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Joe McGovern HOF plaque

Joe McGovern

  • Class
    1964
  • Induction
    2021
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field
  • Member of record setting (smashing) Championship of America 4 Mile relay at Penn Relays (1963)
  • The team was inducted into the Penn Wall of Fame in 2013 (other three members of the relay are already in the Fordham Hall Of Fame (Tom Kenny, Matt Cucchiara, Norb Sander)
  • Member of winning Championship of America 2 mile relay at Penn Relays the day after the 4 Mile Relay
  • Member of 2 Mile Relay that, during the 1963 Indoor Season, won the NYAC Games at Madison Square Garden missing the world record by 0.8 seconds. (7:31.6)
  • The 2 Mile Relay time was third-best in the world that year
  • School record holder at VCP for five miles
  • Record broken by Matt Cucchiara who is in the Hall of Fame
  • School record holder at 2 miles Indoors and 3 miles Outdoors
  • His 2 mile record was also broken by Matt Cucchiara
  • Two-time winner of the Indoor MET 2 mile, the second time in meet record time
  • Three-time winner and meet record holder of the MET 3 mile outdoors (Sophomore, Junior and Senior year - Freshman were not allowed to compete at the varsity level at the time)
  • With no NCAA Indoors contested until 1965 the METS and IC4A's were the glamour meets
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