"He would teach you how to coach yourself and that's what I did. "His spirit is one that pervades this facility," Shorter said. In his speech, the Olympic champion thanked Roberts and praised his former head coach at Yale, Bob Giegengack. His path began here and it's only fitting that this be named in his honor. Later that year he won at the NCAAs and three years later, the gold medal.
Thirty-six years ago in this building, Frank Shorter won the mile in the H-Y-P meet with a 4:06.8. Shorter was introduced by his former Yale teammate, current track and field coach Mark Young, who said, "It is a privilege and honor to participate in the dedication of this facility. Barrister congratulated the University and Roberts and mentioned his links to Yale over the last 57 years. "Frank Shorter is one of Yale's great athletic heroes, and this is a great way to honor him."Īt the dedication, Roberts also read a letter from his friend, the track-and-field legend Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. "Yale does a great deal of community outreach with the Cage, and I hope this will enhance the effort," said Roberts of his gift for the new track. He ran his first marathon in 1973, motivated by Shorter's performance at Munich the year before. Roberts, a New York native who has completed 29 Boston Marathons and five New York Marathons, is former vice chair of the United States Trust Company of New York and ex-chair of the New York Roadrunners Club. "This is a tremendous addition to Yale's impressive list of athletic venues." "We are grateful for the generosity of Don Roberts, who has enabled us to have a state-of-the-art facility that will enhance the experience for our student-athletes as well as all the other athletes who compete at this facility," said Tom Beckett, director of athletics. He also won a silver medal in the marathon at the 1976 Montreal Games. At the 1972 Munich Games, Shorter became the first American to win the marathon in 64 years, and he later received the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete. Roberts '57, honors the former Yale cross country captain, NCAA champion and two-time Olympic medalist.
The Frank Shorter '69 Track, built through the generosity of Donald M. Then, for his second lap, Shorter was joined by every member of the current Yale men's and women's track and field teams, who took part in the ceremony while in the midst of a competition with Harvard and Princeton. 12 of the new banked track that bears his name in the University's William Clay Ford '48 Track & Field Center at Coxe Memorial Cage. Holding his gold medal from the 1972 Olympics, Frank Shorter '69 - Yale's most famous runner - ran a lap by himself to celebrate the dedication on Feb. New track pays tribute to Eli Gold Medal winner Olympiad alumnus Frank Shorter was joinedīy current members of the Yale track and field
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