Where have they gone? Ex-NCAA runners no longer active in the sport....

I love ya, Lilli, but you really should streamline that site.

Nothing like a warm Letsrun welcome back, huh? looks like you are enjoying life, Lilli, keep it up.

Looks like the world around is changing but certainly nothing ever changes on here... or at least the direction of posts of the oh-so-bold.

My post was serious, I want to know what became of all the people that you no longer see in your personal narrow little world. I read an article today about what Julia Stamps has been up to in her away-from-running career, really impressive... but you hear of none other. Sad.

Well, obviously, many of you here are so focused on your little secluded world that you don't care about what's happening around you. Truly sad. Oh well... just keep living in your cage then! Have fun y'all.

You know, most of the time I agree that this place is too negative and the ripping is sometimes unwarranted.

But what exactly was the intention of your post? If you wanted to know about the others, why did you spend most of your post self promoting yourself and linking to that pretentious web site?

Then you got a reaction (And please don't act like you didn't know what was coming) and you proceed to act like you are so far above everyone and tell others how "truly sad they' are.

You got the "truly sad" part right, go look in the mirror.

Hello Lilli,

Ben Dawson (13:41 for 3rd in NCAA Indoor 5K a couple years ago) is now in Flagstaff, AZ, and his main hobby is climbing instead of running, but he is happy.

Josh Spiker just bought a running store, but is going to continue training after not achieving his 2006 goals.

Shalane Flanagan got married, had surgery on her foot, and is currently training for her return to racing.

That's all I currently know of. Any individual requests? What is Andy doing?

Sam Vazquez?

dang SHE GOT MARRIED??????? crap i was planning on marrying her. this thread is a joke. Cycling? you quit running to be a cyclist? thats whats funny about you Hawgs. yall walk around meets like the world centers around yalls talents and yall never really do crap post college except for a few guys and that is rare. id say lincoln is the only one to prove himself so far. cragg really hasnt done anything that impressive post college. F'n Razorbacks? all u people do is brag about what yall plan on doing. senecca lassiter talked a lot of crap in his day? where is he now? doing nothing...much like you "lil"

ooooooooooohhhhhhh k.

wft wrote:

dang SHE GOT MARRIED??????? crap i was planning on marrying her. this thread is a joke. Cycling? you quit running to be a cyclist? thats whats funny about you Hawgs. yall walk around meets like the world centers around yalls talents and yall never really do crap post college except for a few guys and that is rare. id say lincoln is the only one to prove himself so far. cragg really hasnt done anything that impressive post college. F'n Razorbacks? all u people do is brag about what yall plan on doing. senecca lassiter talked a lot of crap in his day? where is he now? doing nothing...much like you "lil"

What ever happened to Christian Goy, the NCAA indoor champ in the mile a few years back, who ran for Illinois State and was from Germany?

http://usdistancerunning.blogspot.com/

wft wrote:

dang SHE GOT MARRIED??????? crap i was planning on marrying her. this thread is a joke. Cycling? you quit running to be a cyclist? thats whats funny about you Hawgs. yall walk around meets like the world centers around yalls talents and yall never really do crap post college except for a few guys and that is rare. id say lincoln is the only one to prove himself so far. cragg really hasnt done anything that impressive post college. F'n Razorbacks? all u people do is brag about what yall plan on doing. senecca lassiter talked a lot of crap in his day? where is he now? doing nothing...much like you "lil"

13:08.97

christian got his MBA from ISU last year and recently moved to austin for a job with a marketing firm.

razorback alum deena drossin has done okay.

quote]wft wrote:

dang SHE GOT MARRIED??????? crap i was planning on marrying her. this thread is a joke. Cycling? you quit running to be a cyclist? thats whats funny about you Hawgs. yall walk around meets like the world centers around yalls talents and yall never really do crap post college except for a few guys and that is rare. id say lincoln is the only one to prove himself so far. cragg really hasnt done anything that impressive post college. F'n Razorbacks? all u people do is brag about what yall plan on doing. senecca lassiter talked a lot of crap in his day? where is he now? doing nothing...much like you "lil"[/quote]

Lilli,

I admire you for always striving to be the best athlete you can be. Don't listen to all these killjoy's on here. Your musculoskeletal system could no longer manage the pounding of running, so you turned lemons into lemonade by turning to cycling. Unfortunately, a lot of people view anything short of a professional career in running as a failure. There is more to life than running. As far as runners who have made an impact in the NCAA in the past, I have not really kept up either. However, I do know that Ashley LaBudde (formerly of Alabama and a us. jr. cross country team member) is now a registered nurse. She majored in exercise science at Bama, and then decided to go to nursing school at Kennesaw State after graduation. The last time I talked to her, she is still running. I know that she has frequently battled injuries like the both of us...so she is rarely able to train for an extended period of time without a setback. That girl is one of the most determined athletes I have ever met. She truly loves the sport. She was one of my role models in high school.

Hey Lilli:

I'm glad to see you back on this site. Anyone notice a common theme here? The bitter, jealous people who berate and tear others down on this site are illiterate boors and the intelligent, gifted, well adjusted wordsmiths ~ posters are supportive and friendly.

There is a "Where Are They Now?" thread that pops up on here from time to time.

Chuck, any idea if he's still running/training?

I always wondered what happened to Sheela Agrawal. Her and Shalane dominated MA high-school running in the late 90's.