Sal is perhaps most famous in NOLA running circles for being a member of relay teams that set World and American records in the 4 X 1 mile and 4 X 800 events for the 50-54 year old age group.

In the 4 by one mile record run, Sal’s leg was 5:06, second only to Charlie Wimberley 4:59. Their total time was 20:23.

Sal was born in about 1936. He ran track for Holy Cross in 1953, and after a long hiatus returned to running in about 1968. From 1972 to the mid-80’s, Sal ran many NOTC events. He laid out road race courses and occasionally served as race director.

In his 40’s, Sal was consistently one of the area’s better masters runners. For example, at age 44 he ran the Mardi Gras Marathon in 3:05. At age 46 , he did the 3mi Al Briede Gold Cup in 16:40. He also ran a 39:30 10k that year.

When he was in his late 40’s and early 50’s, Sal emerged as a competitor with such outstanding runners as Mike Witkin, Charlie Wimberley, and Larry Fuselier