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Hall of Fame

Clarence A. Lephart

  • Class
  • Induction
    1996
  • Sport(s)
    Swimming, Track & Field
Coached men's swimming & diving for 25 seasons (1961-87) ... Compiled an dual record of 159-147-1 ... His overall dual meet record was 166-149-1 (coached 1 year at Cortland) ... Produced 31 All-Americans at RPI and a NCAA National Champion (Jim Bradburn in 200-breaststroke in 1963) ... Produced an Olympian (George Breen, who finished third in 1500-meter freestyle in 1956 in Rome) ... Team won three ICAC titles ... Master Coach Award for being at least 20-year member of College Swimming Coaches Association ... CSCA Chair for Special Awards Committee (1970s) ... President of Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association ...

Coached varsity track team for four years (1972-75) ... Coached one two-time national champion and two All-Americans ... Team won four ICAC championships ... Vice president of New York State Collegiate Track and Field Association in 1974-75 ...

Appointed director of physical education at RPI in 1975 ... Assistant professor ...

Graduate of SUNY Cortland with bachelor's and master's degrees in physical education ... Three-year captain of swim team ... Won 87 of 90 events ... Watertown, New York ... Watertown High School.
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