WVU Mens Program

Oliver Luck decided not to fund a program when provided the chance. The Big 12 mandated that he do so and he changed the rules. He is in line to become the head of the NCAA, and that's not good for future of our sport.

Dawg wrote:

It's a shame that West Virginia University does not have a men's CC/Indoor/Outdoor Program. They have a girls team that consistently finishes top 10-15 in the Nation, and they also have a phenomenal coach in Sean Cleary.

The team that could have been..

In 2003 (the year after the program was cut), the WVU runners where able to compete at high caliber meets as a club. On that team they had:

Josh Simpson- 49:50 10 miler, 28:14 10k, 13:41 5k

Justin Simpson- FLN Qualifier

Zach Sabatino- NCAA XC ALL-AMERICAN, 29:05 10k, 8:49 3kSt, 14:05 5k

Ben Lukowski- 29:53 10k, 24:40 8k

Chris Walsh- 14:18 5k, 8:15 3k

Casey Batey- 3:39.82 down-hill mile

Ian Collings- 8:48 3kSt

Note: Those are times they went on to run after the program was cut.

Just a real bummer...

That team also had Rob Watson; 8:27 Steeple, 13:40 5000m.

They would have been good.

neers wrote:

Dawg wrote:

It's a shame that West Virginia University does not have a men's CC/Indoor/Outdoor Program. They have a girls team that consistently finishes top 10-15 in the Nation, and they also have a phenomenal coach in Sean Cleary.

The team that could have been..

In 2003 (the year after the program was cut), the WVU runners where able to compete at high caliber meets as a club. On that team they had:

Josh Simpson- 49:50 10 miler, 28:14 10k, 13:41 5k

Justin Simpson- FLN Qualifier

Zach Sabatino- NCAA XC ALL-AMERICAN, 29:05 10k, 8:49 3kSt, 14:05 5k

Ben Lukowski- 29:53 10k, 24:40 8k

Chris Walsh- 14:18 5k, 8:15 3k

Casey Batey- 3:39.82 down-hill mile

Ian Collings- 8:48 3kSt

Note: Those are times they went on to run after the program was cut.

Just a real bummer...

That team also had Rob Watson; 8:27 Steeple, 13:40 5000m.

They would have been good.

Ummmm, Watson ran for Colorado State.

What's the score? wrote:

Oliver Luck decided not to fund a program when provided the chance. The Big 12 mandated that he do so and he changed the rules. He is in line to become the head of the NCAA, and that's not good for future of our sport.

Luck was able to decide on Men's tennis, golf or XC/T&F and chose golf because was the cheapest option. The WVU Men's golf team now has a full roster and will begin competition this upcoming school year.

Its a shame that there is no D1 Men's Cross Country/track in the entire state of West Virginia. A real disservice to all the WV high school athletes.

It's a real shame. There have been a number of people that are very passionate about Track and Field that have graduated from WV high schools in the last few years.

Jacob Burcham, Brandon Doughty, Cam Viney, Dante Price, among several others.. who knows how many of these athletes would have stayed in state, and gone on to be good leaders after college in their respective careers, if WVU offered the sport.

Thank a combination of Title IX and money-hungry politician-types for this.

WVU had a very good program under Martin Pushkin back in the late 80s into early nineties. JP Ndaysienga, Mike Connolly, Terry Croyle and several 800-1500 studs from the UK.

Marshall university offers men's cross country, but no track team.

Yeah, the transferred there after wvu cut the program......