La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Co-Captain Kelly Briar fights for the rebound. La Salle Opp. 60 Delaware 56 90 Arkansas St. 71 68 Wichita St. (OT) 70 64 Villanova 78 56 Temple 47 79 East Carolina 72 58 St. Joseph ' s 54 76 Youngstown St. 60 65 Connecticut 60 52 James Madison 62 77 Miami, Ohio 65 69 Richmond 60 71 Manhattan 55 83 Pennsylvania 45 74 Holy Cross 84 60 Fairfield 63 65 St. Peter ' s 57 65 Fordham 54 72 lona 81 95 lona 68 66 Manhattan 63 91 Holy Cross 81 50 Fairfield 49 80 St. Peter ' s 58 72 Fordham 59 65 Fairleigh Dickinson 46 51 Manhattan 53

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Standing: John Miller (Head Coach), Anna Marie Pagliacetti (Manager), Tracey Sneed, Maureen Buckley, Kelly Briar (Co-Captain), Linda French, Allison Hudson (Co-Captain), Suzy Springman, Aniota Plakans, Mary Coyle, Frank Nunan (Asst. Coach), Gina Tobin (Asst. Coach). Kneeling: Kelly Greenberg, Cheryl Reeve, Gail Beatty, Sheila Wall, Jennifer Snyder, Nol pictured: Kathy Hemsley (Asst, Coach), Mary Lynn Kearney (Manager), Donna Rines (Manager), Mary Morgan (Trainer). 146

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fTlen ' s Track lew Track House is Welcomed By Ed Skorpinski The 1986-87 season was a very eventful one for the Men ' s Track team, both on and off of the track. Led by Coach Jim Gavaghan and Co-Cap- tains Tim Collins and Jim Gulick, the Ex- plorers maintained a busy indoor and outdoor schedule that included such prestigious meets as the Millrose Games, the Princeton Relays, the CTC Championships, the Penn Relays, and the IC4A Championships. Because of limitations imposed by the NCAA committee on the number of athletic scholarships a school may distribute, La Salle is not able to partici- pate in the full range of track and field events. Rather, the Explorers concen- trate their efforts on the middle dis- tance events which better accommo- date cross country runners, namely the two-mile relay, the distance medley, the sprint medley, and the mile relay. In the past, La Salle was always able to qualify everyone on the team for the IC4A Championships, generally considered to be the ultimate goal for small colleges. More recently, howev- er, qualifying runners for the IC4A has not been so automatic. Recruiting bat- tles have kept a lot of local talent from coming to La Salle, and it was the goal this year to rebuild the strong nucleus that had been lost. One of the ways which the men ' s team attempted to do this was to es- tablish a Track House on campus where track team members could en- joy nearly year-round housing free from dorm closings during periods when school was not in session. Wister House, which formerly housed the Special Ac- tivities and Travel Office, was acquired from the Resident Life Office for this purpose. The appointment of Bob Mul- len as the school ' s new athletic director also had important implications for t he Explorers. A former track participant himself, Mullen is a strong supporter of the track program at La Salle. Finally, the most important event of the year was the announcement of the construction of a new $300,000 track in McCarthy Stadium to replace the bad- ly-worn cinder track. Helping in the de- cision was an agreement by the re- cently-formed track alumni association to contribute a portion of the building costs. Consisting of several Olympic participants, the alumni association has been helping to support the track team both vocally and financially since spring 1985. When completed, the eight-lane tartan surface is hoped to provide a state-of-the-art facility that will allow track meets to be held on campus, as well as lure more talented recruits to La Salle. Dave Casale readies to accept the baton. Standing: Bill Donovan, Jason Lagana, Bill Selgrath. Joe McGirr, Paul Sauvageau, Joe Blanc, Tim Collins (Co-Captain), Dan Snowden, Jim Gavaghan (Coach). Kneeling: John Schwab, David Casale, Jim Gulick (Co-Captain), Matt Costello, Dave Gerhart, Scott Kissell. Not pictured: Anthony Carr, Terence Gallagher. Chris John, John Kovatch. Vince Taglieri, Kevin Youse, Mike Garvey, Mike Murphy (Asst. Coach), Bro. Jerome Benway (Asst. Coach).