Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School

Ben Plechaty was an outstanding member of the Latin track relay teams. He also ran the 440 yard dash. In his junior year he was a member of the two mile relay team which set a new meet record at the indoor city-wide meet at the Cleveland Arena, the mile relay team also won at this same meet. As a junior, the mile relay team placed second in the Mansfield Relays, they won the K of C Cincinnati mile relay and Ben also placed second in the 440 yard dash. The mile relay team won the Northeast Ohio qualifier and placed third at the state meet in Columbus. As a senior, Ben was captain of the track team as they set a meet record in the mile relay at the K of C meet at the arena, and also the fastest time of any high school team in Cleveland. At the Canton McKinley Relays, the team set a new record in the 880 yard relay and also set  new record in the mile relay. Plecharty also won the 440 yard dash setting a new meet record.