The newest class of Fordham University Athletic Hall of Famers was formally inducted on Saturday, January 24th in the McGinley Center Ballroom prior to the men??s basketball game with Duquesne University.
Here are the bios for the newest Hall of Famers:
DEVON REIFF, FCO ??76,
SWIMMING/WATER POLO
Devon Reiff, a 1976 graduate of Fordham College, was one of the most prolific swimmers in Fordham history, competing in the NCAA Championships for four straight years under head coach Joe Bernal.
As a freshman, Reiff set school and pool records in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle while also setting pool records in every event at every competitor??s pool in the league.
In his sophomore year, set Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming Conference Championship records in 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle events and was an integral member of the 400 Free Relay team that won and set records at the Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming Conference Championships. He was also the individual high point scorer at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships, helping the team to an eighth place finish.
As a junior, Reiff served as the team captain for swimming and water polo, scoring the highest point total at the Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming Conference as Fordham won the team championship. He scored the highest individual point total at the ECAC Championships as team finished eighth and he qualified for NCAA Championships.
Reiff closed out his career serving as the team captain for swimming and water polo as a senior and was a member of Fordham??s 400 and 800 Free Relay teams that won ECAC championships and helped the team to a fourth place finish.
Reiff resides in New York, New York, with his wife, Lisa, and their three children, Cassidy, Callie and Dylan.
1994 WOMEN??S VARSITY LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR
ELAINE HEANUE-BOGUE, FCO ??94
GINA GREER, CBA ??94
CHRISSY IDIART-TRINTER, FCO ??96
KATHY SPERGL, FCO ??94
SEAN GIBBONS (Coxswain)
The 1994 Fordham University women??s varsity lightweight four was the first Fordham team to win a national championship, winning the Division I National Championship in June of 1994 with three seniors and two sophomores, beating Radcliffe by open water and setting a course record that still stands today. The crew was comprised of Chrissy Idiart-Trinter, FCO ??96, Gina Greer, CBA ??94, Elaine Heanue-Bogue, FCO ??94, and Kathy Spergl, FCO ??94, with Sean Gibbons serving as the coxswain and
Ted Bonanno as the head coach.
Earlier in 1994, the crew finished second at the other three major college races: the San Diego Crew Classic, Dad Vail, and Eastern Sprints. The winning crew at all of these races finished behind Fordham at the National Collegiate Championships in Cincinnati.
All members had distinguished rowing careers as individuals at Fordham and went on to outstanding achievements rowing for the New York Athletic Club, including more than a dozen National Titles among them.
Greer, a native of Maspeth, New York, currently resides in New Rochelle, NY. She is a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche.
Heanue-Bogue, a Brooklyn native, resides in Mt. Vernon, New York, with her husband, Martin Bogue, a former Fordham rower who was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. She serves as an adult nurse practitioner.
Idiart-Trinter, a native of Jericho, New York, currently lives in Port Washington, New York, with her husband, Philip Trinter. She is employed as a high school mathematics teacher.
Spergl, a Valley Stream, New York native, resides in New York, New York. She currently serves as a kindergarten teacher at P.S. 183 in Manhattan.
Gibbons, a Lodi, New Jersey native, lives in East Rutherford, New Jersey where he is a Pension/Welfare Fund Administrator for UAW Local 365.
BARRY CANTRELL, CBA ??98, FOOTBALL/TRACK & FIELD
Barry Cantrell, a two-sport All-American at Fordham, is a 1998 graduate of the College of Business Administration.
A standout on both the football field, for head coach Nick Quartaro, and on the track as a high jumper, for head coach
Tom Dewey, Cantrell earned All-America honors in both sports as a senior in 1997-98. He was named First Team All-America in football by the Associated Press in 1997 as well as a First Team Burger King All-America and Second Team All-America by the Sports Network. As a senior, he led the NCAA I-AA and set a school record with a 45.8 yards/punt average.
Cantrell holds numerous school punting records including most career punts (267), career punting yards (10,649) and career punting average (39.9) as well as the Patriot League record for best season and career averages.
On the track in 1997-98, Cantrell won the high jump competition at the 1997-98 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships and earned 1998 Indoor All-America honors by placing eleventh at the NCAA National Championships. He also won the high jump competition at the 1998 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships with a meet record jump of 7' 1.75", a record that stills stands. Cantrell also holds the Fordham indoor and outdoor high jump records.
Cantrell was just as successful in the classroom, earning Academic All-American? in both sports as a senior in 1997-98 as well as being named Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year for football in 1996 and 1997.
The 1998 Vincent T. Lombardi Award winner, Cantrell was named to the Patriot League All-Anniversary Team in 2001.
Following graduation, Cantrell signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles and was assigned to play for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League, winning the 1999 World Bowl championship. He would later appear in two games for the Dallas Cowboys in 2000.
A native of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Cantrell currently resides in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, and is employed as a Financial Advisor with Bernstein Investment Research & Management.
