Wissahickon Girls' Track & Field 2017
Trojans Athletics
Wissahickon High School
Floyd Garis.
Asst Coach
Biography:
Coach Garis was the first track coach at the new Wissahickon High School in 1963. During his tenure as Head Coach, Wissahickon has been the PIAA State Champion 4 times: 1968 Class B (now AA), 1972 Class A (now AAA), 1982 AAA and indoors 1982. His teams won the District One title 5 times: Class B (AA) 1967 and 1968, Class A (AAA) 1972, AAA 1982, 1983.
Along with team titles, he's had 17 individual PIAA State Champions, and 35 State Medalists. He was named the NHSF Coach of the Year in 1982 and inducted into the PA. Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2007. Coach Garis, along with Larry Wilson (Gwynedd Mercy), Otto Wolpert (Ambler Jr. High) and Leon Hill, founded the Ambler Olympic Club in 1967, which today boasts over 200 athletes each summer.
Justin Hill.
Asst Coach
Biography: