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1977 Men's Track & Field / Team of Distinction

1976-77 Men's Track & Field

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  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Team of Distinction
1977 Mens Track & Field / Team of Distinction

The 1976-77 Men's Track & Field Team won the New York State Track & Field Indoor Championship after finishing 10th the year before. It was the Blue Devils' first state-meet title and the start of a historic era of success. Coached by Jim Ulrich, the Blue Devils followed up their state title with its first conference title at the 1977 SUNYAC Outdoor Championship meet.

The Blue Devils would not be knocked off the championship podium for the next 19 years, a streak which ran through the 1996 meet. The 20 straight SUNYAC championships is the longest winning streak by a SUNYAC school in any sport and is among the longest all-sport conference championship win streaks in NCAA history. 

Four members of the 1976-77 team are members of the Fredonia Athletics Hall of Fame: Coach Ulrich, Assistant Coach Dr. Everett Phillips, Keith McFayden, and Fred Ruterbusch.

(Above) From left, front: Dave Rechlin, Brit Richardson, Chuck Ward, Jim Herzog, Bob Carroll, Mark Laufer, Rick Kozlowski, and Ray Cudney; second row: Tom Sylves, Walter Robertson, John Tighe, Dan Denison, Tom Heinrich, Steve Ferris, Fred Ruterbusch, Keith Paulk, and Dave Fountaine; third row: Andy Urchenko, Mark Monti, Dan Martin, Jeff Roberson, Steve Reilly, Steve Scott, Mark Phillips, Fran Hornung, Head Coach Jim Ulrich, and Assistant Coach Everett Phillips; back row: Dennis McGrath, Dave Rieman, Greg Miller, Eldred Stephens, Keith McFayden, Tim Zintel, Pierre Vavoules, Tim Donovan, Ron Elsman, and Mike Keppler.
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