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New Cross Country Team Forms The athletic department has added its third intercollegiate sport cross-country, which will start competing in the fall. According to Head Coach Craig Tynan, “The new cross country team has been an idea ever since we started the club program a couple of years ago. In many ways, this is the perfect athletic program for our school.” Tynan explains that student athletes can vary their training around their schedules and there is limited conflict with academic courses. An initial interest meeting brought out 35 potential runners, confirming the decision to move forward with the program. Tynan states, “Some of our students were part of very strong high school programs and I know many still do quite a bit of training on their own. I think we can field a very strong team for the fall, and we could make an immediate impact in the Hudson Valley Athletic Conference in both the men’s and women’s sections.” While Tynan remains optimistic about the teams chances he says, “If we can build some team chemistry and camaraderie among the runners and have some fun, our first season will be a success.” Coordinator of Athletics and Recreation, Ryan Venter is also optimistic about the team. He says, “I am very excited about the addition of both a men’s and women’s cross country team at ACPHS. Interest among current and incoming students is very high and I’m looking forward to seeing our students compete this fall. We have a lot of talented runners currently on campus and providing this new opportunity is great for the College and students.”
Sports at ACPHS
Associate Vice President, Packy McGraw (left) receives the Hall of Fame Award from John Denio, Associate Dean of Students.
College Honors Hall of Fame Inductees In April, the 2009 ACPHS Athletics Banquet was held to distribute awards to 2008–09 honorees and Albert M. White Hall of Fame inductees. About 100 people saw current and former players and coaches recognized for their achievements. As part of the event, three new members were inducted into the ACPHS Hall of Fame: current Associate Vice President Packy McGraw, Jerrod Richards ’02 and Orest Zalusky ’04. Zalusky is the second all-time leading scorer for the men’s soccer program. Richards played only 60 career games at ACPHS, but established himself as one of the College’s most dominating basketball
the late 20s and early 30s were popular with basketball, swimming, bowling, baseball, tennis, rifle team, handball, track in 1944 the only sports played were tennis and ping pong
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forces. McGraw led the ACPHS Men’s basketball team and the athletics program to great success for more than a decade. “While being inducted into the Hall of Fame is very satisfying to me, the true satisfaction for me has been in the relationships that I have formed and maintained with my former players,” McGraw said. This year’s most valuable player awards were also given out during the banquet. The honorees included Kylle Waseleski ’11 for women’s soccer; Brandon Schenck ’11 for men’s soccer; Amber Batzold ’12 for women’s basketball; and Bryan Jones ’11 for men’s basketball.
cheerleading was quite popular in the 50s and 60s
1948 was the only year for the chess club
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