Best Runners from All 50 States!

Frank Shorter was born in germany, but I think he grew up in Middletown New York.

Illinois also has Rick Wolhunter and Ken Popejoy, both are from the Wheaton area. Popejoy has some sons who run and Wolhunter's niece is Sammy Polock who won a couple of girls' state titles.

Isn't Dan Browne from Oregon as well?

HAWAII

Duncan McDonald (broke Pre's American 5,000 record)

Henry Marsh (still holds American steeplechase record)

Seems like we are jumping back and forth between where some people went to high school or college. I thought the rules were where they went to high school, not whatever fits your favorite state.

Women from Oregon HS

Claudette Groenendaal

Kathy Hayes

Leann Warren

Eryn Forbes

Indiana: Rudy Chapa, Carey Pinkowski,

16x

If you are talking about what state someone was born in then BK and Sam Bair go to Indiana and Pennsylvania respectively-and Jesse Owens was born in Alabama. But, here are my additions

Gerald Tinker (400 relay gold in 72)

D'andra Hill

Laurie Gomez

Mark Dailey

Thomas Jefferson (Bronze in 84 200)

Jud Logan (former AR in Hammer)

Kevin Akins (70' + in shot)

Kim Kreiner (AR in Jav)

Marc Sylvester

Mike Inge (US junior 800 champ this year)

Some up and comers:

Jeff See

Tianna Madison

Ted Ginn Jr.

Sunni Olding

Jenny Morgan

Brendan Whitman (only 6 yrs. old but showing big wheels :-)

And how did Dave Wottle have to wait until your second list ;-)

NCAA Championship in the Steeplechase for the Ducks in early 80s. From Baker City, OR Still pretty good for an old guy

Some Michigan additions:Jeff Drenth, Paul Afdumberge, Ryan Shay, Brian Grosso, Brian Hyde, Hartmann

hey wrote:

Michigan:

Brian Diemer, Jack Bacheler, Doug Brown, Dathan Ritzenhein, Greg Meyer, Herb Lindsey, Todd Williams, Bill Donakowski, Gerry Donakowsky, Doug Kurtis, Gary Wolfram, Bethany Brewster, Laura Matson, Scott Hubbard, Earl Jones, Delisa Walton-Floyd, Jeff Ward, Judi Brown-King, Marshall Dill, Kim Turner, Herb Washington, Lisa Weidenbach ...

Georgia:

Ralph King, Dan Henderson, Angelo Taylor, Roger Kingdom, Terrence Trammell, Antonio Pettigrew, Milt Campbell, Antonio McKay, Reggie Witherspoon, Sam Graddy, Brendan Mahoney, Joe Thorne, Reese Hoffa, Dothel Edwards, Gwen Torrence, Tasha Malone, Nona Allen, Stephanie Smith,

Yeah - From West Linn - Can't believe I left him out!! Also add Jesse Thomas from Bend. Stanford school record holder in the steeple.

Answers:

Thomas Murley is in Europe- not competing.

Did I see Nona Allen on the GA list? That's reaching.

Vicky Huber

and wow I can't think of any others!

New York

Frank Shorter*+

John Trautman*

Pete Pfitzinger*

John Tuttle*

Jerry Lawson

Don Paige*

Brad Sumner

Miles Irish

Ross Donohue

Dick Buerkle*

Jen Rhines*

Cheri Goddard

*Olympian

+Medalist

Some of CT's finest include...

Bill Rodgers (nuff said)

John Vitale (Perennial top 10 contender at Boston)

Johnny J. Kelley (1957 Boston Marathon Champ)

Amby Burfoot(1968 Boston Marathon Champ)

Jan Merrill Morin (Countless american records)

Dan Wilson (sub 4 miler)

Jerome Young (Olympic gold medal 4X4)

And thats just off the top of my head.

MD Greats:

Bob Wheeler 1972 1500m olympian

Pascal Dobert

Renaldo Nehemiah

Malmo!

Bernard Williams

James Carter

Amanda White Kinney Footlocker Champion

Suzianne Reid

I'm sure I missed plenty of others...help me out

A few more guys:

Jeff Atkinson

Matt Guisto

Jay Marden

Eric Hulst (sp?)

(borderline)

Tom Downs

Matt Clayton

400-meter guys

Quincy Watts

Steve Lewis

(there must be a boatload of 44-point dudes from SoCal)

Femmes:

Patty Sue Plummer

Polly Plummer

Regina Jacobs

Francie Larrieux

Nancy Ditz (Calif.?)

Other notables not mentioned:

Anyone know where Mary Decker is from?

Lynn Jennings, MASS

Pat Porter, CO

Shannon Butler, MONT

What about all the fast guys and gals from Minnesota?? (Beardsley, Klecker et al).

etc.

Nehemiah was from Joisey. What exit?

Dave Patrick, Nova

Cliff Wiley, U of Kansas

John Scherer, U of Michigan