One of the greatest runners ever at Holy Cross, Charlie Buchta excelling in races from 60 yards up to a mile.
More of team man than an individual star, Buchta anchored winning two-mile relay teams in the Boston K of C games, the Millrose Games, New York AC meet, the Queens-Iona Relays and the National AAU Indoor Championship. He also won the New England AAU 1,000.
Buchta ran a 9.8 100, a 21.4 220, a 47.5 440, a 4:15 mile and is one of only two Holy Cross runners ever to break 1:50 in the 880, having run a 1:49.8.
The year after he graduated, Buchta won the BAA Lapham 1,000, ran a 2:08.7 1,000 in the New York K of C Meet (which at the time was the third fastest time in the world) and won the 600 in both the National AAU championship and the New York Metropolitan championship.
Buchta was a semifinalist in the 800 meters in the 1964 Olympics trials.
