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DAVE KAZANJIAN
- 6 TIME EAGLE TRIBUNE ALL SCHOLASTIC TEAM
- BOSTON GLOBE AND BOSTON HERALD CROSS COUNTRY ALL SCHOLASTIC TEAM
- FIRST MALE DISTANCE RUNNER INDUCTED INTO THE METHUEN HALL OF FAME
- CAPTAIN OF 3 UNDEFEATED TEAMS SENIOR YEAR 29-0 (CROSS COUNTRY, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK)
- 29-0 RECORD THAT HELPED BRING METHUEN ITS FIRST DALTON TROPHY AWARD
- HOLDER OF METHUEN HIGH INDOOR MILE 4:25.2 — FOR 28 YEARS
- STATE DIVISIONAL MILE CHAMPION AND 3 TIME STATE DIVISIONAL RUNNER- UP
- (2 TIMES CROSS COUNTRY— 1 TIME INDOOR TRACK)
- HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY ALL AMERICAN
- FIRST METHUEN ATHLETE EVER TO COMPETE IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION
- COMPETED IN 4 NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- TRACK SCHOLARSHIP TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
- 4 YEAR TEAM RECORD FOR CROSS COUNTRY, INDOOR TRACK/OUTDOOR TRACK 107-9
CROSS COUNTRY
- WON 22 OUT OF 24 RACES DURING JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS WITH 5 COURSE RECORDS
- SELECTED TO THE BOSTON GLOBE AND BOSTON HERALD ALL SCHOLASTIC CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS
- CAPTAIN OF THE 1978 UNDEFEATED CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
- 4 YEAR TEAM RECORD IN CROSS COUNTRY WAS 41-3
- 3 OUT OF 4 UNDEFEATED SEASONS (FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE AND SENIOR YEARS)
- 2 TIME STATE DIVISIONAL RUNNER-UP IN CROSS COUNTRY 1977 AND 1978
- 4TH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS ALL STATES IN 1977
- 2ND AT THE NATIONAL AAU CHAMPIONSHIPS; BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 1977
- FIRST METHUEN ATHLETE EVER TO COMPETE IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION
- 2ND AT THE REGION 1 JUNIOR OLYMPICS; BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK 1977
- 11TH AT THE NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS; IN LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON 1977
- 12TH AT THE NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP; IN SHAWNEE MISSION, KANSAS 1978
INDOOR TRACK
- 1979 STATE COACHES WILL CLOONEY INVITATIONAL MILE CHAMPION 4:25.2;
- BOSTON, MA (BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD) 4:25.2 THE RECORD STOOD FOR 28 YEARS
- 1978 DARTMOUTH RELAYS MILE INVITATIONAL CHAMPION; DARTMOUTH, NH
- CO-CAPTAIN OF THE UNDEFEATED 1978-79 INDOOR TRACK TEAM
- 1978 STATE DIVISIONAL MILE RUNNER UP
- 2ND AT THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 2-MILE HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL; BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 1979
- 1979 MERRIMACK VALLEY CONFERENCE 2 MILE CHAMPION
- (BROKE THE METHUEN FIELD HOUSE RECORD)
OUTDOOR TRACK
- 1979 MASSACHUSETTS STATE DIVISIONAL MILE CHAMPION; ANDOVER, MA
- 1979 ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS MILE INVITATIONAL CHAMPION
- CO-CAPTAIN OF THE UNDEFEATED 1979 OUTDOOR TRACK TEAM
- BEAT ANDOVER HIGH FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN 20 YEARS
- 2ND AT THE REGION 1 JUNIOR OLYMPICS; PROVIDENCE, RI 1978
- 11TH AT THE NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS 2 MILE; LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 1978
ARMENIAN OLYMPICS
- Won 3 Gold Medals: 800, Mile and 2-Mile at the Armenian Olympics in Fresno CA; 1977 and in 1978
- Voted Outstanding Male Athlete, Armenian Olympics 1978
HALL OF FAME
- Inducted into the Methuen Hall of Fame November 2001