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Academic All-Ohio Athletes -
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Regional Champions
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Consecutive Trips to State Championships -
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District Champions (2008, 2012) -
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4x200m Relay State Championship (2008)
US Track & Field
Brian Kennedy was named Varsity Track and Field coach at University School in 2020, after having served as the assistant coach for the team for five years. Coach Kennedy is also the assistant head football coach and the Athletics Facilities & Equipment Manager at the upper school, positions he has held since he joined the US faculty in 2015.
A 14-year coaching veteran, Mr. Kennedy was the assistant track and field coach and the assistant football coach at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin for two years before coming to US. Prior to that, he coached varsity football at Ledgemont High School. He has coached more than 20 high school athletes who went on to compete at the NCAA Division I and III levels after earning All-Ohio honors.
In 2008, the US track and field team won the District and Regional Championship while finishing 7th at the State Championships. In 2009, the team finished 11th at the State Championships, capping a four-year run of US teams qualifying for the meet. Individually, several US athletes have set school records while earning both All-Ohio and All-America honors.
US Track & Field Records
100m Dash
10.77** Justin Chappell 2009
10.87** Declan Starrett 2012
10.88** Marc Howland 2007
10.8 Arnold McClain 1990
10.8 Saville Butler 1992
11.00** Paul Smith 2006
200m Dash
21.53** Justin Chappell 2009
21.70** Declan Starrett 2012
22.2 Tony Paul 1981
22.2 Doug Jack 1984
22.4 Arnold McClain 1990
22.4 Vince Marotta 1981
400m Dash
49.79** Arnold McClain 1990
49.88** Ryder Bell 2015
50.3 Will Spring 1979
50.4 Mark Fleming 1984
50.4 Dan Lowery 1980
50.8 Greg Zelazny 1989
800m Run
1:53.01** Patrick Kelly 2006
1:54.87** Nick Gannon 2016
1:55.2 Paul Sords 1980
1:56.25** Jon Brachna 2010
1:56.71** Patrick Sheil 2012
1:58.1 James Meadows 1985
1:59.22** Jack Shapiro 2017
1:89.74 Michael Castellanos 2019
1600m Run
4:17.16** Nick Gannon 2016
4:19.08** JP Trojan 2016
4:19.98 Justin Iler 2019
4:19.98 Justin Iler 2019
4:22.6 Dave Mitchell 1981
4:24.7 Paul Sords 1980
4:25.20** Jonathan Baker 2001
4:25.73** Ryan Onders 2015
3200m Run
9:04.46** JP Trojan 2016
9:11.53 Justin Iler 2019
9:11.53 Justin Iler 2019
9:42.84** Jonathan Baker 2001
9:46.6 Dave Mitchell 1981
9:53.05** Greg Jantzen 2009
9:55.05** Andy Gorman 2008
110m High Hurdles
14.83** Jonathan Thiele 2003
14.9 Ken Surratt 1991
14.9 Seth Toney 1980
15.23** Peter Simon 2015
15.30** Paul McKelvey 2008
15.3 Dave Emerson 1978
300m Intermediate Hurdles
39.63** Antonio McCladdie 1998
39.8 Ken Surratt 1991
40.06** Matt Kelly 2008
40.31** Jonathan Thiele 2003
40.3 Eddie Pryce 1999
40.68** Peter Simon 2014
41.41** Gabe Laskey 2019
41.41** Gabe Laskey 2019
4x100m Relay
43.01** Justin Chappell, Mac Smith 2007
Steve Demetriou, Marc Howland
43.40** Paul Rice, Justin Chappell 2006
Marc Howland, Paul Smith
43.5 Tony Paul, Craig Jack 1981
Dan Lowery, Vince Marotta
43.7 Brad Anderson, Vince Marotta 1979
Len Young, Greg Cameron
43.91** Ryan Clements, Marco Oriella 2012
Wyatt Scruggs, Declan Starrett
4x200m Relay
1:28.68** Stephon Lynch, Matt Kelly 2008
Harry Hartnett, Justin Chappell
1:28.84** Ryan Mayes, Justin Chappell 2006
Marc Howland, Paul Smith
1:30.35** Declan Starrett, Pat Sheil 2011
Sterling Scruggs, John McKelvey
1:32.40** Anthony Muraco, Brandon Jackson 2009
Jon Brachna, Justin Chappell
1:33.86** Chris Thompson, Tommy Bennett 2014
Hayden Pentecost, Ryder Bell
4x400m Relay
3:24.35** Jon Brachna, John Chen 2009
Brandon Jackson, Justin Chappell
3:24.98** Stephon Lynch, Matt Kelly 2008
Harry Hartnett, Justin Chappell
3:25.18** Dave Stewart, Brock Gretter 1989
Arnold McClain, Greg Zelazny
3:26.0 Doug Jack, Chris Furey 1981
Vince Marotta, Dan Lowery
3:26.1 Craig Jack, Juan Del Valle 1980
Vince Marotta, Dan Lowery
4x800m Relay
7:50.35** Henry Wilhelm, Yonas Young 2016
JP Trojan, Nick Gannon
7:54.06** Nick Gannon, Ryan Onders 2015
Jacob Fakult, JP Trojan
8:04.5 Gavin Turner, Todd Lawrence 1991
Brock Gretter, Dave Stewart
8:08.1 Gavin Turner, Todd Lawrence 1990
Brock Gretter, Dave Stewart
8:08.7 Bill Menge, Dave Moll 1982
Mark Fleming, Austin Moore
Long Jump
22’ 9½” Ryder Bell 2015
22’ 7” Cedric Thomas 1992
22’ 4¾’’ Justin Chappell 2009
22’ 3¾’’ Jackson Papageorge 2018
21’ 9½’’ Ron Anderson 1992
21’ 9” Phil Gustin 1999
21’ 6¾’’ Paul Rice 2006
High Jump
6’ 7” Ryder Bell 2015
6’ 5’’ Cedric Thomas 1992
6’ 3¾’’ Joe Natkevicius 1988
6’ 3’’ Jim Singer 1981
6’ 3” Marton Kondray 2006
6’ 2½’’ Julian Marshall 2008
Discus
168’ 6’’ Tom Neville 1967
163’ 4’’ Mike Foust 1974
161’ 10’’ Dan Spears 1977
158’ 8’’ Matt Tuffuor 2007
157’ 10’’ Chris Casgar 1991
Shot Put
60’ 6’’ Brad Kordic 1973
56’ 6’’ Chris Casgar 1991
56’ 1¼’’ Dave Anderson 1964
55’ 6¼’’ Tim Spears 1976
54’ 7’’ Stan Pearson 1958
51’ 11½” Matt Tuffuor 2007
Pole Vault
13’ 8¾’’ Mark Osmond 1974
13’ 6¾’’ Ed Motch 1974
13’ 5½’’ John Blakeslee 1983
13’ 5’’ Brian Afnan 1992
13' 4" Gabe Laskey 2019
13' 4" Gabe Laskey 2019
13’0” Jack McGee 2014
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