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EAST ISLIP, NEW YORK, RESIDENT PAT PETERSEN INDUCTED INTO MANHATTAN COLLEGE’S ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Pat Petersen, a resident of East Islip, New York, and a 1982 graduate of Manhattan College, was inducted into the College’s Alumni Society Athletic Hall of Fame on March 27.

As a distance runner, Mr. Petersen competed against himself and the clock throughout college and for more than a decade as a marathoner.  He was a Jasper for only two years, but in that time, he ran 10 sub-25 Van Cortlandt races.  It took more than 20 years for another Jasper to run just one.

Mr. Petersen, who continues to run 20 miles a week, placed second at the METS with a time of 24:24 at the 1980 fall cross county meet.  In the following year, he set a school record at the IC4A’s with a first place finish in the 5000 meter race with a time of 14:05.  He broke the ribbon at several other meets, including the 1981 and 1982 Outdoor METS 5000 meter race and the fall 1981 Cross Country MAAC.  He set another school record near the end of his college career at the 1982 Penn Relays in the 10K with a time of 28:38.

“Pat, you took every race as a personal challenge to take ticks off the clock.  You spent countless hours training for competition, which tested your speed, endurance and determination.  Manhattan College proudly welcomes you into its Athletic Hall of Fame,” according to a citation read at the ceremony.  The 25th annual ceremony was held at the College’s Smith Auditorium.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in teaching.  Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning that offers more than 40 major programs in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science. 

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