West Virginia:
Steve Fox
Steve Taylor
Larry Taylor
Zach Sabatino (Junior World Team)
Casey Batey (Mile World Record Holder)
Eric Anderson
West Virginia:
Steve Fox
Steve Taylor
Larry Taylor
Zach Sabatino (Junior World Team)
Casey Batey (Mile World Record Holder)
Eric Anderson
New Mexico:
Can't forget Chuck Aragon man! Vato had some wheels!!
Also Peter Graham, Arturo Jimenez, Mario Sategna (Decathlon). Matt Gonzales.
Colorado: Know it was finally mentioned, but Clint Wells goddamnit.
Morrison is from Ft. Collins (Poudre H.S.) He was a multiple time All-American at Wisconsin and mad a few world cross teams.
Someone earlier asked where Jon Sinclair was from. He went to Arvada West H.S., a suburb of Denver. Pat Porter went to Evergreen H.S. as well as Craig Dickson.
A few more Coloradans that no one has mentioned;
-Eric Mack (a teammate of Goucher's at Doherty H.S.)
-Sarah Schawald spent her middle school and Frosh/Soph years in Colorado Springs
-One of the Plummer sisters spent at least some of high school in Montrose, CO.
WVU wrote:
West Virginia:
Steve Fox
Steve Taylor
Larry Taylor
Zach Sabatino (Junior World Team)
Casey Batey (Mile World Record Holder)
Eric Anderson
Did you mean CHRIS Fox?
california
where's rexing from?.....OH?
is jim hill from oregon? i haven't seen him on any lists. someone's gotta lay claim to him. 3:5?, 13:19, 27:50 in college.
PA has added paul vandegrift (3 yrs of HS in CA, and one in PA I believe), chris dugan (nc state steeple), mike mcwilliams (ND all amaerican....perhaps a teammate of rexing), and current hansons guys brian sell and kevin doyle. there are lots more i'm sure, but i'm young and know nothing.
huh wrote:
where's rexing from?.....OH?
is jim hill from oregon? i haven't seen him on any lists. someone's gotta lay claim to him. 3:5?, 13:19, 27:50 in college.
Reston, Virginia
in response to best athlete from iowa, im gonna have to say gold medalist kip janvrin
Jim Hill is from Reston, VA? That's news to me. Or do you mean Rexing? Or is this all a joke poking fun at Webb, although I can't picture you taking pot shots at Webb.
Jimmers wrote:
Jim Hill is from Reston, VA? That's news to me.
Or Vienna or one of those other CIA towns in Virginia.
Maryland...Buzz Sawyer
Charlie Koester
Bill Belichek..lol
BCT wrote:
New York: John Gregorek, Matt Centrowitz, Miles Irish
You forgot John Trautmann(National HS Rec 3k), Derrik Adkins (Oly Champ 400IH), Bob Beamon(Oly Champ WR in LJ) to name a few
some oldies:
Massacusetts:
Ed Collymore (200m NCAA Champion 1958, a ton of IC4A titles)
Charles Jenkins (400/4x400 Olympic Medalist 1956)
Phil Reavis (Olympic HJ 1956)
Pennsylvania:
Ted Meredith (world record holder 400m & 800m in the 1920's)
Walter Tewksbury (1900 gold medal 200m & 400 hurdles, plus silvers in the 100 and the defunct 60, plus bronze in the 200m low hurdles, world record holder in the 100 & 200)
Donald Lippincott ("world fastest man" first athlete to run 10.6 in 1912, also tied 200m world record)
Connecticut: Jerome Young, Dan Wilson. I'm sure I'm missing someone.
Who was the guy who ran the 5000 at Los Angeles in 1984 from Kelso Washington?
new york addition:
abe kiviat.
if you don't know who he is, find out.
South Dakota:
Billy Mills-olympic 10,000m champion
Rod Dehaven-men's olympic marathon
Greg Jimmerson-2nd Footlocker Nationals, Stanford, Nike Farm Team
Mass: Some ommisions I believe
Matt Downin(went to school in NH, he like bro Andy are MA natives)
Art DuLong (4:04 HS mile in 1960's)
Mark Coogan
Darin Shearer
Abdirizak Mohamud
Jim Hill is from Vienna, Virginia, where of all things, his high school coach was......Martin Smith!
cmon Jersey people..there is a rich list..I don't have time to name...but here's a starter...
Marty Liquori
Carl/Carol Lewis