Hall of Fame induction: 1997

Seitz was an accomplished Mount Pleasant High School sprinter who almost never lost a dual meet race over a three year period. In 1973, Mike was undefeated at 100 and 220 yards, winning those races in 9.7 and 22.0, along with a record of 48.6 in the 440 yards at the State High School Championships.

Mike was the National Junior Olympics Champion in the 100 yards in 1973, after finishing second in that event at the Regional Championship the previous year. The University of Pennsylvania elected Mike their team captain, and he was the Heptagonal Champion in the 100 yards in 9.7, and the 220 yards in 21.1 in 1974. In a triangular Indoor meet against Princeton, Mike won the 55 meter dash in 6.36, a University of Pennsylvania record.

Mike represented the USA at the Maccabbiah Games in Israel in 1977.

Hall of Fame induction: 1996

One of the truly outstanding high school and club coaches in state track and field history, Bob coached Tower Hill School from 1962 to 1981 and also helped initiate as well as coach the Delaware Track & Field Club women’s (won seven Middle Atlantic titles) and men’s (1975 title) teams. He was also a sprinting consultant for the Phillies for 12 years.

Tower Hill, one of the state’s smallest schools, became a force in T & F competition beginning with the New Castle County title in 1964. Hiller athletes set eight state records:
Chuck Hobbs was the first Delaware schoolboy under :50 in the quarter, Jeff Brokaw the first miler under 4:20, Bill Neff the first vaulter over 13’, Kenny Williams the first to triple jump over 46’ and the first to hurdle 14.2, Ty Roberts the first to triple jump over 49′ and J.D. Carroll still holds the state outdoor record of 6’11¼” in the high jump.

Behr’s dual meet record was 160-28-2. His mile relay teams won their class at the Penn Relays four times and 56 Hillers won State II titles. Behr’s teams won the state crown three times. In cross country, his teams won 124 dual meets plus conference and state titles. Individual state champions included Mac Thornton, Jeff Brokaw three times and Rick McCabe twice.

Hall of Fame induction: 1996

Peggy was an All American College performer at George Mason University. She was Outdoor All American in the Long Jump with a distance of 20’1½” in 1985 and in 1984 was on the National Championship Division II 4 x 400m relay team which ran 3:37.70.

She had an outstanding college career at G.M.U., and was inducted into G.M.U.’s Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1985, her senior year, Peggy was the MVP of the Conference Championship Meet.

At Padua Academy, Peggy was many times Division I State Champion (1980, 400m 58.7; 1981, 400m 58.4, 200m 25.2, 200m hurdles 29.3). She was New Castle County Champion (1980, 400m 58.9, 200m 25.5, Long Jump 17’6″; 1981, 400m 57.5 to tie State Record, 200m hurdles 29.2). Peggy also set a State Record in the 1981 Catholic Conference of 28.6 in the 200m hurdles.

Hall of Fame induction: 1996

Bill Moore was one of Howard High School’s outstanding runners. He was a member of Howard’s New Castle County and State Championship Teams of 1959, 1960, and 1961 (when there was only one division). In 1961 Moore won the State and New Castle County Championships in the 440y. He was also the suburban 880y champion at the Philadelphia Spike and Shoe Meet at Franklin Field. In 1962 he was the State Open Meet Champion in the 880y. In 1963 and 1964 he was the State Open Meet Champion in the 440y. He broke the meet record in 1963 and his own record in 1964.

In 1964 he competed in the Indoor National AAU Championships at Madison Square Garden, in the 600y run with a time of 1:12.5, a school record for Delaware State College. In addition, in 1964 at Delaware State College, he anchored relay teams that set school records in the 440y, 880y, sprint medley, and mile relay teams. He also set school records in the 220y and the 440y with a time of 47.8. During the summers and after graduating college, Moore was a regular relay runner for the Philadelphia Pioneer Club.

Delaware T&F Hall of Fame member

Hall of Fame induction: 1996

Greg was the preeminent high school weight thrower of his time, winning the state championship, both indoor & outdoor, for Woodbridge High in the shot put three times with a best of 60′ 8″ set in 1979. Greg established a new state record in his junior year and reestablished it several times. Greg was credited by Track & Field News with the nation’s best schoolboy throw indoors for several weeks in 1979. Greg also won the state title three times in the discus and had a PR in that event of 188′ 8″ which stood as the state record for several years until Terry Thomas came along. As a high school senior, Greg won the Penn Relays in the shot put.

Greg was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Maryland and while competing was the Atlantic Coast Conference champion in the shot put and won the Penn Relays Collegiate division in both the shot and discus in 1983. Greg had PR’s of 60′ 10¾” in the shot put and 170′ 1″ in the discus during his collegiate career.