Jeff Hyman
Jeff Hyman
Jeff won seven individual state championships in cross country and track and field during his amazing Falcon career. He won a Class M championship in cross country in 1981 and captured the State Open title a week later. A season later, Jeff won the Class S title in the 3,000 meters in indoor track and field.
In outdoor track and field, he won 3 separate Class M titles on a single day in 1982 by sweeping the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters. He added a State Open championship in the 5,000 meters a week later. Jeff was named the state track athlete of the year in 1982 by the Connecticut Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association.
Jeff’s school record in the 800 meters lasted 38 years before being broken in 2021. In fact, heading into the 2023 track season, Jeff still holds the school outdoor record in three outdoor events (1,500, 3,000, 5,000 meters).
Jeff also won a pair of Northwest Conference titles in cross country and the 5,000 meters (1982) and 3,000 meters (1981) in track at the NWC championship meet. In 1981, Jeff finished second at the Northeast Regional cross country championship race with runners from New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, resulting in him being named third team All-American in cross country for that season’s performance.
In college, Jeff was a two-time NCAA Division III national champion at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jeff won the national title in the 5,000 meters in 1986 and in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 1987. He was second in the 3,000 steeplechase in 1986. Jeff was inducted into the University of St. Thomas’ Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.
After completing his education, Jeff continued to run competitively. In 1992, he was sixth among Americans at the New Haven Road Race and competed at the U.S. national championship race at 20 kilometers (12.2 miles). He’s also competed in the Manchester Road Race, including a 12th place finish in 1989.