.9 6. Patracuolla, West Essex, 6:16.0.
100 Backstroke – 1. Tom Monica, Livingston, 1:01.6 2. Farley, Newark East Side, 1:04.5 3. Rasmussen, Irvington, 1:05.0 4. Thompson, Livingston, 1:06.4 5. Sheil, Columbia, 1:08.0 6. D. Giovine, West Essex, 1:08.5.
100 Breaststroke – 1. Gary Cahill, Columbia, 1:08.0 2. Mintz, West Essex, 1:08.5 3. P. Lagas, Livingston, 1:09.7 4. Benjamin, Columbia, 1:12.4 5. Villarosa, Montclair, 1:12.7 6. Frick, Columbia, 1:14.4.
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Livingston (Dave Lagas, Kevin Lennon, Dave Zuber, Chris McCloskey), 3:41.0 2. West Essex, 3:42.4 3. Columbia, 3:43.2 4. Montclair, 4:01.0 5. Irvington, 4:07.3 6. Newark East Side, 4:13.4.
Girls Team Scores:
Montclair 78
West Essex 67
Coulmbia 66
Livingston 22
West Orange 12
Newark East Side and West Orange Mountain, 8
Boys Team Scores:
Livingston 68
West Essex 55
Columbia 48
Montclair 36
Irvington 33
Newark East Side 11