UTEP - Allowed integrated teams, just like San Jose State back in the day (first ever integrated xc team to win championships). Cross Country was very white when these teams were winning championships.
This started with Bob Beamon, who saw what Don Haskins famously did with basketball, including friends of his from NYC. UTEP’s foreign pipeline actually started with Coach Wayne Vandenberg and the Kerrys: Ellison and Pearce. In those days (late ‘60s to early ‘70s) it was comprised of Australians, Europeans, and Mexicans. When Ted Banks took over in the mid ‘70s is when Africans began to be included in the mix.
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