Blank231 wrote:
Whittniborton was a multi sport athlete in highschool. Has a world record for fastest mile while dribbling a basketball
Watched the video. No curb. She ran on the lane line around every curve. No record in my book.
Still a hell of an athlete!
Coevett wrote:
Also Peter Snell if you can count him as a 'distance runner'.
Given that Peter, who ran a marathon rather early in his career, was able to win a New Zealand cross country title--at a time when NZ had great depth in distance running--I think it's reasonable to characterize him as a middle-distance AND distance runner.
What an idiotic rule — why would anyone want to prevent someone from achieving things like this? That is awesome, thanks for the story.
My lifetime dedication to the sport of track and field stems from years of personal experience as a runner, and my passion as an educator. Coaching is a form of teaching that can positively impact people for the rest of their lives. I view the track as my outdoor classroom. I am dedicated to embellishing the knowledge and life-long morals that are associated with track and field. Perseverance, motivation, hard work, strategy, and most of all PATIENCE are the virtues that I will teach all of my athletes. Although my personal specialty as a runner has always been middle distance, I am certified and qualified to coach all track and field events; as I have been involved with all events of the sport both as a competitive participant and coach.
Even in when I was in middle school, I spent a plethora of time on the state coach’s website, ohstrack.com. I did this to analyze all of the other runners and teams, learning as much about them as I could. I would predict the outcome of certain races, and was correct 99 percent of the time. A large part of coaching involves recruiting and researching other teams and runners. The more knowledge I have about other competitors, the better prepared I can be as a coach for my own runners.
The quality of coaching that separates me from other coaches is that I am not a cookie-cutter coach. I understand that all runners, just like all students, have different learning styles. I specifically taper all of my coaching instructions for each individual runner and their specific event. I put a special priority on making each individual runner the absolute best runner and person that they can possibly be, and I prioritize their well-being and personal success above adding to my own resume as a coach. I understand that when I attempt to make each runner the best individual they can possibly be, at the end of the season that will amount to performing well as a team. My philosophy is that when I teach my runners the virtues associated with the sport, that they will apply those same virtues to other aspects of life. Running is difficult, and when done properly, it can make other areas of life seem easy. All runners need a coach who is knowledgeable and a great role model.
Running tends to be more mental than any other sport, and the most important and difficult part of running is learning to listen to your own body. This is the only principle I cannot teach my runners. I would like them to learn to listen to what their body needs in terms of hydration and rest, all while I provide them the proper training methodologies. Coaching is not a 1-way street or dictatorship. It is a 2-way comprehensive learning experience, and a GOOD coach always listens to his runners and learns more about them throughout the season. I apply the Hippocratic Oath to my coaching methodologies. I will never administer any type of workout that could possible injure my runners. I know that certain workouts can only be done at certain times and still not have a negative effect on the runner on race-day. I provide hard workouts on hard days, and easy workouts on recovery days in order to allow my runners to regenerate and avoid injury. These are my top 3 priorities as a coach…..
1. Their health and well being.
2. Their academic performance in the classroom.
3. Their performance on the track.
My athletes will be run like champions, be good sportsman, know how to take a loss, and apply it towards future improvement at their next competition. My team will be a close-nit family and show each other mutual respect. I am preparing them for competition at this level and the next, and preparing them for all other obstacles they may face in adulthood. Running is one of the greatest gifts that we possess, and educating young runners is a close 2nd place. It brings me joy just being around the sport, and more joy watching my athletes mature into well productive citizens. I will do everything in my power to represent our team and our school in a positive, respectful, competitive manner; and produce as many championships, champions, and records for our school throughout my entire duration as coach.
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Bryan Berryhill, a 3:54 miler, won two NCAA titles in the 1500/mile his senior year in college. Also on the cross country team.
In HS, "Bryan a 1996 graduate, was a three-sport letterman at Crater High School excelling in football, basketball and track. Bryan was a named an All-Conference football player his junior and senior years."
hayward field wrote:
Bryan Berryhill, a 3:54 miler, won two NCAA titles in the 1500/mile his senior year in college. Also on the cross country team.
