Material Courtesy of Megan Murtaugh Dippolito '80 and Debbie Meberg '80
John Murtaugh '78 winner of the Bergen Group and State Sectional One Mile, 1978
1979 Track:
"Kim Schwickrath of Old Tappan threw the shot 39 feet, seven inches to set an individual County record and with teammates Doris Kaiser and Mary Anne Johnson, shattered Ridgewood's three-year-old shot put record with a total of 103'10.5""
-The Bergen Record's report on the 8 lb. Shot Put record set at the 1978 Rutherford Relays
1978 Girls Sectional Program
Held at Hawthorne High School
Varsity Dinner Program - Spring 1979
One of OT's greatest 4xMile relays
1st-Team All-NBIL
Debbie Pagan, Triple Jump & 100mLH
2nd-Team All-NBIL
Stacia Palahnuk, Triple Jump
Debbie Meberg, 3000m
Cassandra Bally, Discus & Shot Put
Honorable Mention
Stacia Palahnuk, Debbie Meberg, the 4x400m, Coleen Dunn, Karen Mujica, Kris Pilatowski, Doris Kaiser
1980 Track:
"Old Tappan is another threat. Debbie Meberg, Coleen Dunn, and Sue-Ellen McSweeney are members of the Knights' second-place State cross-county team, and jumpers Kris Pilatowski and Debbie Pagan are solid. Cassandra Bally and Doris Kaiser make the Old Tappan weight team formidable."
-Preseason Preview in The Record.
1981 Track:
John Nelson: 6th at the Bergen Group 3 Championship, 8th at the Group 3 State Champions, 39th at the State Meet of Champions
Mark Tabasco: 11th at the N.B.I.L. Championship, 24th at the Bergen Group 3 Championship
Gary Gnirrep: 18th at the N.B.I.L. Championship
1981 Track Bests of the Day