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Chad McDaniel, inducted 2015 |
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As a Track and Field Athlete at Mt. de Sales Academy, Chad McDaniel excelled in distance running, specifically the two mile. As a freshman he set a new school record in the event and when he had completed his high school career he had established a school record time of 4:42 in the mile run and a time of 10:15 in the two mile. He won the region title in the two mile all four years and was he GISA state AAA two mile champion in 1992 and 1993. His senior year he defeated the second place finisher by over a minute and a half. After completing his undergraduate degree at Samford and his Master's at Georgia College and State University, Chad embarked on a coaching career beginning at First Presbyterian Day School. He founded the Cross Country program at FPD and won 11 region titles (7 boys and 4 girls) and six state (5 boys, l girls) championships. After taking over the Track and Field teams in 2005, he led them to five region (2 boys, 3 girls) and five state (2 boys and 3 girls) championships. He moved to the Wesleyan School in Atlanta in 2007 and success followed there as well winning region and state titles on numerous occasions. His overall coaching mark at FPD and Wesleyan show 26 region and 17 state titles. Between track and cross country, Chad has been recognized as region coach of the year 25 times and state coach of the year 15 times. |
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Edith Hillman Gerhardt
Edith Hillman Gerhardt joins her late son Al as a member of the Macon Sports Hall of Fame. Al, who played football at Lanier and at Georgia Tech, was inducted in 2007. Edith was voted the best athlete at Macon’s Miller Girls High School both her junior and senior years where she excelled in both basketball and tennis. She was the Wesleyan College tennis champion both her freshman and sophomore years. After transferring to Mercer University she played both basketball and tennis for the Bears. Her senior year Mercers tennis team went undefeated. She is a member of Mercer’s Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1938 the Mercer Cluster newspaper rated her as the best all around athlete in Macon. After college she played semi professional basketball for the Peeler Hardware Red Devils. She also went on to win women’s singles championships of the Middle Georgia Tennis Association numerous times in the 30’s, 40’s and early 50’s. Many older Maconites have said that she was possibly the best all around female athlete Macon has ever produced. (more)
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