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Tim KuligAthlete, North Penn High School, 1984 |
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During Tim’s athletic career he earned six varsity letters; 3 in Winter Track and 3 in Spring Track. In the fall of 1982 Tim played football. Once football was over Tim signed up for Winter track. It was in winter track that Tim’s athletic career took off. At first he tried most every event but it was long jump at the Convention Hall meet where he jumped over 21 feet; during this time he was also working on the shot put. When the winter season ended Tim went out for spring track and found another event, the javelin. As Tim finished his sophomore year he was long jumping, high jumping, throwing the shot, discuss, javelin and received the sophomore class high scorer award. In 1983, Tim’s second year of winter track, he was still long jumping and in practice did some high jumping; he had grown and was becoming a better shot putter and was looking forwarded to throwing outdoors. Tim’s junior season of spring track took off and by the end of the year he was the Bux Mont Champion in the javelin and District One javelin Champion. Tim qualified for and threw at the 1983 PIAA State Track meet. At the end of the year awards Tim was junior class high scorer and North Penn Spring Track MVP. During the 1984 Indoor Track season Tim continued having fun; by now he had grown and was doing mostly throwing events. However in the annual indoor dual meet at Wissahickon’s dome, North Penn did not have a high jumper so Tim high jumped clearing 6’ 0”. He had another great indoor season. During the first week of the spring season Tim had his knee scoped. This was a minor set back and soon Tim and teammate Brian Wethey were setting relay records in the Shot Put, Discus and Javelin. At the end of the year Tim was runner up at the Bux Mont Championships in the Javelin; District One Champion for a second year in the javelin and again qualified for the PIAA State Championships. At the State Championships, on his second throw, he added 8 feet to the school javelin record throwing 215’ 5”. This new school record lasted only a few minutes when teammate Brian on his next throw, threw 219’ 3”. Tim was PIAA State runner up and Brian was champion. Next was an invitation from the Golden West National meet in Sacramento, California. At the Golden West Tim placed first and became North Penn’s only individual Track & Field National Champion. Tim’s collegiate career was spent at the University of Pittsburgh; he competed in the Indoor and Outdoor Track programs. During the indoor season Tim showed his versatility competing in the pentathlon. In 1986 and 87 Tim was runner up in the javelin at the Penn Relays. In 1986 and 87 he was the Big East champion and University of Pittsburg javelin record holder. In 1987 Tim was the University of Pittsburg high point scorer for Track & Field. After college Tim became the assistant Boys Track coach at North Penn High School. Working with Coach Richard Swanker, he coached from 1988 to 1999. His main coaching responsibilities’ were the throws; he continued to compete with and against athletes he coached. While at North Penn he coached league, district and state champions. In 1999, after the birth of his third child, Tim retired from coaching. In 2004 he challenged himself to become a certified professional golf teacher. He attended the USGFT Academy in Gettysburg and successfully earned a level 3 teaching certification. In 2007 he took on an even bigger challenge; in a charity Golf Decathlon he successfully completed 180 holes of golf in one day. Just to prove it wasn’t a one time event, he did the 180 holes in a day again in 2008. Currently Tim, his wife Jill, daughter Shannon and sons Aaron and Owen reside in Green Lane and are kept busy with the many demands of their children’s academic and athletic endeavors. |
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Knight SiteNorth Penn Alumni Athletic AssociationPO Box 22, Lansdale, PA 19446 |
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