Featured Inductee: Kevin Dillon - Track and Field

Year Inducted: 2018
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Kevin Dillon:
A life-long Oshawa resident who excelled first as an athlete and then as a coach for nearly 30 years at his alma mater, Paul Dwyer High School. As a student at Dwyer, in 1977, he was the Ontario Juvenile 800 and 1,500-meter champion and set an Ontario record in the 2,000-Metre Steeplechase at the Canada Summer Games. The following year he won the Indoor 1,500 at the Ontario Championships and won both the 800 and 1,500 at the 1978 OFSAA championships.He represented Canada at the 1978 World Cross Country Championships in Scotland, where he finished eighth and helped the Canadian Junior team win the silver medal. He was also a bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games trials and the Canadian Junior 1,500-metre champion.Following high school, Kevin accepted a scholarship to Villanova University in Philadelphia. There, Kevin made the Dean's List several times, competed at five NCAA championships in cross country and track, was part of an indoor world record two-mile relay team and a bronze medalist at the 1980 Big East Cross-Country Championship.In 1981, Kevin won the Canada Games 3,000-metre steeplechase in record time. At the 1983 Ontario Track and Field Championships he won the 1,500-metre race.A business, math and physical education teacher at Dwyer from 1986 until retirement in 2015, Kevin mentored and coached numerous athletes who excelled in track and field, and cross country and went on to bigger and better things. Most notably, Matt Hughes, NCAA and Pan-Am champion, Olympic finalist and Canadian record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.Kevin also convened the LOSSA track and field championships for 16 years and played key roles at several other high school events, including bringing the OFSAA championships to Oshawa in 1993 and 2015.For his many accomplishments as an athlete and a builder, Kevin Dillon is an excellent addition to the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.