William J. Aris
Winner of the 2012 Bob Ivory Award

Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards

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William J. Aris

2012 Coaching Record

• Completed his 20th year coaching:
• Coached undefeated Boy's and Girls Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field teams
• Boy's and Girl's teams won the League and Section Championships during all three seasons (winning 12 of a possible 12 team titles)
• Coached Girl's Cross Country team to:
• 6th straight national team championship at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) (60 points)
• 6th straight Nike regional qualifier team championship (43 points)
• 6th straight state team championship (15 points)
• Section 3 Team Championship - 05 November 2011 (19 points)
• CNYCL American League Team Championship (15 points)
• Reebok Manhattan HS Invitational / Girls Eastern States Championship
• Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Cross Country Invitational Championship
• Coached Girls Track and Field Teams to:
• New Balance Indoor Nationals 4x800 relay champions (8:58.18)
• New York State Indoor Championships 4x800 relay champions (9:08.77)
• Second place finish in the Penn Relays Championships of American Girl's 4x800 Relay (9:04.22)
• Won their heat of the Penn Relay Large School 4x800 Relay (9:04.21) with second fastest time of the day.
• New York State Outdoor Championships 4x800 relay champions (9:00.28)
• Coached Boy's Cross Country team to:
• State team championship (with individual winner Nick Ryan)
• Section 3 Team Championship
• CNYCL American League Team Champions (with individual winner Nick Ryan).
• Second place team at the Nike regional qualifier (with individual winner Nick Ryan).
• Twelfth place team finish at the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN or NTN)
• This was the sixth time that the Fayetteville-Manlius Boy's team competed in the meet in the nine years it has been held.
• Clinician at the New York State Track Clinic (Liverpool, NY, March 2012)

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Bob Ivory Award

Presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding High School Coach of the Year in the Niagara Association.

Bob Ivory

This award is named for Robert J. Ivory, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 1998, our inaugural class, who is a former track and field coach at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, NY, where he was very successful. Ivory is a graduate of Canisius College in Buffalo. In ten years at St. Joe's, his teams won eight conference Cross Country Championships, eight conference Track and Field Championships, one Eastern States Championship (runners-up twice), and two Penn Relays Championships. In addition, Ivory coached Dick Buerkle when Buerkle set the world record for the Indoor Mile in 1977. Ivory was named District I Track Coach of the Year (1976).