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Joseph W. “Wes” Carr was a member of the AU indoor and outdoor track and field teams from 1978-82.
He holds AU outdoor track and field records in the 100-meter dash (10.70 seconds) and 200-meter dash (21.50 seconds), both set when he won titles in those events at the Independent Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) championships in 1980.
Carr was a two-time NCAA qualifier, competing in the 200-meter dash at the 1980 outdoor championships and as part of the 4X100-meter relay at the 1981 outdoor championships. Carr helped leader the Saxons to back-to-back team titles at the 1980 and 1981 ICAC outdoor championships.
He was part of teams that formerly held the school’s 4X100-meter relay and 4X400-meter relay outdoor records and 4X200-meter relay and 4X400-meter relay indoor records. He is also the former school indoor record holder in the 55-meter dash and 60-meter dash.
Carr says his greatest thrill as an AU student-athlete was being part of the teams that won ICAC chamnpionships in 1980 and 1981.
Carr graduated from AU in 1982 with a earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, with a minor in economics.
Since 1992, he has been director of the Saratoga County Youth Bureau. He also served as project manager for the Saratoga County Water Treatment Plant and Transmission Facilities Project from 2004-08.
Carr and his wife, Robyn, live in Burnt Hills, NY, and have a son, Joe.
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