Garry Hill

Like all good Trail kids, Garry Hill had dreams of being a big sports star, but this 1965 graduate of J.L. Crowe never got any farther than being the BC juvenile boys record holder in the triple jump and earning a track & field scholarship to Washington State Univeristy.

In 1969, when it came time for him to graduate with a degree in Bacteriology & Public Health, he had a choice between running a sewage plant and moving to California to work for the "bible of the sport" - Track and Field News. The choice was an easy one.

Garry started in the position of Statistician and became one of the youngest members ever in the Association of Track & Field Statisticians, creating several innovations in the sport's record keeping which have been adopted worldwide.

In the 35+ years at the magazine, Garry moved through the ranks, eventually becoming editor and co-owner of the publication for the last 18 years. In conjunction with his work at the magazine, Garry has become one of the world's preeminent track & field public address announcers, working regularly for the International Association of Athletics Federations, headquartered in Monaco.

Garry announced both the 1996 and 2004 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Athens, and also manned the microphone at World Championships competitions in seven different nations around the world between 1991 and 2004. Next year, as a run-up to the 2008 Olympics, he will be announcing the World Junior Championships in Beijing.