Two Physical Fitness facilities were created in 2006 as part of the major building renovations and serve over 400 students yearly as part of the academic Physical Education programs and athletic team training. One facility emphasizes cardio-vascular training, and the second facility emphasizes weight training. Unfortunately, both facilities used the same 3/8″ floor covering on top of the concrete floor. This proved woefully inadequate for the weight training facility, resulting in an unsafe, unsanitary, and unsightly classroom environment. Further, as Denny Duermit ’69 (Alumni Board member, Withrow Athletic Hall of Fame member, and 14 year Walnut Hills Basketball Coach) simply states, “Our current Weight Room facility is embarrassing and puts Withrow at a significant disadvantage relative to other Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) in attracting and preparing our stu­dent-athletes for competitive play now and beyond high school.”

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An induction ceremony on February 10, 2017 celebrated the 2017 Class of the Withrow Athletic Hall of Fame.  To view the members of the Withrow Athletic Hall of Fame, click HERE. Note that  biographies of members can be viewed by clicking on their names. Photos of the induction ceremony may be viewed by clicking HERE.

The inductees in this fifth class of the Withrow Athltic Hall of Fame are, viewing photos left to right:

Horace Pumphrey ’42 – Football; Joe Brefeld ’57 – Baseball, Basketball, Football; Tyrone Hill ’86 – Basketball; Brandon Hunter ’99 – Basketball; Skyler Willis ’11 – Track, Volleyball

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