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Richard Guy

Richard Guy

  • Class
    1968
  • Induction
    2008
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Swimming & Diving
Despite training in a four-lane, 12 foot deep pool in Woodruff Hall, Guy went on to set numerous record and earn NCAA All-American honors as a diver for Adelphi.

Guy came to Adelphi after serving overseas with the Air Force, specifically in the South Pacific were he competed for the swim team and was a radar specialist.  He became the Philippine National Diving champion at the 3-meter and 10-meter town and in Japan held the Pacific Air Force championship title for three years.  In 1963, he was selected by the Japanese Olympic Committee as a nominee for training back in the U.S. for the 1964 Olympics.

A winner in 70 of 72 dual meets, Guy scored a record-shattering win over Central Connecticut State College and executed a perfect dive. He was the small college 3-meter diving champion in the Atlantic Coast section and the Metropolitan Swimming Conference 1-meter champion.  IN 1968, he earned All-American honors in the 3-meter.  He also competed in the NAIA Championships, the University NCAA Championships and the National AAU Championships.

Upon graduation with a physics degree, he accepted an offer to run a program for Westinghouse for the Navy where he helped re-design the radar system of the F4 Phatom.
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