Recent Charger Records 2022.05.01

May 1, 2022

M7Under 1000m Leo Legard 4:25.65 1/23/2022

M65-69 60m David Ortman 8.42 3/27/2022

Leo bested the near-ancient record of Zachary Meno – a 4:50.5 set in 1980 – at the OCC winter all-comers meet. David Ortman nudged down his 2-year-old record of 8.46 while representing the Chargers at the Front Runners Annual New York Track Meet ( New Balance Armory Track).

Terry McConnell, Ph.D.

Terry was born in Rome, NY on April 30, 1954 at around 11:30 a.m. Terry’s mother, Constance Ann Croniser McConnell, and his father, John Henry McConnell, were students at Syracuse University at the time.

He lived in Syracuse and Boonville N.Y. briefly, before moving to Rome N.Y. when he was about 3 years old. He spent the rest of his childhood in Rome and graduated from Rome Free Academy in 1972.

Terry did his undergraduate work at Princeton University, graduating in 1976. He attended graduate school at Stanford University for two years and then transferred to the University of Illinois, where he received his Ph.D. in 1981. Terry spent a 3-year post-doctoral position at Cornell University, and has been at Syracuse University since 1984.

Terry is married to Patricia Ford and has a daughter, Erin.