Hall of Fame
Sue Schaefer competed on the Eastern cross country and track teams for four seasons (1977-81) for coach Sandy Martin. Following graduation from high school, she won the 3,000-meter run at the AAU Nationals at UCLA in June of 1977 before enrolling at EKU. She attained All-American status in 1977 when she ran a personal best of 17:37 for the 5,000 meters, placing fifth at the Cross Country nationals. She also reached All-American status in 1978 when she placed fifth at the NCAA Track Outdoor National Meet where she was clocked in a school record time of 16:05.0. She was an integral part of two OVC outdoor (1979 and 1980) championship teams at Eastern and was named OVC Female Cross Country Runner of the Year in 1980. Her senior season, Schaefer was the 1981 OVC champion in the outdoor 1,500, 3,000 and the 5,000-meter runs. She is still listed as the current OVC championship meet record holder in the outdoor 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:49.06 (recorded in 1981) and is the current school record holder in the 5,000-meter run (16:05.0). She is also listed with the second all-time fastest time in school history in the 3,000-meter run with her clocking of 9:27.0. Schaefer came to Eastern from Buffalo, NY, where she graduated from Clarence High School in 1977. While at Clarence High, she was the high school national champion in the two-mile run and participated in the Olympic tryouts at Squaw Valley, CA, in the summer of 1977. She currently resides in Barnesville, OH, with her husband, Bill Morgan, also a former EKU cross country/track runner and coaches the boys’ track and cross country teams at Barnesville High School. She is currently serving as assistant track coach at Barnesville. They have four daughters who have each competed in collegiate track – Ruthie (Cornell), Molly (Liberty), Jenny (Michigan) and Stephanie (Illinois).
