Millersville

The founder and director of the Millersville Metrics track and field meet, Tom Ecker has been the guiding force behind one of the University's most successful and popular athletic events since its inception in 1979. The Metrics, the second-oldest collegiate track and field competition on the East Coast (behind the Penn Relays), will mark its 20th anniversary meet this coming April.

Under Ecker's direction, the Metrics attracts numerous track and field teams from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region in all three NCAA divisions. It is considered a premier national qualification meet by knowledgeable track and field head coaches. Nearly 40 individual championships are contested each year; and, in 1994, team scoring was added.

Ecker was a four-year letterman for the Marauder track squad from 1972 to 1975. He was the PSAC 440-yard champion in 1973 and earned NCAA Division III All-American honors in the mile relay in his senior campaign. He still holds the school outdoor mark in the 440 (49.0, 1975) and his name is still in the MU record book in the 1,600-meter relay (3:14.6, 1975) and mile relay (3:14.8, 1975).

In addition, Ecker was a three-year letterman for the 'Ville cross country squad.

After he received his bachelor's degree from Millersville in 1975, Ecker was an assistant coach for the Marauder men's and women's track and field programs for five years.

Since 1979, Ecker has been employed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Lancaster; his current occupation is human resource manager.