TicketsJuly 8, 2011
CINCINNATI - University of Cincinnati head track and field and cross country coach Bill Schnier and former Bearcat Ted Corbitt have been selected for induction into the inaugural Greater Cincinnati Running Hall of Fame class. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, August 7, at the Original Montgomery Inn Restaurant in Montgomery. The program will begin at 4:30 p.m.
Schnier has been coaching at UC for the past 31 years. He was named Conference USA Coach of the Decade in both track and cross country and Ohio Cross Country Coach of the Year two times. He is a 14-time conference coach of the year and has mentored 132 conference champions and six all-Americans.
Corbitt, who passed away in 2007 at the age of 88, was known as "Father of Long Distance Running." He ran more than 200 marathons in the U.S. and internationally and competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
In addition, former Bearcat Don Wahle will be receiving the first Lifetime Achievement Award for his 60 years in the local running community. Whale broke the mile run record that stood for 25 years and the two-mile run record, which stood for more than a decade. At 73, Wahle still runs 20 miles a week despite being legally blind.
Other inductees include Olympian John Anderson; marathoner Karen Cosgrove; Olympian and track coach D'Andre Hill; Olympian Dehart Hubbard; All-America runner Connie Jo Robinson; running store founder Bob Roncker; six-time Thanksgiving Day winner John Sence and NCAA hurdles champion Glenn Terry.
The ceremony will feature guest speaker three-time Olympian Jim Ryun. Ryun broke the world record for the mile at 19 and held world records in five other events. In his junior year of high school, Ryun set a national, standing record with a 4:00 mile record.
To be inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Running Hall of Fame, members can no longer be active in competition. Inclusion is based on achievements from high school, college and post-college events and their non-competitive contribution to the Greater Cincinnati running community.
For ticket information, contact Steve Nester of Buckeye Running Company at 513-236-6893 or scnester@fuse.net.