50th Anniversary of the 1975 St. Thomas Aquinas undefeated varsity cross- country team Chris Heiser [in photo] was the school’s first State champion.

  

50^th Anniversary of the 1975 St. Thomas Aquinas undefeated varsity cross- country team

This featured the school’s first undefeated varsity team finishing with a 15-0 record.

    The team was so strong they took top 4 runners in 13 out of 15 races, including winning the conference championship. Chris Heiser [in photo] was the school’s first State champion. Fred Janiec won the county two mile. Ken Vercammen was a 3 time all conference runner and university of Scranton star.  Tom Kalanta won the 1/2 mile championship. Bob Horvath was conference 440 champ,. Pete McEvoy, Gene Schreiner, and Bob Dillon were among the other standouts. Many continued on to stellar collegiate careers.