Noah Cosby
Year of Induction: 2015 | Categories: Individual, Track
Noah Cosby’s specialty was the pole vault.
At SCHS he qualified for 3 state meets, placing 2nd at the sectional in 1998 and winning the sectional championship in 1999 and 2000. Cosby placed 7th in the IHSA state meet in 1999 and 3rd in 2000.
Along the way Cosby established the North Egypt Conference record of 15’0″ in 2000 and the SCHS record of 15’3″, set at the East St. Louis Invitational in his senior year.
Cosby continued his career at Ole Miss and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In college his personal record was 17’3″. He was the Atlantic Coast Conference champion in 2004 and an NCAA qualifier in 2005.
Cosby also ran sprints in high school, and his times in the 100 and 200 meter dashes are among the top 10 in SCHS history. He also participated in football and cross country.
At the time of his induction, Cosby lives in San Diego, where he is Vice President of Sales for Fortune Builders, Inc.