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Belmont Plateau Cross Country Hall of Fame

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Belmont Plateau Cross Country Hall of Fame

Nominate exceptional distance runners with Philadelphia connections to our HOF as well as promote XC racing at Belmont Plateau Park.

Founded in 2003 (as Philadelphia Athletic Charities) and now main focus is establishing a Hall of Fame to recognize past champion distance runners with connections to Philadelphia (by birth or school). Aim is to build a "wall or patio" to honor the HOF members and inspire future distance runners. The BPCCHOF will also organize, coordinate and promote cross country racing in Belmont Plateau Park, a

tradition established in 1963. Partners in Project Belmont Plateau signage improvement (with Fairmount Park Conservancy and Phila Parks and Rec) that opened in 2015.

12/09/2021

New Interview with Temple Cross Country/Hall of Famer Bill Mahoney. Bill gives great insight on running in the 1960s, racing at Belmont Plateau, how athletics positively effected his life and a call out to all runners and athletes to support his cause in signing a petition to bring back Men Track and Field to Temple University. Click to see the interview with Dave Thomas. https://youtu.be/YpI2N3x3t-Q

12/31/2020

Tune in to the view Dave Thomas' (Belmont Plateau Hall of Fame) most recent interview with Coach Vince Touey (Widener University). Vince tells of his running experiences as an athlete for Saint James in the 1970s in the Phila Catholic League helped him in his coaching career and developing the program at Saint James and Widener. Vince explains how he created a positive tough minded culture at St James and Widener as the results of his experiences racing at Belmont Plateau. https://typito.com/share/xv8NZAnr

07/25/2020

Unfortunately, we are going to have to cancel (or postpone) our Belmont Plateau Hall of Fame Classic 5k/HOF Induction Ceremony for 2020 due to Mayor Jim Kenney (Phila) putting a halt to permits for park events for the rest of 2020 . Anyone who had pre registered for the 5k, your entry will be credited to the 2021 race. Keep up to date at www.belmontplateaucchof.com

06/11/2020

Go to our new channel on youtube.com (Belmont Plateau Cross Country Hall of Fame). Interview with John Burns (La Salle /Villanova) and new inductee into our Hall of Fame as he discusses his running career and competing at Belmont Plateau Park in the 1970s.

03/23/2020

The Belmont Plateau Hall of Fame Classic and HOF Induction Set for Aug 29, 2020

01/11/2020

Philadelphia Distance Running History......Wednesday, August 4, 1976.....The Philadelphia Bicentenial Meet of Champions.....Less than 1 week after winning the 1500 meter Gold Medal in the Olympic Games in Montreal, Walker forged his way out of a pack in the last lap at Franklin Field to win the Mile Run in 3:56! Walker ran the race despite suffering the effects of a cold and recovering from Olympics....Paul Wellman (West Germany) was 2nd, followed by Rod Dixon (New Zealand) and Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland/Villanova)- Coghlan had finished 4th a few days earlier in Olympic 1500...Sad note from that race was Marty Liquori going down in a fall with 300 meters to go. Liquori felt he was tripped by John Walker as Walker fought his way out of a box. The Meet was an incredible undertaking as many world class distance runners competed in the meet including , Dick Quaz, Lasse Viren (Finland)- after winning 5,000, 10,000 and 5th in marathon....Mark Belger, Mike Boit, Dick Buerkle,..and the highlight of the meet was Dwight Stones breaking the World Record in the High Jump (7' 7") less than a week after jumping in the rain in Montreal.....Philadelphia did a great job hosting this meet of champions!!

01/10/2020

I recently met with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Commisioner, Kathryn Ott Lovell and presented her with an award from the Belmont Plateau CC Hall of Fame, Kathryn was instrumental in upgrading the signage and support of the annual maintenence to the cross country courses at Belmont Plateau Park.

12/06/2019

I was excited to be able to present Nyna Maree with the 2018 Belmont Plateau CC Hall of Fame Induction Award. Nyna was picking up the award for her father, Sydney Maree (Villanova) who was inducted into the Belmont Plateau CC Hall of Fame at last year's ceremony. Sydney is living in his homeland of South Africa these days. Nyna passed along her father's excitement of receiving the honor and he was happy to hear that he is still remembered in Philadelphia. Nyna lives in the Philadelphia area and is an avid runner and swimmer and very proud of her father's athletic career during the 1970s and 80s. His bio and stats on www.belmontplateaucchof.com

11/12/2019

This past Saturday (Nov 9), Belmont Plateau hosted the NCAA Div 2 East Region Championship. 29 Men and Women teams came from over 6 states on the East Coast to challenge the 6k and 10k courses to see which teams and individuals moved on to the NCAA National Championship in Sacramento, Ca.t on Nov 23. Pictured is Men Winner, Erza Mutai (American Int) winning in 30:58. He motored over Flagpole Hill (3x), Nursery Hill (2x) and Parachute Hill (1x) to punch a ticket to the NCAA Champs. Robert Weslyn was team champion. Samantha Curtin led her Stonehill University team to first place winning the hilly 6k course in 22:19. This was the first time since 1986 that Belmont Plateau has hosted a NCAA East Region Championship. Jefferson Univ was the host school with Dave Thomas serving as race director.Besides Stonehill,

11/04/2019

This Saturday- Belmont Plateau (and Jefferson University) will host the NCAA Div 2 East Region Cross Country Championship. Over 30 teams will be competeting to see which teams in the region (top 3) will go to the NCAA National Championship in Sacramento, Calif. Dave Thomas (Head Coach of Jefferson) will serve as Race Director and laid out the 6k (women) and 10k (men) courses. Women will run Flagpole (2x) and Parachute Hill (1x) and Nursery (1x) and Men will have to compete over the Flagpole (3x), Parachute 1x) and Nursery 2x). The last time the NCAA Div 2 East Champs was back in 1986 when Joe Ryan was the Philadelphia Textile Coach. Anyone interested in seeing the race- Women run at 12 and Men Run at 1:15 on Saturday, Nov 9th.

09/16/2019

Pat Devine, long time coach of La Salle High Cross Country/Track & Field informed me this is the 30th anniversery of the 5,000 meter course at Belmont Plateau. Before the cross country season started in 1989, Pat Devine, Coach John Sharp (Archbishop Wood), Joe Ryan (Phila Textile), and Coach Kevin Quinn (St Joseph University) got together and mapped out the extra distance to bring the course used for all high school races from 2.9 distance up to the official 5,000 meterrs of which continues to be used today. For those harriers from the 60s and 70s, remember the original 2.5 course (around the Candy Store to the finish) of which John Jennings of Cardinal Dougherty had the record, then upgraded to 2.9 miles in 1973 and retired in 1979 (of which Joe Abrams/Bishop Egan) to the present 5,000..

09/11/2019

The BPCCHOF is saddened to hear of the passing of Philadelphia Marathon Tim Wunsch on Tuesday (Sept 10) after a long battle with cancer. Tim won the Philadelphia Marathon in 1987 in a time of 2:24:08. The runners struggled for 26.2 miles that year as the race was run in cold and rainy conditions. The Marathon started at Independence Mall (about 2000 runners), with the course winding through the city up to Lincoln Drive and Mount Airy section and finishing at Memorial Hall (Please Touch Museum). Tim was a true champion of the sport who had a strong faith in God and one of the top road runners living in the Philly area in the late 1980s early 90s.

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Philadelphia, PA
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Monday	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	9am - 9pm
Friday	9am - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

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+12154870770

Website

http://www.belmontplateaucchof.com/

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