Edna Hanley Strachan was a speed-skating champion at the peak of the sport’s popularity, winning the New York City Silver Skates in 1937 and 1938 in front of overflow crowds at Madison Square Garden.
Among her dozens of titles, Hanley Strachan doubled in the 1936 Interstate Outdoor Championships, winning both the 220 and 440-yard sprints in sub-freezing temperatures at Bear Mountain.
Class of 1998