Alison Culley now Ellsworth a 1998 graduate of Foxboro H.S. Hall of Fame Coach Kevin Murphy said that what stands out the most about Alison is her “Character”. She is kind, caring and friendly to all. Her honesty and maturity have always been her strong points. She has a great personality and is very loyal. She always ranked #1 in Sportsmanship.” These are powerful words which when combined with her athletic accomplishments make Alison more than deserving of induction into the Hall of Fame. Alison’s career is long and storied. It starts with the 8th grade which was in the high school so Alison was able to compete for the high school team. As an 8th grader, in the very competitive Hockomock league, she went the spring season undefeated in the 100, 200 and 400. She would accomplish this feat for five years in a row. Never losing a dual meet race in 5 years, I’d say her future looked bright. She would go on to qualify for the outdoor nationals as an 8th grader and would accomplish this feat 4 more times. For the sake of time, I’m not going to give too many details but in short her freshman year she was 2nd at the class and All State Meet in the 300 yards and in the spring she won the class 400 and was 2nd in the All State meet. Her sophomore year she won the class 300 and 2nd in All State and outdoors she won the class and All State meet 200. In her junior indoor year she finished 1st in the 300 at the State Coaches meet, the class meet and the All-State meet. She won the 400 in 59.23 at the Boston Indoor Games. These first place finishes continued in the spring. Finishing 1st in the 200m at the State Coaches, Class meet, All- State meet again. At her class meet she ran 24.4 to set a Class D record. Her senior year was one that only others dear to dream. In her indoor season at the State Coaches meet she finished 1st in the 300m with a time of 40.64, the class meet in 39.90 and then the All- State meet in 39.71 (meet record) and to put icing on the cake she won the New England Championship setting another meet record in 39.45. To put the candle on the cake she would get a 1st place finish in the Boston Indoor games 400 with a meet record of 56.53. In the spring, wanting to shake it up a little she decided to run the 100m at the State coaches meet and you guessed, a 1st place finish 11.8. At the Class Meet it was another 1st in the 200 in 24.7 and a first at the All-State meet running 25.43 Alison ended her high school career as a 5x Boston Globe and Herald All Star and her senior year was the Globe runner of the year. She qualified for the National High School meet 5 years in a row and was chosen the New England Runner Magazine Runner of the Year. After high school, Alison attended Syracuse University on a full scholarship. While competing for the Orange her success continued. She was a 3x track and field MVP, the ECAC 60m champion, a 2x ECAC 100m champ and a Big East 100m Champion. At the end of her collegiate career and as captain of the track team she would have 6 Syracuse records in the 60m, 100m, 200m, 4x100, 4xs400 and DMR. When asked about her high school days she says, “I could not have accomplished what I did without my parents, they did not miss a Track meet (no matter how far away it was) from my first meet in 8th grade to my last meet as a senior in high school. They dedicated every weekend for track! I could also not have done it without Coach Tom Ryan and Coach Kevin Murphy, I am honored to have had the privilege to run under these 2 dedicated coaches.
Class: 1998 Inducted: 2018