Hall of Fame induction: 1999

The late Chic Reed remains a great name from the past that old-timers still mention. This Middletown High School boy won the National high School high jump championship, sponsored by the AAU, in 1940 at Madison Square Garden with a record jump of 6′ 0″. That record is said to have lasted in Delaware for 22 years and was set when Reed used the western roll.

Reed was Delaware state high school champion in both the high jump and broad jump in 1938, 1939, and 1940. He set a state record of 5’10½” in 1938, and a meet record an inch higher the following year at the state meet.

Reed also won a total of four New Castle County meet championships in the broad jump and high jump in 1938 and 1939. In 1938 at the age of 16, Reed broad jumped 22′ 3½” at the Tome School interscholastic meet. Chic had a best of 6’ 3¼” in the high jump and a broad jump of 22’ 8½” in 1940.

Hall of Fame induction: 1999

Dave represented the Delaware Sports Club from 1967 to 1976. During that time, he set three world records and twelve national records as a racewalker. He was an Olympian in 1968 in the 50K walk and won the first of twelve National Championships in the 40K in 1968. Dave placed eighth in the World Championships in the 20K in 1970 and placed third in the USA-USSR dual meet in 1972.

Dave was named the U.S. Outstanding Walker of the Year in 1970. He represented the USA every year from 1968 through 1972. He is an active walker, and coaches race walking competitions. He was named Walker of the Year for ages 55-59 from 1995 through 1998. He also was named Walker of the Year for 40 & over in the nation in 1997 and 1998.

Hall of Fame induction: 1999

A 1976 graduate of Tower Hill, Ken was a state meet triple winner three times, winning in seven different events (100m, 200m, HH, IH, LH, LJ, TJ) in a period when there was a three event limit. Ken, at one time, held state records in the high hurdles and triple jump, and still holds the 180yd. low hurdle record. He set three records at the New Castle county meet in 1976.

At the University of Pennsylvania, he went on to score seven times in the high hurdles in the Heptagonal Conference and three times in the IC4A competitions. He co-captained the 1981 team which won the indoor Heptagonal meet. Ken was able to accomplish all this in spite of suffering a serious ankle injury during the Blue-Gold Football Game.

Hall of Fame induction: 1998

An outstanding long and high jumper and sprinter both at Mount Pleasant High School and the University of Delaware. While a schoolboy, Lambert was a seven time High School State Champion in the High Jump (3x indoors, 1x outdoors), and the Long Jump (1x indoors and 2X outdoors). He set state records of 23’ 5½” indoors and 23’10½” outdoors in the Long Jump. As a collegian, Randy was an eight time qualifier for the IC4A Championship in the Long Jump.

At the U of D, he leaped to three outdoor Conference championships and had a best of 24’ 9¼”, still the school record outdoors, to win the Penn State Open Track and Field Invitational. He also ran the leadoff leg for the winning 400m relay team that set a school record of 41.23 at the Conference Championship. Indoors, he won two Conference titles, one with a leap of 23’ 9½”, another school record. Lambert remains second on the all-time indoor and outdoor performance list by a Delaware schoolboy.

Hall of Fame induction: 1998

Denise was a seven time State Champion while competing for Padua Academy from 1977-1980. She established a state record of 10:04.7 in the 3000 meters, which converts to 10:49.2 in today’s 3200 meter run, still first on the Delaware high school all-time list for that event. Denise was State Champion in the 800 meters four times with a best of 2:15.5, and three times in the 1500 meters, with a best of 4:39.0.

She was the National Junior Olympic Champion at 3000 meters in 1980 with a time of 9:37.7. She was selected for the 1980 Prep School Girls All-American track team by Track and Field News.

She later competed for the University of Florida where she was a two time national qualifier in cross country, and ran a best of 17:34 for the 5K cross country race.

She transferred to James Madison University and continued her distance domination by winning the ECAC cross country championship. Her 3000 meter and 2 mile times at JMU remain as school records.