Best Collegiate Girls Distance Coaches?

rib nerd wrote:

What college is Hassenbank at? I thought he was a HS coach in the wichita area?

He coached at Wichita St for 4 years before getting the Head Womens XC & distance job at Alabama. Most notably he took Desiraye Osburn from being a small class KS nobody to 4x All-American.

Wyco Loco wrote:

rib nerd wrote:

What college is Hassenbank at? I thought he was a HS coach in the wichita area?

He coached at Wichita St for 4 years before getting the Head Womens XC & distance job at Alabama. Most notably he took Desiraye Osburn from being a small class KS nobody to 4x All-American.

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I agree.....Randy has done a good job. Osburn is just one of the succeses he has had. Look for good things out of Alabama.

There aren't any collegiate "girls".

I think you mean Andy Powell at Oregon...

USATF-PA wrote:

Who is the best - Vin Lananna at Oregon

I'm sorry, are you nuts? If Wetmore doesn't coach the women at Colorado, who does? Or do they coach themselves? And Lananna almost exclusively coaches Lauren Fleshman, and she is definitely not a man.

xycoachazone wrote:

There are others like Wetmore and Lananna but they are traditionally thought of as men's coaches first.

Wow, got to pipe in again. Running for Wetmore does not obligate one to a high mileage program. Just because some athletes take the route of higher mileage, that does not mean that high-mileage is an across the board obligation. There are female athletes running as low as 45MPW, and as high as 85MPW, or somewhere around those bookends. You guys get too much information from Running with the Buffaloes.

kdien wrote:

If you want a weaker academic school try Providence College or Colorado (but only if you think you can handle Coach Mark Wetmore's very high mileage program).

[quote]someone else... wrote:

I think you mean Andy Powell at Oregon...

actually it would be maurica in that case...andy coaches the men

Deb Vercauteran at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

www.uwosh.edu

Several Olympic Trials caliber folks the past 10 years including Liz Woodworth.

My daughter runs for him. Ray has done a great job at Oberlin. Having talked with some of the kids on the team he takes a very thoughtful approach to training - doesn't burn them out and keeps the injuries low. Since he has been there the teams have gotten alot better. He's very positive and very passionate, and that has seemed to rub off on the teams. Ray has been such a positive influence on my daughter, a true coach.

This is especially true considering the difficulties recruiting at Oberlin can bring. Strong academics, high tuition, a very atypical student body... Ray does a nice job, all things considered. The new track outdoors certainly won't hurt.

RENE SEPULVEDA... IN A LAND SLIDE!

The Trotters were workhorses for Stanford. They stopped competing because they graduated not because of anything you have written here. They used all the eligibility they had. Do your homework before you spew crap.

karen harvey

Pete Dolan, UC Santa Barbara

Karen Harvey by a long way!

Been at FSU 6months and brought the team from 22nd at NCAA x-country to 3rd in the nation in one season.

[quote]kdien wrote:

I don't know BYU's coach, but BYU hasn't done well recently and when they have done well it is often because the average of their runners is near 25 -- due to the mission work their students are required to do. [quote]

You are absolutely 100% wrong for the BYU women's team. While the men complete missions during college and, as a result, are generally 2-3 years older than a typical college student, the women aren't required to complete missions and, if they choose to do so, it is typically not until their later 20s.

Look at the roster of the BYU women's team (http://www.byucougars.com/Roster.jsp?SP=122) for support. All of them have competed for consecutive years and do not have a break due to a mission (unlike the men)

You really need to get your facts straight prior to posting!

Scott Simmons

Craig Lake, Brown (more so for her work at Columbia though)

Does Karen Harvey coach this team. Obviously she coaches the majority of the FSU women but many rumors are floating around that KAren does not coach her op 2 runners. Over the years it has become common knowledge that the best runners on the FSU team are coached by their club coaches. The same is said to be true for their 1-2 runners from cross. Take these ladies out of the mix and it is clear that they would ot have made it to the NCAA meet.