Slow news day: Photo from the attic

Thanks to loyal blog follower and even more loyal Marist Running Alum Marty McGowan for sharing yet another vintage photo from the archives. This one was taken circa 1971 on the “South Field,” which has been home to the McCann Center since 1977. Sorry to make you feel like a relic, Marty … but this picture is going on 42 years old! Here is what Marty wrote to me in an e-mail accompanying this excellent photo:

I've been up in my Mom's attic going through a lot of boxes of cards, letters and assorted other stuff. I came across this picture from 1971 that was in the Circle about the Cross Country team. Unfortunately, it's just the picture. God only knows what happened to the accompanying article. I know it was taken early in the season, probably late September. Anyway, back row: Don Gillespie, Don't remember, Jay Doyle (our best runner that year), Pete Rock (editor’s note: LOVE that name!), Bob Nelson and the manager Bob who was a grad student and really dressed like that. Front row: me with the sunglasses (vain me wore 'em most practices), John Petraglia (he of the Mickey Mouse t-shirt), Pat "Milo" Stevens and Bob Salomone . The picture was taken somewhere on the South Field, where the McCann Center is now. Enjoy.

Good stuff. Marty, of course, was not vain in wearing the sunglasses but rather ahead of his time, as now sunglass wearing is quite in vogue for endurance athletes everywhere. Somehow, I think those shades were probably not as scientifically designed as, say, Oakleys. Nicely done.