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Dont know
6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 2:12PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Who are the only six collegiate runners to ever run under 28:00.

1. Sam Chelanga 27:something
2. Galen Rupp 27:something
3. Forrest 27:53ish
4. Ritz?
5. Cragg?
6. Bairu?

I don't know. Anyone want to fill this in?
Cocktails and Dreams
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 2:16PM - in reply to Dont know Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Bauhs is one
Chapman
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 2:24PM - in reply to Dont know Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
cragg never did, ritz, boaz, and dobson all did
Doc Holliday
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 2:26PM - in reply to Dont know Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Ritz, Rupp, Chelanga, Dobson, Rono, Nyambi, Forrest..

I know for a fact these guys have run under 28 minutes while in college.
Stags
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 2:30PM - in reply to Doc Holliday Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
All time in season:

10,000
1. Sam Chelanga (Liberty) 2009 27:28.48*
2. Galen Rupp (Oregon) 2007 27:33.48
3. Gabriel Kamau (Texas-El Paso) 1982 27:36.2(h)*
4. Gidamis Shahanga (Texas-El Paso) 1982 27:38.1(h)*
5. Dathan Ritzenhein (Colorado) 2004 27:38.50
6. Zack Barie (Texas-El Paso) 1982 27:38.6(h)*
7. Ed Eyestone (Brigham Young) 1985 27:41.05
8. Boaz Cheboiywo (Eastern Michigan) 2003 27:46.47*
9. Henry Rono (Washington State) 1978 27:46.6(h)*
10. Scott Bauhs (Chico State) 2008 27:48.06
11. Shawn Forrest (Arkansas) 2009 27:52.10*
12. John Treacy (Providence) 1978 27:55.2(h)*
13. Josh Rohatinsky (Brigham Young) 2007 27:55.86
14. Suleiman Nyambui (Texas-El Paso) 1981 27:58.3(h)*
15. Craig Virgin (Illinois) 1976 27:59.43
16. Ian Dobson (Stanford) 2005 27:59.72
Fred Savage
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 2:53PM - in reply to Stags Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Out of season:

Samson Kimobwa (WSU) ran 27:30.5 WR in 1977
Henry Rono (WSU) ran 27:22.5 WR in 1978 and 27:31 in 1980
Nor Cal Runner
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 3:11PM - in reply to Fred Savage Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Pre did it...
old ndn runna
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 3:18PM - in reply to Nor Cal Runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
didn't Shannon Butler also dip under 28 in 1991?
dyestat.com
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 3:22PM - in reply to Nor Cal Runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Nor Cal Runner wrote:

Pre did it...


nope.
Stags
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 3:38PM - in reply to dyestat.com Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
In and out of season combined. There are certainly a few between 27:50-28:00 missing.

1. Henry Rono (Washington State) 1978 27:22.47*
2. Sam Chelanga (Liberty) 2009 27:28.48*
3. Samson Kimobwa (Washington State) 1977 27:30.47*
4. Galen Rupp (Oregon) 2007 27:33.48
5. Gabriel Kamau (Texas-El Paso) 1982 27:36.2(h)*
6. Gidamis Shahanga (Texas-El Paso) 1982 27:38.1(h)*
7. Dathan Ritzenhein (Colorado) 2004 27:38.50
8. Zack Barie (Texas-El Paso) 1982 27:38.6(h)*
9. Alberto Salazar (Oregon) 1981 27:40.59
10. Ed Eyestone (Brigham Young) 1985 27:41.05
11. Geoff Smith (Providence) 1981 27:43.75*
12. Boaz Cheboiywo (Eastern Michigan) 2003 27:46.47*
13. Scott Bauhs (Chico State) 2008 27:48.06
14. Joel Cheruiyot (Washington State) 1979 27:50.25*
15. Bill McChesney (Oregon) 1982 27:50.82

*=foreign collegian
questioning
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 3:51PM - in reply to Stags Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
did Teg ever do it?
Brad ONeil - SR - Coe College
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 3:57PM - in reply to Nor Cal Runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Nor Cal Runner wrote:

Pre did it...


After college, he did go under 28. But not during. If I remember that Pre autobiography right, he never ran a 10k in college, just did one in 74 then one in 75.
Olivia Newton-John
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 4:07PM - in reply to Stags Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Shite! In 81-82 UTEP was NASTY! 4 dudes under 28:00. Fek sake!
Heard through the grapevine
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 4:13PM - in reply to Stags Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Gidamis Shahanga is my favorite African name ever. Good old Gid.
Eugene the Careful Axe Weilder
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 4:25PM - in reply to Heard through the grapevine Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Heard through the grapevine wrote:
Gidamis Shahanga is my favorite African name ever. Good old Gid.


I always liked the name Sos Bitok
inthe knowwww
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 8:06PM - in reply to Eugene the Careful Axe Weilder Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
where is zach barie from?
Stags
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 8:46PM - in reply to inthe knowwww Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Tanzania.
stupiderer
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 8:54PM - in reply to Stags Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
who would have thunk that five years later ritz would have a pr just barely better than that?
Scenario Adjuster
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 8:59PM - in reply to stupiderer Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
stupiderer wrote:

who would have thunk that five years later ritz would have a pr just barely better than that?


anyone that had spent more than 25 minutes with Brad Hudson
Lone Star
RE: 6 collegiates under 28:00 6/17/2009 9:09PM - in reply to Scenario Adjuster Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRN

Ouch!
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