{"id":1801,"date":"2015-06-02T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2015-06-15T19:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T19:10:53","slug":"athletic-hall-of-fame-2015-harlow-chip-ide-jr-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2015\/06\/02\/athletic-hall-of-fame-2015-harlow-chip-ide-jr-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Hall of Fame 2015: Harlow \u201cChip\u201d Ide, Jr. &#8217;55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2015 Athletic Hall of Fame: Harlow &quot;Chip&quot; Ide &#039;55\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_GzN4gwFCSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A three-sport athlete at Williston Academy, Harlow \u201cChip\u201d Ide used his speed and competitive nature to excel on the gridiron, in the pool, and on the track.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1827\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-2-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chip Ide 2 (1)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-2-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-2-1-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-2-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>An All-American swimmer in the 50 Free, Chip helped set national prep school records in the medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay. In 1954, he was a member of the 400 free relay team that placed fourth at the AAU National Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The depth and extent of his\u00a0accomplishments can perhaps be best summed up by a newspaper\u2019s breathless account of Mr. Ide. The Williston Academy team had just win their third-straight title at the 18<sup>th<\/sup> annual Trinity College preparatory schools meet and the news was describing the team as the \u201cBay State Powerhouse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIde, who already gained considerable fame on the football field and is a fine track performer in addition to his swimming brilliance,\u201d the story noted, \u201cwon the 50-yard sprint and did a sizzling anchor lap as Williston took the 200-yeard freestyle in 1:36.9 which was both a meet and Trinity pool record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his senior year at Williams College, he was presented with the Richardson Medal for the best swimmer. On the Williams football team, he averaged over 8.1 yards per carry, played in the 1959 All-America Bowl, and was honored with the Brooks Memorial Medal, given to the best small college halfback in the East.<a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1825\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chip Ide 1 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-1-1-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2015\/05\/Chip-Ide-1-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony, dinner, and reception was\u00a0held on Saturday, June 6, 2015.\u00a0Chip Ide&#8217;s award was\u00a0presented to him by Joel Schiavone &#8217;54.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nominate your favorite athlete, team, or coach\u00a0for the 2016 Athletic Hall of Fame <a href=\"www.williston.com\/hall-of-fame\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A three-sport athlete at Williston Academy, Harlow \u201cChip\u201d Ide used his speed and competitive nature to excel on the gridiron, in the pool, and on the track. An All-American swimmer in the 50 Free, Chip helped set national prep school records in the medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay. In 1954, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2015\/06\/02\/athletic-hall-of-fame-2015-harlow-chip-ide-jr-55\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athletic Hall of Fame 2015: Harlow \u201cChip\u201d Ide, Jr. &#8217;55<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletic-hall-of-fame"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1971,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions\/1971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}