Rowan University - Glassboro State College Hall of Fame
Rimkis earned All-American honors three times in track and in cross country. At the NCAA Championships, he finished second in the steeplechase (9:00.43) in 1984 and took third place (9:05.33) in 1983. Rimkis was fifth at the 1983 NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 24:10. He was the conference’s cross country champion his junior and senior years. At the NJAC Championships, Rimkis won the steeplechase in 1983 and 1984 and the 5,000 meters in 1984.
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Rimkis was an Academic All-American twice (1983, 1984) and selected to the All-East team. His senior year, he received the Albert F. White Scholar-Athlete Award. He graduated in 1984 with a bachelor’s in health and physical education. In 1985, Rimkis was a participant for the East team in the Olympic Sports Festival and in 1988 he was an Olympic trials marathon qualifier.
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He is a 1979 graduate of Washington Township High School and a member of the school’s Hall of Fame.