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.
Jan 29, 1978 – At Montclair State College
200 Medley Relay – 1. Caldwell (Alison Taylor, Jan Bauer, Jeanie Bauer, Janet Taylor), 2:02.7 2. Columbia, 2:04.0 3. Montclair, 2:07.7 4. Livingston, 2:08.6 5. West Essex, 2:09.5 6. Verona, 2:24.7.
200 Freestyle – 1. Jeanie Bauer, Caldwell, 2:04.0 2. Karnaugh, Columbia, 2:13.6 3. Poor, Montclair, 2:14.9 4. Kaighn, Montclair, 2:18.1 5. White, Montclair, 2:20.9 6. Green, West Essex, 2:28.7.
200 IM – 1. Sue Yeutter, Montclair, 2:27.4 2. Kolankowski, Columbia, 2:33.1 3. Jan Bauer, Caldwell, 2:34.8 4. Zales, Verona, 2:35.8 5. Calhoun, Montclair, 2:39.8 6. Curry, Livingston, 2:43.6.
50 Freestyle – 1. Jeanie Bauer, Caldwell, 25.8 2. Jacobs, Livingston, 27.3 3. Conlin, Montclair, 27.4 4. Julie Potter, Livingston, 27.4 5. Abajian, West Essex, 28.4 (Judge’s Decision) 6. Doyle, Columbia, 28.3.
100 Butterfly – 1. Bonnie Sheil, Columbia, 1:09.8 2. C. Fryer, West Essex, 1:10.0 3. Saporito, West Orange, 1:11.4 (Judge’s Decision) 4. Calhoun, Montclair, 1:11.2 5. Olex, Irvington, 1:12.1 6. Crosby, Montclair, 1:15.0.
100 Freestyle – 1. Julie Potter, Livingston, 59.8 2. Karnaugh, Columbia, 1:00.5 3. Carpenter, West Essex, 1:00.7 4. Conlin, Montclair, 1:02.6 5. Monica, Livingston, 1:03.0 6. McKee, Montclair, 1:04.8.
500 Freestyle – 1. Janet Taylor, Caldwell, 5:50.1 2. Jacobs, Livingston, 5:56.8 3. C. Fryer, West Essex, 6:09.5 4. Kaighn, Montclair, 6:18.5 5. Olex, Irvington, 6:32.5 6. White, Montclair, 6:40.4.
100 Backstroke – 1. Mary Ann Sheil, Columbia, 1:07.8 2. A. Taylor, Caldwell, 1:09.2 3. Poor, Montclair, 1:10.7 4. Crosby, Montclair, 1:11.4 5. Jill Potter, Livingston, 1:11.6 6. Taylor, Caldwell, 1:12.6.
100 Breaststroke – 1. Aline Kolankowski, Caldwell, 1:14.9 2. Clark, Livingston, 1:16.4 3. S. Yeutter, Montclair, 1:17.3 4. Jan Bauer, Caldwell, 1:17.9 5. Carpenter, West Essex, 1:18.2 6. Green, West Essex, 1:20.9.
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Montclair (Jane Conlin, Sally Poor, Melissa Crosby, Sue Kaighn) 4:11.1 2. Columbia, 4:11.8 3. Livingston, 4:13.3 4. West Essex, 4:28.2 5. Mountain, 4:51.1 6. Irvington, 4:52.6.
Boys
200 Medley Relay – 1. West Essex (Tom Podmajersky, Tom Mintz, Dave Podmajersky, Dave Reynolds), 1:48.3 2. Columbia, 1:51.8 3. Montclair, 1:54.7 4. Livingston, 1:54.7 5. West Orange, 2:03.2 6. Mountain, 2:04.0.
200 Freestyle – 1. Bill Giovine, West Essex, 1:50.9 2. Thoene, Livingston, 1:59.9 3. Patrocuolla, West Essex, 2:04.3 4. Kinne, Montclair, 2:09.5 5. Connolly, West Essex, 2:11.0 (Judge’s Decision) 6. Andrews, Montclair, 2:10.9.
200 IM – 1. Dave Giovine, West Essex, 2:09.2 2. Sheil, Columbia, 2:12.3 3. Zuber, Livingston, 2:16.8 4. T. Podmajersky, 2:17.1 5. Freda, Verona, 2:20.4 6. O’Rourke, Mountain, 2:29.8.
50 Freestyle – 1. Mike Gallene, Columbia, 23.2 2. P. Gallene, Columbia, 23.3 3. Renkar, Columbia, 24.0 4. Reynolds, West Essex, 24.1 5. Mayer, Montclair, 24.8 6. Mazurek, West Orange, 25.1.
100 Butterfly – 1. Jim McGuckin, Livingston, 57.2 2. D. Podmajersky, West Essex, 58.2 3. Rogers, West Essex, 1:03.6 4. Pyhel, Livingston, 1:03.6 5. Edward, Columbia, 1:04.7 6. Sampson, Montclair, 1:05.3.
100 Freestyle – 1. Mike Gallene, Columbia, 51.4 2. Conley, Millburn, 52.9 3. Thoene, Livingston, 53.0 4. Melchior, Columbia, 53.2 5. Mintz, West Essex, 54.0 6. Reynolds. West Essex, 55.0.
500 Freestyle – 1. Bill Giovine, West Essex, 5:05.2 2. McGuckin, Livingston, 5:22.4 3. Freda, Verona, 5:28.5 4. Patracuolla, West Essex, 5:48.3 5. Kinne, Montclair, 5:53.7 6. Rassmussen, Irvington, 6:09.7.
100 Backstroke – 1. Harry Sheil, Columbia, 59.8 2. Conley, Millburn, 1:00.2 3. D. Giovine, West Essex, 1:01.0 4. T. Podmajersky, West Essex, 1:01.5 5. Zuber, Livingston, 1:03.0 6. Hillman, Columbia, 1:05.3.
100 Breaststroke – 1. Tom Mintz, West Essex, 1:05.0 2. Chambers, Caldwell, 1:07.6 3. Blasi, West Essex, 1:11.2 4. Willis, Livingston, 1:11.3 5. C. Taylor, Montclair, 1:12.5 6. J. Taylor, Montclair, 1:13.7.
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Columbia (Otto Melchior, Steve Renkar, Harry Sheil, Mike Gallene), 3:30.1 2. West Essex, 3:31.9 3. Livingston, 3:52.3 4. Montclair, 3:57.7 5. West Orange, 4:01.4 6. Irvington, 4:07.6.
Girls Team Scores:
Montclair 67
Columbia 57
Livingston 44
West Essex 29
Irvington 6
West Orange and West Orange Mountain, 4
Boys Team Scores:
West Essex 91
Columbia 65
Livingston 47
Montclair 25
West Orange 6
Irvington and West Orange Mountain 3