Maryland Walk On Standards Faster Than Any of Their Current Runners?

Hah, I must’ve been there shortly before you. I made it as a walk-on for XC and the try out near the end of summer consisted of a 4 mile time trial and then a bunch of sprints/weight room stuff. This was in the summer/fall of ‘98. When did Rincon leave?

sbeefyk2 wrote:

The college I went to would set the standards for home track meets higher than almost all but a couple guys on the team. The coaches became a laughing stock in the area when they'd set standards of 1:45 for 800, 3:40 for 1500, 13:45 for 5k, 8:45 for the steeple and the team only had 2 guys that were under those standards. Then the race would go off with ONLY athletes from the home school running 14:20-14:50 for 5k.Then the B heat with no standard would have guys run faster than the elite heat. It was hilarious.

Reminds me of GMU's "world class" meets. At one point, their standard for unattached entry was being ranked on the iaaf world rankings list. I think you had to be top 50 in the world or something.

I'm sure we had some of the same teammates. Small world. Rincon left after the 2000-2001 season.