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Cross Country, Track
Jim Smith was a four-year member of the cross country team (1981-84) and indoor and outdoor track and field teams (1982-85), serving as captain for cross country and track his senior seasons.
He was a national qualifier in the 1,500-meter run, competing in the 1984 NCAA indoor championships in that event, and was the Independent College Athletic Conference (ICAC) champion in the outdoor 1,500-meter run in 1984.
He was runner-up in the 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter runs at the 1984 ICAC indoor championships and was also a two-time ICAC all-star in cross country (1983 and 1984).
Smith holds the school records in the indoor and outdoor 1,500-meter runs (3:58 indoor; 3:53 outdoor) and once held the school mark for the indoor 1,000-meter run (2:34). He was a member of the team that holds the school record in the indoor distance medley relay (10:37, set in 1984). He lists as his greatest thrill as an AU athlete setting the outdoor 1,500-meter run school record, and attributes much of his success as a runner to former AU track coaches Cliff DuBrueil and Chris Brown.
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering from AU in 1985. A resident of Grand Island, NY, he is product manager (fiber products) for ANH Refractories, a Pittsburgh, PA-based company that provides high-grade fireproof ceramic refractory products and services for high-temperature applications in the cement and lime, energy, chemicals, non-ferrous metals, glass, iron and steel, and environmental technology industries.
