Athletics

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Michael Schoettle, Class of 1954

Mike Schoettle stands alone among his fellow Lawrenceville Olympians as the only one who had yet to graduate from the School when he competed.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: John Edwin Brown Wofford, Class of 1949

Alongside John E.B. “Jeb” Wofford’s senior portrait in the 1949 Olla Podrida is printed a quote from Shakespeare’s Richard III that foretold his Olympic future: “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” He rode one to a bronze medal in the team eventing competition at at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: George Bissland Moore, Class of 1937, P’69 ’71

George Bissland “Biss” Moore ended Lawrenceville's four-decade Olympic drought with a silver-medal performance in the modern pentathlon in 1948.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: James Alcorn Rector, Class of 1906

James Alcorn Rector entered the 1908 London Olympics poised to win his event in the eyes of many. Touted as “America’s Greatest Amateur Sprinter,” Rector had the record to back the claim.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: John Riegel DeWitt, Class of 1900

As the reigning collegiate champion in the 16-pound hammer-throw for Princeton University, John R. DeWitt entered the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis as a favorite to capture the gold medal.

Spring 2024

Go Big Red: Spring 2024

Spring 2024

Inside the Gates: Spring 2024

Spring 2024

The Fork in the Road

In 1969, after a stint in professional baseball and two years teaching at Peddie School, Champ Atlee ’62 received an offer to return to Lawrenceville. The rest is history. And it’s here.

Spring 2024

Novel Graphics

Hale Brown ’23 began creating Instagram college commitment edits for many of the best prep lacrosse players in the country while he was still at Lawrenceville.