Thanks for sharing the video. The gamesmanship, racing and staying in your lane at the finish are exactly what I like to see. I’m hopeful that Schumacher’s errors with Derrick all all worked out now do Fisher does not suffer the same fate.
This is one of these questions that seems awesome, as if the debate can go on for years.
But the answer is Lasse Viren.
Viren is the answer to a slightly different question.
The question here is “Who has the best NCAA resume (not necessarily what they’ve done post-college) without a title?” Viren never had much of an NCAA resume.
Lauren Gregory coming oh-so-close once again made me wonder what other great runners never won a title. So who has the best NCAA resume (not necessarily what they’ve done post-college) without a title?
Ummmm ever heard of Jordan Hasay ...
semi-seriously did she win anything in the NCAA. I feel like she had so many close calls in cross country and track but can't remember a single title. Just looked it up, apparently she did win an indoor title her sophomore year, so I guess not her. But no outdoor or XC title.
Molly Huddle seems like a pretty solid choice on the women’s side. 10 time AA, no titles. Cranny a 12 time AA with no titles — basically did not improve from HS through college and then started improving again after joining BTC. Lol milt.
The title asked for the best, not the fastest. Only on LetsRun is Joe Klecker considered better than Lasse Viren.
Does Lasse Viren really count? According to Wikipedia, he only ran at BYU for one season of XC… technically he ran in the NCAA but if that’s accurate, he’s not relevant to this discussion.
“Virén began his running career in the United States at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. Virén ran on the Varsity Cross-Country team for BYU for one season, before returning home to his native Finland.”
people like finding loopholes to be annoying and flex their knowledge, even at the expense of their comprehension of the original question.
these are the same people who will tell you that technically los angeles and new york city don’t have football teams because the stadium is outside city limits. no one cares.