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.