Also, it genuinely bums me out how forgotten David Krummenacker has become. One of the true heroes who helped pull US distance running out of the dark ages.
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Jeremy Hernandez, first official D3 sub 4 mile while at Ramapo as well as many D3 AAs; including a chip. Had a short but productive stint as a pro with Hoka NJ/NY and then a little bit with Empire. Hard worker, even better guy
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Nick Arciniaga, Johnny Gregorek, Jordan McNamara, Noah Droddy, Kellyn Taylor
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My first thought for this was Matt Withrow, im happy he’s been mentioned 20+ times.
Tbh Aaron Sahlman is another albeit newer.
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ringo-starr wrote:
Klotho wrote:
Paul Tergat. He won a lot of championships but it was mostly XC, which doesn't seem to bring as much fame as track/marathon.
He held the marathon world record for over four years, he is too good to qualify for this list by an insane amount
Yeah fair enough - I guess I was more thinking along the line of him being on the same level as people like Gebrselassie, Bekele, and El Guerrouj, but you don't hear as much about him anymore.
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Andrew Bumbalough
High school Trevor Dunbar. Specifically the 2 mile time trial in the snow
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Alexi Santana wrote:
Andrew Bumbalough
High school Trevor Dunbar. Specifically the 2 mile time trial in the snow
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Bryshon Nellum
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Sarah Sellers
Tyler Pennel
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Steve Holman
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Donn Cabral
Now thats a name I havent heard in a long time but for a long time he was a steeplechase mainstay for the US.
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letswalk.com wrote:
Ben Saarel. One of the first high school/college guys I saw rojo hype up since I started posting on Letsrun.
Running at the top level is all about the durability of your body to handle the training. My eye test tells me Saarel was a bigger talent that Klecker, his natural speed and talent was just higher. Top 8 NCAA finish in xc as a freshman and 3rd in the 3k indoors. Guys like Klecker are just more durable and are able to continue on. Klecker looks like he was doing some good weight training in college, I wonder if that contributed to his durability.
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JORDY WILLIAMSZ. Mac Fleet. Robby Creese. Andy Bayer. Ryan Hill. JUSTYN KNIGHT. Erik van Ingen.
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Erik Van Ingen?!?!? Woah. Blast from the PAST. First ever sub 4 miler from Binghamton University. Anybody remember The Real Maine?!?!?
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Fun Throwbacks wrote:
JORDY WILLIAMSZ. Mac Fleet. Robby Creese. Andy Bayer. Ryan Hill. JUSTYN KNIGHT. Erik van Ingen.
Another from this era is Miles Batty. Easy to forget he once had the NCAA record in the mile
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Re: Obea Moore: " . . . after that season it was basically all over and he was like Keyser Soze, you didn't know he was real or just a story to tell the kids."
That's good!
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Nick Symmonds? Forget his recenr years as a fitness influencer. When he was at the top of his game, the 800 was always exciting. You just knew that the last 200 was always a toss up if he was in it. That crazy running stride coming around the bend. Nobody truly understanding how he manages to close on everyone!
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NERunner03533 wrote:
Nick Arciniaga, Johnny Gregorek, Jordan McNamara, Noah Droddy, Kellyn Taylor
Noah Droddy pull reminded me of the GOAT Chris Barnacle
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I can't remember his name but he went to Cornell and won USATF cross-country in 2005 or so (when it was at VCP).
People thought he was cool and there were Chuck Norris type jokes about him.
I can picture him. Dayam.
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runn wrote:
I can't remember his name but he went to Cornell and won USATF cross-country in 2005 or so (when it was at VCP).
People thought he was cool and there were Chuck Norris type jokes about him.
I can picture him. Dayam.
Correction- he came in 3rd. Max King Cool guy, tough.
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