Hall of Fame induction: 2000

Tisha was one of the best all-around track & field athletes in Delaware girls’ track & field history. She completed for Seaford from 1986-89 and was the indoor and outdoor high jump champion, four times each, with a state record 5’ 8¼” jump. She won one indoor and three outdoor hurdles championships and one indoor and one outdoor shot put championship.

She placed fifth (fourth American, since one girl was from Canada) in the nation in the pentathlon and sixth in the high jump at the National Scholastic Indoor Meet. She twice qualified for the NCAA Meet in the heptathlon and became an All-American for the University of Tennessee.

Hall of Fame induction: 2000

George was an outstanding track and field coach for 31 years starting at Laurel in 1927 and continuing at Wilmington High School from 1931 until he retired following the 1957 season.

At Wilmington H.S., he produced four state championship teams (1949, 1950, 1951, and 1954) and numerous individual state champions. In the 1930’s and early 1940’s, his teams competed primarily against Pennsylvania schools. He was one of the true pioneers of track and field in Delaware. For many years, he encouraged the development of track and field in Delaware, and helped plan and run meets along with Frank Newlin, another Hall of Fame inductee, at Baynard Stadium.

Hall of Fame induction: 2000

Dan was an outstanding distance runner for Dover Air Force Base High School. While in high school, he won two state cross country titles (1969 and 1970) and (2) two-mile championships (1970 and 1971) with a personal best of 9:33.0. He also won Henlopen Conference championships in cross country (1969 and 1971) and in track & field (1970 and 1971).

While at the University of Maryland, he was the ACC six-mile champion and a cross country All-American. He qualified in the marathon for the 1976 Olympic Trials with a 2:20:07, running for the Delaware Sports Club.

Hall of Fame induction: 2000

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

1962 HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL 440 YARD RELAY TEAM
(Lee Williams, Courtland Camper, Randy Brittingham, Spencer Henry)

(In photo, Left to Right, Lee Williams, Courtland Camper, Randy Brittingham, Specer Henry)

From one of Delaware’s smallest school’s competing in the finals of the Championship of America, Howard’s relay team set a state record of 43.0 on cinders, winning the Championship of America at the Penn Relays in 1962. The team consisted of (in order of running) Lee Williams, Courtland Camper, Randy Brittingham and Spencer Henry and was coached by the late Quinton Sterling. To this day, no other Delaware school has won a Championship of America race. Also, to demonstrate their sprinting superiority in winning the State Championship in 1962, Howard’s sprinters ran 1,2,3 in the 100 yards (Brittingham, Henry & Williams) and 220 yards (Henry, Brittingham & Williams) when there was only one division in the state.

Hall of Fame induction: 1999

In 1954, Jimmy ran a 5.3, 50yd dash on an indoor dirt track for a University of Delaware record that still stands! It was later tied by Mike Brown, also a Hall of Fame member. Not only a short dash sprinter; he also ran a leg on a University, record setting, mile relay team.

In the fall of 1960 Jimmy was named Head Coach of Track and Field and an assistant Football coach at the University of Delaware. In the Spring of 1961 he took a struggling program and in just two years, turned it into a conference championship team with mostly Delaware H.S. athletes, the first ever for a University of Delaware track and field team. His nineteen-year dual meet won and loss record was 93-28 (76.8%). He coached a number of athletes who still hold University records.

He was director of the state High School championship meet for many years and was a tireless promoter of track & field in the state of Delaware. He hosted many college and high school indoor meets and was a strong supporter of the University’s women program and helped support it when it was in its infancy. He coached track & field because it was fun. He had a genuine love for the sport, was highly principled, held very high standards for the conduct of the sport, and would not compromise those standards.