Who is the best runnner ever from West Virginia?

HAHAHAHA Someone said SPAZ!!!! That is awesome!!

I can't believe someone hasn't said Burcham yet.... Geez, he is only 15 but shouldn't he be mentioned?

Also, Bailey should get a nod, he did just drop the 800 State meet Record.

I would give a nod to McVicker for the 3200m Record if he wasn't so immature.

I wouldn't call Casey Batey even close to the best ever. If you're going off of that 3:38 mile... you know that was all downhill, right? I mean it was a great mile, but he hasn't accomplished as much as others.

Add:

Randy Moss

Who is still doing well Post collegiately? Batey?

How could u mention Burcham and not Doughty???

Never heard of any of these NOBODIES!

What about Jim Hill?

all nobodies wrote:

Never heard of any of these NOBODIES!

Steve Taylor

As a Virginia Tech graduate in 1988, he earned All-American honors in track with a third-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the 1987 NCAA Championships. He also garnered All-America honors in cross country with a ninth-place finish in the 1987 NCAA Cross Country Championships, helping the Hokies to a fourth place finish. He also still holds Tech records in the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs.

Taylor is a former two-time member of the United States World Cup Marathon team (1991 and 1995) which competed in London, England, and Athens, Greece. He also was a member of the 1991 United States World Track & Field Championship Team which competed in Tokyo, Japan.

As a professional runner, Taylor finished sixth in the 1992 Olympic Marathon Trials held in Columbus, Ohio, and was named an alternate to the Olympic team. In 1988, he won the TAC (USA Track & Field) National Championship in the 10,000 meters and RRCA 10 Mile National Championship.

"We (Lori included) are both passionate about this sport," Taylor added. "We are professionals and expect our athletes to be committed and dedicated. That means they will be expected to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve success. As coaches we believe in developing all aspects of our student-athletes. That is one of the reasons we are so happy to be coaching at the University of Richmond."

During his career Taylor set personal best performances of 4:00.6 in the Mile (Roanoke, Va., 1990), 13:38 in the 5000 meters (Nissiping, Sweden, 1989), 27:59 in the 10K (Pittsburg, Pa., 1988), 47:01 in the 10 Mile (Washington, D.C., 1989), 1:02:29 in the Half-Marathon (Toronto, Canada, 1990) and 2:13:56 in the Marathon (Columbus, Ohio, 1990).

Can't be too hard to name, they're all related.

Where are you from?

Why should Doughty, Burcham, McVicker, or anyone like that get a head nod? Why would you mention them and not Zach Tennant? Is it because Tennant had the state meet records until LAST year and now someone better beat them? I don't know about you all but I thought Tennant was a bit better than his state meet. I'm just judging this off of him running the 16/3200 completely solo.

None of these kids have come CLOSE to a 13:21 or 27:40s like Fox did. Granted, they are quite youn.g But, in my opinion, their youth should be what keeps them off the board. You have a lot of time to get better-but you also have a lot of time to give up running, gain weight, start a family, go to college strictly for academics, etc.

Can I put in a vote for Bob Donker?

legally blond wrote:

http://www.wvu.edu/~sports/hall_fame/carl_hatfield.htm

carl hatfield of course

Like the nitwits on this board would have any idea who Carl Hatfield was within the running community.

Sense of history is not a strength of the board which seems to focus mainly on about the last two weeks of competition to draw any conclusions.

Back in the day West Virginia had some of the finest small town professional road races in the nation.

Now you won't find mens T&F in any WV college.

How quickly things change.

I found this old thread and was thinking it won't be long before Burcharm is faster than all of them!

Matt Schiffbauer.. dude hit 24:00s in cross country and ran like fifty 4:02 converted miles. He did all of this while running 4:45, 9:41, and 16:20 in cross country.

Also, Josh Simpson deserves more than a mention. 13:41, 4:00, and 49:50 for the 10 miler = BALLER

Bob Donker. Great runner at WVU. Just thought I'd add his name. A WV runner while at University if that counts. Otherwise I'd go with James Jett.

I think Mike Kominsky and Chris Barbera should get honorable mentions. But seriously, how has nobody mentioned Buck Brooks? He was a 4 time state champion in the 3200, 2 time champ in the 1600, and 1 time champ in both 4x800 and cross country. Burcham is definitely better, but in his heyday Brooks could've given him one hell of a competition.

wvfan wrote:

No doubt about it... Dave Letendre. Go Huntington High!

The Hatfield's and McCoys had a long running feud.