Depending on your academic qualifications: Cornell has had tremendous success in depth with their 800 men. Top 4x800 squad every year, etc.
Depending on your academic qualifications: Cornell has had tremendous success in depth with their 800 men. Top 4x800 squad every year, etc.
How about the University of Michigan? In my opinion, the 800 meter performance is a spring board to faster times in longer distances. The people who seem to have the most success in any of the distances are those with good, basic speed. When you are constantly running in a state of oxygen debt in the 800, any other event that is aerobic is a piece of cake. Brie Felnagle is an excellent example of this. It is much easier to move up in distance than it is to move down.
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Regent wrote:Northern Iowa (UNI) is in the Missouri Valley Conference-MVC. Solid mid-major conference. The whole conference has had some real solid 800/1500 kids in the past few years. Wilberts, Fife, Bolden, Girtz Azis, Tripp, Doherty, Bronco Meeks, Lots of UNI guys.
Don't forget Christian Goy who won a national title in 2002 in the mile.
And there was Einars Tuperitis from Wichita State-1:45 half miler who also ran in the Olympics.
Joey Woody from UNI was an all american indoor 800 several years, and Balazs Csillag of UNI was NCAA runner up in the 3000-
Northern Iowa had a 4xmile team beat Stanford at the Drake Relays-Stanford has never returned their men since.
his great coach who helped me become a 1:51. I was 1:55 out of HS
Cornell doesnt even have the best distance program in their league - compare up top - last 10 years or so:
Cornell - Hall, Wyner, Hyde...
Penn - Burley, Jaworski, Kaijala, Robin Martin
I think its fair to say the Penn runners accomplished more than they Big Red counterparts.
And I dont count IC4A 800 titles - They are fun and everything, but nobody runs at IC4As anymore - the meet is dead.