Will Ohio Track and Field be Saved?
Since its inception in the early 1900s, the men's track and field program has won more individual national titles - six - than any other program at Ohio University. Track and field athletes have been named All- American 28 times and have won 94 Mid-American Conference titles.
Was the Ohio University Track and Field Open held on May 5th the last home meet for the men's program?
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Our sources say NO
I appreciate your dedication to track, and the Ohio U. program, but will you PLEASE stop tossing out meaningless stats and ridiculous posts about lawsuits and such?
runohio wrote:
Will Ohio Track and Field be Saved?
Since its inception in the early 1900s, the men's track and field program has won more individual national titles - six - than any other program at Ohio University.
This is what I'm talking about - how many other individual sports does Ohio U. sponsor? Golf? Tennis? Most sports are TEAM sports. Of course the football and basketball teams won't have individual national titles! Six individual titles in ~ 100 years, not exactly a powerhouse there.
Track and field athletes have been named All- American 28 times and have won 94 Mid-American Conference titles.
Again, 28 All-American certificates in 100 years, about one every 4 years. And I'm sure there's a guy or two in there who was good enough to win more than one. How many ATHLETES have been named all-america?
wow. let's turn our nose up at the kid trying to save his track program. nice...
is that you, 16x?
the guy that keeps posting the stuff is the editor of RunOhio newspaper, Matt McGowan. Not sure if he is a OU grad. He has bombarded every website he can find with this stuff. Some is good, but now its falling on deaf ears. McGowan loves to stroke his own ego.
It really is getting annoying Matt. The same crap over and over. Letters won't help. Websites won't help. Throw down $2-3 million on the table or have 5,000 show up at a track meet (paying admission) and they may start to listen.
5th person panache wrote:
is that you, 16x?
I can assure you it's not. I can smell a skank a mile away. Besides, the poster didn't have a bitch from hell attitude.
there it went. wrote:
It really is getting annoying Matt. The same crap over and over. Letters won't help. Websites won't help. Throw down $2-3 million on the table or have 5,000 show up at a track meet (paying admission) and they may start to listen.
At least the guy is trying, stop being a bunch of negative bitches.
I give the guy credit. I spoke to him at the OU meet last weekend and he has made an effort to try to do something. With Ball State, Bowling Green, Marshall, Western Michigan and Toledo all dropping men’s track and field in the past few years, we as a group of runners need to try to do something.
After he left the OU meet he went to the Jesse Owens Track Classic…again I give him credit for covering the sport and trying to do something positive for the sport!
there it went. wrote:
It really is getting annoying Matt. The same crap over and over. Letters won't help. Websites won't help. Throw down $2-3 million on the table or have 5,000 show up at a track meet (paying admission) and they may start to listen.
I agree Mr. McGowan. People just aren't interested in track and field. I realize it's your business Matt and your passion and that you and your brother Jeff have had some success with running and running-related businesses, but money talks. I feel your pain brother, but it's just not popular. I'm actually surprised that more colleges aren't cutting track and field and cross country. Glad they aren't, but surprised they aren't.
runohio wrote:
Will Ohio Track and Field be Saved?
Since its inception in the early 1900s, the men's track and field program has won more individual national titles - six - than any other program at Ohio University. Track and field athletes have been named All- American 28 times and have won 94 Mid-American Conference titles.
Was the Ohio University Track and Field Open held on May 5th the last home meet for the men's program?
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http://www.runohio.com/news/05-09-07-OU.html
Marquette cut football and its team had been to the Cotton Bowel.
Mike Hunt wrote:
5th person panache wrote:is that you, 16x?
I can assure you it's not. I can smell a skank a mile away. Besides, the poster didn't have a bitch from hell attitude.
Mike:
I'll take that as a compliment.
16x
Not
The good news is that you are small and unimportant to the rest of the world, and none care what you think nor read your dribble. and it pisses you off, you chew your nails over it, so obsessed with it, you just keep writing under 1000 different names, which makes you even less crediable than you already are.
I have been sickened by runohio's post on here and other boards(jjhuddle,runinsight, etc) for a couple years. He constantly creates new threads when there is already a different thread on the topic. He always throws out links to his website. I like the runohio website and its features, but his spam on message boards gets old very quickly.
I thought runinsight was dead, is there an active link? It use to be a good sight, but I thought it was closed down a year or so ago. The nice thing about that sight was you could only use you registered name and couldn't hind behind made up names.
Also, why so much hate between runners on this board. If you don't like the posts don't respond.
Good point if you don't like something don't respond. Turn your other cheek.
Too bad we are more concerned with cutting on others than trying to do something positive with our lives.
You people complaining about this original poster must only be the people doing the program in. Using different names I see to post under. I hope anyone and everyone investigates all your teams and ladies teams etc and reports what they want for many years. Just like everything in this country...he can even create stuff if he wants. Why should you silence him....no way keep it coming poster and make never stop! Thats America.
Without people like Matt in the sport, there would eventually be NO sport of track and field. Is that what you want?