Rono was 26 at the time. Nico is in the running for best NCAA season by a traditionally aged 18-23 student distance runner. But #1 is probably Jim Ryun.
My vote is NICO Young because his times are significantly faster than Ronos collegiate times. Nico deserves the credit!!!!
Haha, first of all the shoes are worth 20 seconds, then there are all kinds of recovery drinks, foods and methods that have changed the game. Rono recovered on beer.
Paul Ereng won gold in the 800m at the '88 Seoul Olympics as well as gold at the indoor World Champs (plus an indoor WR) the following year all while running for UTEP.
Rono was 26 at the time. Nico is in the running for best NCAA season by a traditionally aged 18-23 student distance runner. But #1 is probably Jim Ryun.
And in the 1970's Africans were just getting serious about distance running. He was one of the first, and happened to be in the NCAA. So setting world records shouldn't be the standard, since there have been decades of high world-wide participation to set very impressive world records. Henry Rono transported to today would not be blowing Nico out of the water.
My vote is NICO Young because his times are significantly faster than Ronos collegiate times. Nico deserves the credit!!!!
Haha, first of all the shoes are worth 20 seconds, then there are all kinds of recovery drinks, foods and methods that have changed the game. Rono recovered on beer.
Rono was on a different level than Young.
Yes, Rono was on a different level . . . in age! Rono was 26; Nico is still only 21 and he’s already run the 10,000 meters 30 seconds faster than Rono ever did. Imagine if Nico keeps improving. How fast might he run by the time he’s 26?
Edward Cheserek had a dominant Junior Year where he won NCAA XC, Indoor 3k, 5k, DMR, and Outdoor 5k, 10k. That's gotta be one of the best collegiate seasons ever.
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