In HS, "Bryan a 1996 graduate, was a three-sport letterman at Crater High School excelling in football, basketball and track. Bryan was a named an All-Conference football player his junior and senior years."
Small high schools have lots of kids like this. There just aren't enough athletes to fill teams unless everyone takes part every season, so fast XC and track kids end up playing a ball sport. Some are better than others.
Nobody's mentioned Lukas. I agree gymnastics and steeple is a pretty good combo.
I ran with plenty of multi sport athletes in HS who were solid runners. This idea that distance runners have no other talent is a myth. I suspect many good runners were just late bloomers who started off a bit smaller. I seemingly had "no talent" for other sports, but really I was just a late bloomer. I was 4'9" when I started HS. There is ZERO room in any sport requiring size / power for a small kid. I had good coordination, could shoot a basketball, pretty accurate with a baseball, solid forward in youth soccer, but was too small for those sports against nearly grown men in HS. By the time I graduated HS, I was 6'0" and probably could have played any varsity sport I wanted, but my opportunity window had closed on those sports. Having never played any ball sports in HS, I am now one of the best players at any pickup situation I am ever in - Volleyball, softball, soccer, basketball, etc. Endurance is part of those sports too and I destroy former HS players by outlasting them with modest skill.
Weren't Rupp and Webb insanely good at soccer and swimming in their youth. Pretty sure they were both on Olympic development teams for their respective sports, if not just the one.
No one reached the level of Ben Zobrist. 2 World Series rings, MVP of the 2016 WS.
Sebastian Coe comes to mind with his 36 inch vertical. For comparison, LeBron James also has a 36 inch vertical.
robert678 wrote:
Sebastian Coe comes to mind with his 36 inch vertical. For comparison, LeBron James also has a 36 inch vertical.
That sound you hear is Coevette's head exploding.
Peter Bol
What Andy did in 1990 was amazing and he had a heck or a track career at DHS as well but the overtime game winning goal Andy scored was a playoff game (quarterfinals I believe) not the championship game.
That year Duxbury lost in the Division II state finals to Nashoba; final score was 2-0, Chieftains over the Dragons no overtime.
He was athletic you know wrote:
Alan Webb is a name that comes to mind. When he was in his 3:46 mile shape back in 07 he looked like he could have did atleast one rep of 230 or 235. He was strong for a runner and he also had some speed to him. Maybe 11.2ish 100 guy
"Could have did?" Wow.
If we are talking about "someone very successful in another sport who was a distant runner at some point in his/her career" then I'd say Gwen Jorgensen.
Nick Symonds is the first thet came to mind. That dude was running 1:43 looking like he just got off the field from the Idaho Football champs.
Lopez lomong 13.5m triple jump
18rabbitskiing wrote:
What Andy did in 1990 was amazing and he had a heck or a track career at DHS as well but the overtime game winning goal Andy scored was a playoff game (quarterfinals I believe) not the championship game.
That year Duxbury lost in the Division II state finals to Nashoba; final score was 2-0, Chieftains over the Dragons no overtime.
Good to know! I heard the story through other people, so that ks for giving a fact check. Division 2 in MA is still competitive, vs a lot of the really good 3-sport athletes mentioned played varsity football/basketball at high schools where there are very few people and you can make the team and start just by being decently athletic.
Also, as someone who did "Olympic Development Program" soccer, I think the name is very misleading. It's not like those ODP teams are putting youth soccer players on track to play in the Olympics, at least not at the state level. They selected like 50+ kids from a small state for 1 year age group (and didn't necessarily get all the best kids in the state), which statistically could be the track equivalent of racing in an unseeded section at a freshman-sophomore meet.
I bet Fisher, Rupp, Centro, and others were good soccer players and maybe could have played D3 in college, but being on ODP does not mean they would have been top prospects in that sport.
2:18 at the casino and way off the grid... wrote:
Jake Merrell from Valley in the panhandle of Texas all state athlete in four sports.
Joe Falcon was the only runner that I have heard could bench press more than me at weighing under 130 lbs. When I weighed 128 Max was 265lbs.
Wasn't Falcon also a very, very good tennis player? Maybe national caliber as a teen?
