| SCIL Festival Champions: 1600m | |||
| Year | Individual | School | Time |
| 1977 | Beth Scott | Hopatcong | 5:53.9* |
| 1978 | Cathy Stone | Vernon | 5:14.1* |
| 1979 | Cathy Stone | Vernon | 5:17.0* |
| 1980 | |||
| 1981 | Lisa Pakutka | Hopatcong | 4:50.2* |
| 1982 | Lisa Pakutka | Hopatcong | 5:10.0 |
| 1983 | Betty Ann Zarr | Sparta | 5:21.8 |
| 1984 | Jill Robertson | Jefferson | 5:19.0 |
| 1985 | Kathy Frick | Pope John | 5:17.8 |
| 1986 | Christi Constantin | Kittatinny | 5:20.0 |
| 1987 | Christi Constantin | Kittatinny | 5:11.7 |
| 1988 | Christi Constantin | Kittatinny | 5:06.5 |
| 1989 | Christi Constantin | Kittatinny | 5:01.7 |
| 1990 | Shannon Siragusa | Vernon | 5:27.6 |
| 1991 | Jen Mackey | Sparta | 5:16.0 |
| 1992 | Shannon Siragusa | Vernon | 5:23.9 |
| 1993 | Cara Madzy | Sparta | 5:22.0 |
| 1994 | Jenni LaLonde | Pope John | 5:22.8 |
| 1995 | Maria Nitto | Pope John | 5:27.7 |
| 1996 | Maria Nitto | Pope John | 5:18.3 |
| 1997 | Maria Nitto | Pope John | 5:20.2 |
| 1998 | Kelly Sampar | Pope John | 5:15.71 |
| 1999 | Julie Delimon | Hopatcong | 5:14.58 |
| 2000 | Kristen Cravotta | Vernon | 5:16.2 |
| 2001 | Cindy DeVries | Newton | 5:19.1 |
| 2002 | Kira McGroarty | Hopatcong | 5:19.83 |
| 2003 | Brittany Keil | Sparta | 5:32.25 |
| 2004 | Franny Morro | Pope John | 5:29.1 |
| 2005 | Lara Heigis | Pope John | 5:12.6 |
| 2006 | Lara Heigis | Pope John | 5:08.67 |
| 2007 | Lara Heigis | Pope John | 5:17.10 |
| 2008 | Sarah Cariati | Pope John | 5:08.42 |
| 2009 | Sarah Cariati | Pope John | 5:14.13 |
| * = 1 mile run was contested from 1976 - 1979 | |||
| ** = 1500m run was contested from 1980 - 1981 | |||
| Event Summary: 1600m | |||
| School | Champions | ||
| High Point | 0 | ||
| Hopatcong | 5 | ||
| Jefferson | 1 | ||
| Kittatinny | 4 | ||
| Lenape Valley | 0 | ||
| Newton | 1 | ||
| Pope John | 12 | ||
| Sparta | 4 | ||
| Sussex Tech | 0 | ||
| Vernon | 5 | ||
| Wallkill Valley | 0 | ||