Which state has the best runners coming out of it? The Minnesota thread is this inspiration for this debate.
Lets try to get someone from every state to respond to this.
Which state has the best runners coming out of it? The Minnesota thread is this inspiration for this debate.
Lets try to get someone from every state to respond to this.
Me. Virginia.
Current or All-time??
Missouri's All-time:
Joe Falcon
Jason Pyrah
Mark Curp
Um, what about Ron Tabb?
Mississippi - George Kersh?
New Jersey-Marty Liquori
What is the basis? Where they were born?,where they went to high school?, where they went to college?
Bob Kennedy came out of Ohio.
Good point...I guess the basis is where they went to high school. In most cases this is also where they grew up. I am sure there are exceptions.
Checkin in From the great state of Maine.
Male:Bruce Bickford,#7 alltime U.S. at5000m,#7alltime at 10000m.
Female:Joan Benoit Samuelson,#2 alltime U.S. marathon,Olympic Gold Medal.
Illinois has had Craig Virgin, Jim Spivey, Mark Deady, Robert Gary, Tim Broe, Jorge and Ed Torres, Donald Sage, Hansons' Justin Young and fine CU incoming Frosh - Stephen Pifer, and Miler Scott Anderson among others. Jenny Spangler is from Illinois, as is Jenelle Deatherage and Christin Wurth, and BC's Maria Cicero.
New Mexico: David Krummenacker (Las Cruces) George Young (Roswell)
Ohio:
Jesse Owens, Butch Reyolds, Jeff Reyholds, Gene Cole, Joe Green (jumper), Brenda Webb, Nancy Shaffer, Madeline Manning, Bob Kennedy, Mark Croghan, Ian Conner, Alan Scharsu, John Zishka, Ricky Pittman, Stephanie Hightower, Lavonna Martin, Tonya Buford, of course Dave Wottle, Sid Sink, Sam Bair, someone help me out here! There are lots more....
VIVA TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NM? Add Rojas and Sandoval.
berk wrote:
New Mexico: David Krummenacker (Las Cruces) George Young (Roswell)
Cali- Steve Scott
Wisconsin- Tim Hacker, Chris Solinsky, Gabe Jennings, Steve Lacy
Michigan:
Brian Diemer, Jack Bacheler, Doug Brown, Dathan Ritzenhein, Greg Meyer, Herb Lindsey, Todd Williams, Bill Donakowski, Gerry Donakowsky, Doug Kurtis, Gary Wolfram, Bethany Brewster, Laura Matson, Scott Hubbard, Earl Jones, Delisa Walton-Floyd, Jeff Ward, Judi Brown-King, Marshall Dill, Kim Turner, Herb Washington, Lisa Weidenbach ...
Georgia:
Ralph King, Dan Henderson, Angelo Taylor, Roger Kingdom, Terrence Trammell, Antonio Pettigrew, Milt Campbell, Antonio McKay, Reggie Witherspoon, Sam Graddy, Brendan Mahoney, Joe Thorne, Reese Hoffa, Dothel Edwards, Gwen Torrence, Tasha Malone, Nona Allen, Stephanie Smith,
The question is, what events???....here are a few I came up with from that stick out from Kentucky
Jimmy Hearld (2:12) , Thomas Murley (although, where is he now??) Bobby Curtis
(Former) Fastest Man Alive:
Mo Greene
Mile Legends:
Cunningham
Santee
Ryun
Other notables:
Charlie Tidwell
Steve Fein
Amy Mortimer
Dwight Davis
Scott Huffman
Cliff Cushman
Steve Fritz
Brent Steiner (1st Kinney Champ, 8:45 3200)
Nathan Leeper
I'm sure I'll think of more...