ramparts wrote:
coach d wrote:Carl (the most decorated male athlete)
Allyson (the most decorated female athlete)
Owens (the most decorated in the shortest amount of time)
JJK (the most dominant t&f athlete in history)
JJK was not more dominant than Herb Elliott.
The East Germans were all cleaner than her.
need a lot more than 4....
Domestic:
Pre
Oerter
Harrison Dillard
Ed Moses and Carl Lewis yelling at each other
Evelyn Ashford
Mary Decker
Beamon
Speed City (Smith, Carlos, Evans)
Mathias/Eaton
Aries Merritt
JJK
SRR
International:
Zatopek
Bannister
Coe, Ovett
Lagat
Air France (Lavillenie)
Keino
Bikila
Zelezny
jeez, we could go on all day. I think we need parameters...career or magnitude of performance...
wonderingggg wrote:
Pre
Billy Mills
Jim Ryun
Ryan Hall
Gods of american distance running.
Yes, but: surely ONE black sprinter makes the grade. I like Mills, though.
Pre
Billy Mills
Jesse Owens
Jim Ryun
Double Hockey Sticks wrote:
Pretentious D1 Coach wrote:I can see it now...walking into the stadium, pointing to the Billy Mills statue going, "look at Mills, look at Mills!!!!!!"
Immortalize the iconic moments rather than careers?
Billy Mills 10000 Gold
Beamon's world record jump
Owens winning gold in Berlin
Decker gritting out win against Soviets in 1983
Wottle winning 800 Gold wearing that white cap
FloJo 100 record
That's a great way of doing it, too. Problem is, you really need Frank Shorter in there. His marathon win wasn't just an exceptional achievement, but it started the running boom.
And Pre. Which race? But he needs to be there.
rojo wrote:
Trackalerts has an interesting article stating that 4 statues of Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Asafa Powell will be erected in Jamaica's national stadium over the next two years.
http://trackalerts.com/Articles/statues-of-bolt-fraser-pryce-vcb-and-powell-to-be-erected-at-national-stadium/26251It got me thinking. Oviously we don't have a national stadium but if USATF was going to erect 4 statues and put them in Hayward field, who would you choose? Actually, the more I think about it maybe I should ask two different questions.
1) If the US had a national stadium, whose 4 statues would you want in it?
2) If 4 statues were going up in Hayward field (Nike/Oregon ties), whose statues would you want?
A case can be made for so many, what Glenn Cunningham did with the challenges he faced was beyond all.
National
1. Glenn Cunningham
2. Jesse Owens
3. Jim Ryun
4. Joan Benoit Samuelson
Hayward
1. Pre
2. Wilkins
3. Decker
4. Rupp
Dishonorable mention: Oscar Pistorius
Jauqim Cruz
2 by 4 wrote:
[quote]rojo wrote:
Hayward
1. Pre
2. Wilkins
3. Decker
4. Rupp
Dishonorable mention: Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius is already a retro villain, classic.
JESSE OWENS
CARL LEWIS
JJK
ALLYSON FELIX/ JIM RYUN
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