| Year | Class | 880 Yard Run Champion | Score | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Class AA | Nickey Nelson Manassas |
1:56.8 | |
| 1980 | Class AAA | Paul Taylor Science Hill |
1:55.7 | |
| 1980 | Class A | Roger Trivette Hampton |
2:00.1 | |
| 1979 | Bob Forsythe Memphis Sky View |
1:54.6 | ||
| 1978 | Sander Williams Northwest |
1:55.3 | ||
| 1977 | Reginald Fentress Memphis Douglass |
1:56.2 | ||
| 1976 | Ron Green B.T. Washington |
1:54.3 | ||
| 1975 | Ron Green B.T. Washington |
1:52.9 | ||
| 1974 | Gene Valley Memphis Catholic |
1:57.5 | ||
| 1973 | Gary Garner Memphis University School |
1:52.9 | ||
| 1972 | Ervin Sweatt Maplewood |
1:54.4 | ||
| 1971 | Tom Garrison Antioch |
1:55.3 | ||
| 1970 | Tom Garrison Antioch |
1:54.6 | ||
| 1969 | Wilbur Hawkins Fulton |
1:58.3 | ||
| 1968 | Kimberly Goodman B.T. Washington |
1:54.7 | ||
| 1967 | Bill Blumberg Brainerd |
1:55.7 | ||
| 1966 | Herb Patterson Nashville Isaac Litton |
1:58.5 | ||
| 1965 | Robert Stewart Nashville East |
1:56.6 | ||
| 1964 | Robert Stewart Nashville East |
1:56.9 | ||
| 1963 | Jim Ray Kingsbury |
1:58.4 | ||
| 1962 | Charles Christmas Haywood |
1:00.6 | ||
| 1961 | Dave Cardwell Oak Ridge |
2:00.3 | ||
| 1960 | Benjie Beird Ripley |
1:58.8 | ||
| 1959 | Jimmy Madden Whitehaven |
2:01.1 | ||
| 1958 | Mike O'Neill Dobyns Bennett |
1:59.5 | ||
| 1957 | Ernest Taylor Madison |
2:00.2 | ||
| 1956 | John Potts Whitehaven |
2:01.9 | ||
| 1955 | Jerry Read Memphis Central |
2:04.2 | ||
| 1954 | Jerry Read Memphis Central |
2:02.2 | ||
| 1953 | Hardage Treadwell |
2:05.6 | Memphis | |
| 1952 | Elder Knoxville Central |
2:06.5 | Oak Ridge | |
| 1951 | Cox Whitehaven |
2:03.3 | Cookeville | |
| 1950 | Ikerd Whitehaven |
2:07.7 | Nashville | |
| 1949 | Sanders Oak Ridge |
2:06.3 | Memphis | |
| 1948 | Reagan Memphis CBC |
2:01.8 | Johnson City | |
| 1947 | Paris Memphis Central |
2:09 | Memphis | |
| 1942 | Riley Whitehaven |
2:03.6 | Memphis | |
| 1941 | J.B. Hayes Nashville Tennessee Ind. School |
2:01.8 | Cookeville | |
| 1940 | Franklin Morristown |
2:05 | ||
| 1939 | Franklin Morristown |
2:09.5 | ||
| 1938 | Niels Hamilton Science Hill |
2:09.5 | Cookeville | |
| 1937 | Duncan Collierville |
2:04.2 | Knoxville | |
| 1936 | Conley Crockett County |
2:05.8 | Nashville | |
| 1935 | Jameson Collierville |
2:07.7 | Nashville | |
| 1935 | Huddleston Cookeville |
2:07.7 | Nashville | |
| 1934 | Ralph Overholt Morristown |
2:04.4 | Nashville | |
| 1933 | Overholt Morristown |
2:02.5 | Nashville | |
| 1931 | Wolfe Morristown |
2:02.6 |