Celebrate 50 Years ago at the Fall Festival

50 years ago on October 7th St John's most successful Track and Field athlete made his debut for the STJ cross country team. Back then the Freshmen competed in a race separate from the varsity.

So how did Tom Farrell make out on his debut? Are there other members on the team that can give color on the race?

Tom Farrell's Cross Country Debut

The varsity team also raced that day and were led home by Joe Lang a future coach at St John's and Athletic Director at Georgetown. The race also included a future winner of the NYC Marathon who is probably better known for his contribution to NYC Track & Field. Any ideas?

Van Cortlandt Varsity race October 7th

A week later the varsity team was again in action at VCP against Army and Manhattan with Joe leading the way again:

October 14th STJ vs Manhattan vs Army

This Sunday St John's will be hosting the Annual Fall Festival Cross Country meet. Details:

The day begins at Cunningham Park with our 9:30am mile run/walk to raise money for breast cancer research. The women's 4000m races goes off at 10:00am followed by the Men's 5k at 10:30am.

Mass at St. Thomas Moore Church on Campus is at 11:00am followed by a receptioninMontgoris Dining Hall at 12:00pm.

We are honoring the 1961, 1976, and 1996 teams on their 50th, 35th, and 15th anniversaries.
  

The great Joe Lang will be quest speaker so tell your friends and teammates to come on out on Sunday the 16th for a great day of celebrating St. John's Cross Country