Hall of Fame
Schaufuss came to Cumberland on the heels of winning the state high school two mile run in 1978, when he ran for Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Kentucky. Schaufuss joined a team with many other gifted runners and worked hard to make his mark. In time, his persistence began to payoff in intercollegiate competition as well as in various community sponsored road events. In the summer of 1982, he was a co-winner of the Bluegrass 10,000 meter run, along with another former teammate and Hall of Fame Inductee Tommy Smith. The Bluegrass 10,000 is a statewide road race held in Lexington, KY, each summer. Smith and Schaufuss covered the 6.2 mile course and crossed the line together in 31 minutes and 46 seconds, ahead of some 3,000 other runners that combined to make the largest field in the history of the event at that time. In 1983, Schaufuss was in the top six finishers of the 10,000 meter at the NAIA Outdoor Track Nationals and earned a spot as an All American. He also received All American Honors for his finish in the 83 NAIA Cross Country National meet. Following his graduation from Cumberland, Schaufuss continued his running interests by participating in local and regional marathons and later went on to set the U.S. road record for the 5000 meter. Schaufuss presently resides in Union, KY, where he is employed as a pharmaceutical sales territory manager.
