Hall of Fame induction: 1995

Davis is considered to be one of the best ever Delaware high school sprinters. Vando established state records at 100 and 400 meters, and tied the 200 meter state record, while competing for Dickinson High School in 1985, and those records still stand. Davis was State Champion in all three sprints and was named a high school All-American for his 21.2 200 meters in 1985.

Davis attended the University of Tennessee on a football scholarship but was able to continue his running career with the Volunteers long enough to contribute a fast leg to the 1600 meter relay team which scored in the NCAA Championships.

Hall of Fame induction: 1995

Unquestionably the finest half miler ever from Delaware. Bruce was unable to compete for his Dover High School team as a senior, but in 1984 he set a Delaware State record of 1:49.4 while winning the Meet of Champions at Penn’s Franklin Field as a high school junior. Bruce later won the TAC National Junior Championship and placed in the top five at the Keebler High School All-Star meet in Chicago at 800 meters. Bruce holds the State Championship Meet record of 1:51.9, also set during his junior year, and was a three time Division I 800 meter champion, and two time state title-holder at 1600 meters, Harris anchored the Dover High sprint medley team which was ranked by Track & Field News in the top ten in the country, with a time of 3:28.7.

Bruce competed for the great Villanova University team, and anchored the 4 x 800 relay team to victory at the Indoor NCAA Championships, for which he was named an All-American. He represented the USA as a member of the National Junior Team in 1986, and recorded a personal best of 1:47.2 at 800 meters.

Hall of Fame induction: 1995

Emory was Delaware State College’s first track & field All-American. Earlier Howell led Cape Henlopen High School to prominence in the 1970’s and was a significant reason for Cape’s winning the first team State Championship by a down-state squad. Prior to Howell’s arrival down-state teams expected to lose to up-state schools. When Cape Henlopen, shown the way by Emory, stunned the northern schools by winning the State Championship in 1971, lower Delaware achieved track parity with the elite in Delaware high school track & field competition. As a school runner Howell was mainly a middle distance runner, but he ran everything from 100 yards to the two mile run, and never lost a race!

Emory was one of the first Delaware schoolboys to win the Meet of Champions at Penn’s Franklin Field, in a 1:57.7 880 yards, as well as the Philadelphia Track Classic in Philadelphia’s Convention Hall. Emory was a two time State Champion in the 880 running a 1:59.1 in 1970, and he anchored Cape’s winning mile relay team in 1971. It was said by his coach that Emory Howell always ran fast enough to win, no matter what the competition or how far the distance.

Hall of Fame induction: 1995

King was remembered by his coach George Johnson at Howard as “the most versatile high school runner in the state” because he ran everything from 100 yard dash to the two mile run, and also hurdled and long jump, all with grace, gift and ability. Bob was the State Cross Country Champion for two years and broke Vic Zwolak’s record while winning that title in 1957, in what was then termed the “race of the decade”, against a formidable Mt. Pleasant runner. Bob was State Champion in the 180 low hurdles and the 880 yard run, as well as a member of the winning mile relay team. His relay team also won at the Penn Relays in class mile sections in both 1958 and 1959, and placed 5th in the 4 x 880 yard Championship of America race at the Penn in 1959.

While running for a fine Morgan State University team, Bob’s mile relay won the Millrose Games, and the Washington Star meet for two straight years, and the Boston Garden Meet and again Millrose in his senior year when he was team captain. In 1962 his Morgan mile relay team won the Indoor National AAU Championship contested at Madison Square Garden, and they also won the college division 880 yard Championship at the Penn Relays in 1963.

As a coach, Bob King directed Howard High to five State H.S. Championships outdoors, and they won Indoors in 1982. His 1984 State Championship 1600 meter relay team set a State Record of 3:14.1 which stands today.

Hall of Fame induction: 1995

“The greatest schoolboy weight thrower ever from our state” is the reference usually applied to Terry Thomas (now Jamah Moswen). While representing Howard Career Center Jamah won seven State Titles Indoor and Outdoor in the shot put and discus from 1980 to 1982, culminating in three State Records in 1982. Jamah’s records of 195’10” in the discus and 64′ 8″ in the shot put were exceptional throws then and remain as records today in Delaware.

Moswen won the Penn Relays High School Shot Put Championship in 1982. After high school Moswen attended the University of Florida where he was named All-Southeastern Conference both indoors and outdoors.

He later competed for North Carolina State and was named All-ACC conference there as well, both indoors and outdoors, and participated in the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the Wolfpack. Jamah was a member of the US Junior National Track & Field Team.