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North Penn athletics has played a significant role in Jim Gulick’s life. Growing up, Jim spent his childhood shadowing the North Penn Track and Cross Country teams, usually just a few steps behind his father.

As an athlete at North Penn, Jim was fortunate to participate in three sports; golf, basketball and track, earning his first varsity letter as a 9th grader in golf. The following year, in addition to golf, Jim played JV basketball and earned his first letter in track and field. For his efforts, Jim was named the Knights’ Male Sophomore Athlete of the Year.

Jim began excelling in athletics as a junior and earned letters in all three sports. But it was in track and field where Jim was most successful. In 1983, Jim helped his team to a Bux-Mont Championship finishing 2nd in the 110m high hurdles and earning all-Bux Mont honors in the high jump and triple jump. He went on to finish second in the District 1 high hurdles and qualified for the state championship in the triple jump as well. He finished 7th in the state in both events. That year he was one of only four North Penn athletes to qualify for the state championship and the only athlete to qualify in two events.

Jim focused on basketball and track in his senior year. As a starter in every game that season, Jim helped North Penn score one of the basketball program’s biggest upsets when the Knights defeated top- ranked Lower Merion on the Aces’ home court in the first round of the District 1 tournament.

That spring Jim was named captain of the track team and led the Knights to a pair of team titles. First, Jim captured the high hurdles and triple jump championships, and earned all-Bux-Mont honors in the long jump and high jump to help North Penn win the Bux-Mont title. He then won the District 1 champi- onship in the high hurdles, placed 3rd in the triple jump and 6th in the intermediate hurdles as the Knights captured the District 1 team title. He completed his career by finishing 2nd and earning all-State honors in the 110m high hurdles while leading North Penn to a 4th place finish overall at the PIAA State Championship. Following the season, Jim was named the Knight’s MVP.