Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
Dr. Angela Bizzarri.
Beautiful runner
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kartelite wrote:
Jimmy Carter
Is there any record of this? His wiki mentions him playing “spring football” at USNA but nothing about any other varsity sport.
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Harley David wrote:
kartelite wrote:
Jimmy Carter
Is there any record of this? His wiki mentions him playing “spring football” at USNA but nothing about any other varsity sport.
“Sprint football” that is
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Phil Knight
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They made it in L.A.:
Rafer JohnsonKaitlyn Jenner
Allyson Felix
John Smith
Maurice Green
Ato Boldon
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She lives in Frisco. I love Frisco.
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Tom Laris. 1968 Olympian. President and CFO of E*trade.
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Please. His college is fake D1 and it's one of the weakest in its conference. He doesn't count.
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Josh Cox?
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Harley David wrote:
kartelite wrote:
Jimmy Carter
Is there any record of this? His wiki mentions him playing “spring football” at USNA but nothing about any other varsity sport.
Calling it DI is probably a stretch..
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Women belong in the kitchen wrote:
Madsen wrote:
How is a doctor in the running for most successful non-running career?
Is this thread proof that D-1 women runners don't go on to have successful non-running careers?
How about Lauren Fleshman and Stephanie Bruce? They sold Picky Bars for $12 million to Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece.
I bet there are many other doctors and lawyers who have run at D1 schools. It's just they are not well known to the public. Here is another. It's really a question of what you consider "a successful career" is. Becoming famous is not the goal of most people.
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fkkfkfkfkf wrote:
Harley David wrote:
Is there any record of this? His wiki mentions him playing “spring football” at USNA but nothing about any other varsity sport.
Calling it DI is probably a stretch..
I’ve seen another source as well, so it’s probably fair to assume he did run XC at the Naval Academy. And it is a D1 school, so it is not a stretch to call it one. That’s like saying it’s “a stretch” to call a 5’5 man a man.
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USC's Lennox Miller was a dentist.
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Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
Women belong in the kitchen wrote:
Is this thread proof that D-1 women runners don't go on to have successful non-running careers?
How about Lauren Fleshman and Stephanie Bruce? They sold Picky Bars for $12 million to Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece.
I bet there are many other doctors and lawyers who have run at D1 schools. It's just they are not well known to the public. Here is another. It's really a question of what you consider "a successful career" is. Becoming famous is not the goal of most people.
"Most successful career" implies some kind of notoriety.
She may have a happy life as a doctor but that is not notable in any way, shape, or form.
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Madsen wrote:
Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
I bet there are many other doctors and lawyers who have run at D1 schools. It's just they are not well known to the public. Here is another. It's really a question of what you consider "a successful career" is. Becoming famous is not the goal of most people.
"Most successful career" implies some kind of notoriety.
She may have a happy life as a doctor but that is not notable in any way, shape, or form.
Intelligence matters here. The OP had that in the title but later was asking about successful women who had been Division 1 runners. So the poster mentioned some success stories after their college running experiences. Otherwise you could shoot down just about any mention of anyone besides whoever you have crowned as the most successful.
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txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Any women?
Lots have become physicians. super talented and smart.
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Notable was never mentioned in the OP.
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txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Did Malcolm Gladwell run in college?
famous until he was totally owned.
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