Hall of Fame
Dick Wotruba is perhaps the most versatile track man every to attend Holy Cross.
Wotruba lettered for three years in track under head coach Bart Sullivan and set a Holy Cross record the for most points compiled by an individual in a dual meet with 29. He was unbeaten for three years in dual meet pole vault competition and was never shut out in any event he entered in three years.
His best year at Holy Cross may have been 1958 when, as a sophomore, he won the New England AAU and Collegiate pole vault, won the New England Olympic pentathlon and was fifth in the National AAU decathlon.
In addition, he entered nine events in the 1958 Eastern Track Championship, all in one day, placed in each event, won the pole vault and high jump and ran on the winning mile relay team.
Wotruba was fourth in the 1959 National AAU decathlon (the highest finishing collegian) and ranked 14th in the world in the grueling event. Also, in 1959, he was a member of the U.S. Pan American Games decathlon team.
Injured for most of the 1960 season, his senior year at Holy Cross, Wotruba still finished ninth in the U.S. Olympic decathlon tryouts and was a guest of the U.S. team at the Rome Olympics.
