Soph Year
* Boston KofC- N.E. Collegiate "Eddie Farrell" 500 yd. - 1st - :59.2
* BAA - 2 mile relay - 1st - 7:40.5 (1:52.3 anchor)
* Millrose Games - 2 mile relay -2nd - 7:35.8 (1:53.0 anchor) Manhattan
sets
world record of 7:32.8
* National AAU Championships - 2 mile relay - 1st - 7:39.7 [heats
and finals
in the same night] (1:52.7 anchor) beating
the Manhattan world record team
* NY KofC 2 mile relay - 2nd to Manhattan (revenge) - time =
? (anchor leg -
:51.2 first quarter; don't know 880 time)
* NYAC Games -2 mile relay - 2nd to Yale (1:52.3 second leg)
* IC4A - 2 mile relay - 1st
* Outdoor dual meet against BC at Brandeis U. track
* 1 mile - 1st - 4:19.6, beating Larry Rawson, N.E. Mile
champion
* 220 yd - 1st - :21.4, beating Larry Flynn, N.E. sprints champion
(50' after
mile)
Junior Year
* N.E. X-Country Championships - Boston - 4th
* Millrose Games 2 mile relay -1st - 7:36.4 (anchor from 2nd to 1st
from 25 yds
back in 1:50.8)
* BAA Intern'l 2 mile relay (3rd) (7:34.4) vs. Ireland-1st in 7:34.2(Noel
Carroll, Ron Delaney[anchor]) and Canada-2nd in
7:34.3 (Bill Crothers,
anchor) Anchor leg splits: Crothers (1:48.4), Delaney (1:51.5), Buchta
(1:51.4)
- next night after Millrose Games
* NYAC 2 mile relay - 1st
* IC4A 2 mile relay -2nd
* Queens-Iona Relays 2 mile relay - 1st in 7:38, breaking meet record
by 4
seconds (Fordham-2nd, Manhattan-3rd)
* Tri-meet against BC & BU: 880-2nd in 1:51.8 on shoulder of teammate;
100yds.
- 2nd in :09.7
* N.E. Intercollegiate - 4 races in 1 day (2 trials & 2 finals
in 440 & 880):
440 - 1st in :48.2 and 880 -3rd on teammates shoulder in 1:52.4)
* IC4A Outdoor - 1 mile relay - 4th in 3:12.0 - HC school record (:47.8
anchor
leg)
Senior Year
* N.E. X-Country Championships
* BAA 2 mile relay
* Millrose 2 mile relay (next night) - 2nd (7:32.6 - HC record)
(1:49.8 anchor
leg coming from 4th to 2nd)
* NYAC 2 mile relay - 3rd (7:34, .4 behind 1st)
* next night: Harvard dual meet in Briggs Cage: 1 mile - 1st in 4:15.7
(square
dirt track w/ 4 turns & 10 laps to mile)
Most memorable moment
Passing Manhattan College on the anchor leg with 1 lap to go and seeing
my
teammates hugging and jumping up and down as I ran down the back straightaway
as we were on our way to beat the world record holders (previous week)
and win
a national title.