Garth Richey started in three sports at Albion, football, track,and basketball, but it was his success as a hurdler on the trackthat has led to his induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Garth was the MIAA champion in the 120-yard high hurdles, thepredecessor to what we know today as the 110-meter hurdles, in 1958and 1959. He completed his 1959 race in a league-record time of15.0 seconds. Winning all four of their league meets in 1959, theBritons continued an undefeated streak in league competition thathad begun in 1957.
Garth also captained and was named most valuable player of the1959-60 basketball squad. Earning three letters in football, he wasa member of five MIAA championship teams during his career (1957basketball, 1958 football, and three consecutive track MIAAchampionships in 1957, 1958, 1959).
Garth was a campus leader, too, appointed treasurer of hissenior class and the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
After graduating from Albion, he served as an officer in theU.S. Navy before embarking on a career in the computer industry.Beginning as a programmer, he later moved into management andretired in Brookings, Ore., in 2003 with his wife, Janet. Garth isthe father of two sons, Greg and Randy.
