I know it's not an official NCAA event but what's the fastest time run by an athlete with NCAA eligibility?
I was thinking about this as Japan's Shungo Yokota (Aoyama Gakuin University) ran a new Japanese collegiate record of 2:07:47 over the weekend.
Brett Larner wrote:
The 22-year-old Yokota also had the distinction of breaking the 2:08:12 collegiate marathon record set in 2003 by current Chuo University head coach Masakazu Fujiwara.
TFN has the US junior record as Harvard’s Paul Gompers 2:15:28 from 1983. Gotta be faster than that.
For those that don't know, Paul Gompers is one of the most well known economists in the world. I'm assuming it's the same one. The economist graduated from Harvard in 1987.
TFN has the US junior record as Harvard’s Paul Gompers 2:15:28 from 1983. Gotta be faster than that.
For those that don't know, Paul Gompers is one of the most well known economists in the world. I'm assuming it's the same one. The economist graduated from Harvard in 1987.
It’s not a great comparison because the training of NCAA runners is not geared toward the marathon (or really even for a half marathon in most programs).
But Salazar ran 2:09:51 in the 1980 NYC marathon. He had redshirted that spring to prepare for the Olympics and still had track eligibility left. With Super shoes it’s probably worth 2 minutes compared to what he was wearing, so we’re in the same ballpark.
Chris Bunyan of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale got 5th place in the Boston Marathon in 1983 running a 2:10:54. He did this while he was in his junior year.
TFN has the US junior record as Harvard’s Paul Gompers 2:15:28 from 1983. Gotta be faster than that.
For those that don't know, Paul Gompers is one of the most well known economists in the world. I'm assuming it's the same one. The economist graduated from Harvard in 1987.
Paul is very accomplished BUT he is not one of the “most well known economists in the world.” He probably doesn’t strive to be well known.
