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1962–63 Old Rochester Regional Boys Cross Country Team, 2014 ORR Athletic Hall of Fame inductee
2014

1962–63 Boys Cross Country Team

Cross Country
Induction Year
2014
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Team
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Hall of Fame Plaque Biography

The 1962 Cross Country team has the great distinction of bringing the first state championship to Old Rochester Regional High School. Coached by Norm Fuller, the 1962 Cross Country team captured the Class F State Championship, which was all the more remarkable considering it was only ORRHS’s first year in existence. Five of the ORR runners who ran in the state championship meet placed in the top 20 among well over 100 runners. Congratulations to Coach Fuller and his harriers of 1962.

Original Hall of Fame Plaque

Official 2014 ORRAHOF plaque for the 1962 cross country team

THE COMPLETE STORY

Expanded Historical Profile

Competing during the fall of the 1962–63 school year, the Old Rochester Regional boys cross country team brought the first state championship to the new high school. The contemporaneous ORR yearbook identifies the achievement as the State Class E title and shows the championship trophy with seven team medals. It also states that three ORR runners finished among the top ten in the entire field.

The team was coached by Norm Fuller. The yearbook roster lists Alan Hastings, Craig Delano, Larry Smith, Tom Dexter, Ronald Scott, Carl Hubbard, Dave Fuller, Peter Joslin, Mark Springgate, Richard Morgado, Robert Teachman, William Hartley, Robin Joslin, Fred Tavares, Kenny Monteiro, Eric Warner, Roger Nolen, Clark Springgate and Chippie Chase.

The team was inducted into the Old Rochester Regional Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.

ARCHIVAL MEDIA

Photo Gallery

Historical photographs, action images, team photographs and later-life images will be assembled here as verified source material becomes available.

Hall of Fame display honoring the 1962 Old Rochester cross country team
Hall of Fame display honoring the 1962 Old Rochester cross country team
1962 ORR yearbook text documenting the cross country team’s Class E state title
1962 ORR yearbook text documenting the cross country team’s Class E state title
1962 Class E state championship trophy and medals from the ORR yearbook
1962 Class E state championship trophy and medals from the ORR yearbook

INDUCTION CEREMONY

Watch the Hall of Fame moment

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01:57:20

Vimeo labels this segment “1964 Cross Country Team.” The verified ORRAHOF CMS record identifies the inductee as the 1962–63 Boys Cross Country Team; the Vimeo label is preserved here as a source discrepancy and does not replace the verified Hall record.

SOURCES & HISTORICAL NOTES

Documenting the record

The 2014 plaque biography was checked word for word against the original physical plaque photograph IMG_1938.JPEG. Its wording is preserved.

Championship classification: the plaque calls the championship Class F. The contemporaneous ORR yearbook identifies the State Class E title, and the school’s gym banner was confirmed by the Hall as Class E. The expanded history follows the yearbook and banner, while the plaque transcription preserves the induction wording.

The yearbook supplies the team photograph, roster, championship text, trophy and medal photograph. Original sources remain in the Hall archive. The 2014 ceremony recording labels the linked segment “1964 Cross Country Team”; this label differs from the verified 1962–63 Hall record.

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