Pam Hall Grady a 1980 graduate of Weston High School. We were talking to Coach John Monz the other day, who was one of Pam’s coaches, and he said, “Why couldn’t Pam have been around today, we would have won a couple of state Championships.” He said that because back when Pam was in high school, athletes were only allowed to do one running, one field and one relay. Based on Pam’s PR’s she would have won 3 events today as athletes are allowed to do ANY three events. Que sera, sera. When the late great throwing guru Joe Donaghue saw 15 year old Pam Hall toss the Shot Put at the 1978 indoor State Meet, he said she has the talent to be a GREAT ONE. Coach Donaghue was certainly correct with that assessment; as Pam Hall went on to dominate the Shot Put in Massachusetts for the next several years. She is a 5 time Boston Globe All Scholastic, as well as the Outdoor Track Boston Globe Athlete of the Year in the 1980. During the Indoor Season, Pam was Class B State Champion her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. Unfortunately they didn’t have an Indoor All State Meet in those days, if they had she would have locked horns with Pia Iacova her archival from Brockton High School. Both throwers were 8 to 10 feet further than any other Shot Putters in Massachusetts. In Pam’s senior season, she had the second furthest Indoor throw in the country and set both Massachusetts and New England Shot Put records. In Outdoor track, Pam was Massachusetts All State and New England Champion in her Junior and Senior years. Her throw of 45’ 1” is still the Massachusetts All-time best Outdoor for the 4K Shot Put. Searching for competition her senior season, Weston Coach John Monz sent her to the US Junior Nationals in Knoxville, TN where she finished 3rd place. Unfortunately, it took Massachusetts quite some time to realize that throwers can actually throw in multiple events. Back when Pam was competing, throwers were only allowed to enter in one throwing event. She had personal best throws of 124’7” in the discus, 45ft 1” in the shot put, and she tossed the Javelin 123’ 9”. Those would be some incredible team points in 2018, as throwers can now compete in all three throwing events at the State Championships. After High School she took her talent to Miami Ohio University where she became a force for the Red Hawks in both the Shot Put and Discus. In her four-year career at Miami she was one of only a few female throwers on her team and credits much of her continued success to men’s weight coach Dan Stimpson. By the time she finished her career with Miami Ohio University, she was the All Time Women’s point scorer for women's track and field with 319 points. She also earned All-Conference honors twice in the shot put, placing second at the 1982 and 1983 meets, and was a conference scorer for Miami all four years. In 2007, she was inducted into the Miami Ohio University Hall of Fame. She lists her sister Leslie Hall as a main influence as she introduced her to the throwing events. She currently resides with her family in Oxford, Massachusetts.
Class: 1980 Inducted: 2018