Flagpole Willy wrote:
Matt Tegenkamp
you either don't really follow the sport or you are as dumbe as the 430miler to give an example like this.
Flagpole Willy wrote:
Matt Tegenkamp
you either don't really follow the sport or you are as dumbe as the 430miler to give an example like this.
Flagpole Willy wrote:
froosbabba wrote:Ryan Hall and Matt Tegenkamp were multiple time all americans. get real.
Compared to his peers, Matt Tegenkamp was among the best of the best in high school. While he was a seven-time All-American,
How does "a seven-time All-American equate with "doing nothing" as the title of the thread states?
It's FW posting...did you expect anything less?
scotth wrote:
Flagpole Willy wrote:Matt Tegenkamp. Perfect example.
Very bad example Willy. There's some part of 'nothing' you're not grasping.
Well, good point Scott. I guess I should clarify. I'm really not just trying to stir things up.
Relatively speaking -- as in compared to how well he did in high school and how well he has done post college, his college resume is akin to nothing. Yes he was a seven-time All-American, and I'm not saying that's nothing, but for HIM it is compared to what he did before and what he's done after -- especially after.
My whole point here is not to put down his college career but to point out how much he has improved since. Compared to his talent, Tegenkamp's college career is pedestrian. Compared to how well he would stack up now against anyone who beat him in college, his college career was pedestrian.
So, while not "nothing" for most college runners, for Tegenkamp it was. I can see that perhaps that's not the kind of thing the OP was looking for though.
I believe while often injured Tegenkamp did break 13:30 in college. He also ran 7:45 for 3000 the summer after graduating which may have still been considering a collegiate status for list purposes.
So while he is in the top 5 for 3000 and 5000 on the all-time American list, he is likely in the top 15 on the all-time American collegiate list for both distances.