Virgin and Rose battle for NCAA title
Virgin and Rose battle for NCAA title
Wild how those two were so close in ability and racing style. Did Rose prevail in this go-round?
IAAF World Cross champs
1978 1st John Treacy
1979 1st John Treacy
1980 1st Craig Virgin
1981 1st Craig Virgin
1978 6th Craig Virgin
1980 3rd Nick Rose
1984 4th Wilson Waigwa
1985 5th John Treacy
1985 10th Bruce Bickford
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10,000 World Rankings
1973 3rd Ngeno
1977 2nd Kimombwa World Record holder
1979 2nd Virgin
1980 2nd Virgin
1982 8th Rose
1984 10th Bickford
1985 1st Bickford
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5000 World rankings
1977 4th Rose
1977 6th Kimombwa
1978 9th Treacy
1979 6th Treacy
1980 9th Waigwa
1985 10th Bickford
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NCAA 10000m
1974 1st Ngeno
1975 1st Ngeno
1975 3rd Virgin
1975 5th Sirma
1976 1st Ngeno
1976 2nd Virgin
1976 3rd Wells
1976 4th Sirma
1976 6th Merrick
1977 1st Kimombwa
1977 2nd Virgin
1977 3rd Sirma
1977 4th Alitz
1977 5th Treacy
1978 2nd Treacy
1978 3rd Davey
1978 4th Kimombwa
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NCAA 5000m
1973 6th Rose
1974 1st Geis
1974 2nd Rose
1974 4th Ngeno
1975 1st Ngeno
1975 2nd Geis
1975 4th Wells
1975 6th Rose
1976 1st Kimeto
1976 2nd Ngeno
1976 3rd Kimombwa
1976 4th Cotton
1977 1st Kimeto
1977 2nd Kimombwa
1977 3rd Staynings
1977 4th Virgin
1977 5th Taylor
1978 2nd Deegan
1978 3rd Kimombwa
1978 4th Kimeto
That is a lot of info that doesn't answer my question. Googled the answer which is "yes" in 1974, Virgin won in '75.
RuffNTuff wrote:
That is a lot of info that doesn't answer my question.
The very first link he posted contains the answer to your question