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Westminster College of the Arts

Mike Brady

  • Sport: Cross Country, Track & Field
  • Date Inducted: January 2002

In 12 years (1980-1992) Brady compiled a record of 253 wins and just 43 losses, wining nine East Coast Conference championships and nine New Jersey Collegiate Championships.

In cross country (121-37), he won ECC titles in1990 and '91, and had four ECC runner-up finishes.

During the winter, his indoor track teams (71-2) compiled 64 consecutive victories, winning ECC titles in 1985-86, 1990-91 and 1991-92.

In the spring, his outdoor track & field teams (61-4) won ECC titles in 1986, '89, '91 and '92.

26 (of 61) Rider records set by his athletes still stand.

Brady coached the first two Rider runners to ever win a conference cross country meet (Terence Wheat, Lance Hess).

Brady is a 1976 graduate of Rider, and was twice the New Jersey AAU decathlon champion. In 1982 Brady won both the New Jersey decathlon and pentathlon championships.