You're given unlimited resources at a D1 school to build a championship program, which event do you begin with?

I have unlimited resources, why do I have to just focus on one event at all?

In this scenario, the first thing I would do would be hire a bunch of event-specific assistant coaches. If resources are truly unlimited, I would also set up recruiting offices with a full-time staff in Eldoret, Kingston, and Oslo. Maybe hire some thugs to break the school's star wide receiver's hands while I'm at it. NCAA is all about recruiting, baby.

The 800. Find the fast high-schoolers who aren't training much and have good biomechanics and you can go anywhere.

This is silly. I go after the top person in each event. I don't wast time on an event. I want the top 20 people, nit the top 20 people in an event.

This is silly. I go after the top person in each event. I don't wast time on an event. I want the top 20 people, nit the top 20 people in an event.

Wait, unlimited budget? Dumb question. Recruit the top 1000 in every event, hire the world's top 50 coaches, build a billion dollar track facility ...

And that’s why you’d fail…did you not understand the question or do you know nothing about track?

Obviously getting a top 100/200 person who can also jump is a no brainer.

I'd start with sprint relays. 4x100, 4x400. I'd need 100/200, 400/200, 400/800, 400/400H. 110HH/jumper

Then we go distance for track and XC. 5k/10k, 1500/5k, 3ksc/5k

Then jumps long/triple, high jump

Multis

Throws shot, hammer...

Discus

Are you still subject to the scholarship cap? If not, you can recruit top HS athletes in every event.

No... unlimited budget. You get THE top 100m guy AND THE top long jumper.

Not a top 100M guy who long jumps.

I asked what you would begin with.

Of course you are, it's NCAA D1.

But you also said you go after sprints which insinuates a dozen guys in 100-200-400-4x1-4x4. So you didn't say the first person you go after. And there is no good answer even if one event, because I go after the best person first. What if one kid is better than any college guy in the throws or in distance? That is my first guy.

But you also said you go after sprints which insinuates a dozen guys in 100-200-400-4x1-4x4. So you didn't say the first person you go after. And there is no good answer even if one event, because I go after the best person first. What if one kid is better than any college guy in the throws or in distance? That is my first guy.

A group of 400's. You're only as good as your 4x4. Think of how Duke's women moved up in the ACC.

You cannot walk in Target or Walmart in U.S. without crossing paths of a sub-48 f.a.t. 400m man.

A partial scholarship and a 20-30k NIL deal changes the game

I asked what event group you would go after to start. I said the sprint events. This might sound crazy, but a 100 guy is also good at the 200 typically.

So which event would you begin building around?

I know multiple sub 11 100m / sub 6.6 55m runners who jumped 23+ (and one even jumped 49 feet for the triple). You need to run fast to jump well