I know such places as California,Colorado have loads and loads of runners who would make a great list, but what about ND?
Give me some names because I think eventhough for much of the year it is cold there has been some solid xc/track guys who have ran decent over the years.
So any runners come to mind?
james mossiou or something like that, I didnt spell his name right but he was from kill deer and ran for VIC for college and he was all-american and ran like 25:07 for 8k
Andrew Carlson and Steve Sundell as of late. Corey Ihmels in the mid to late 90s.
Basically, for recent success, it has been Fargo South guys and some individuals from Williston and Bismark.
Am bumping this because surely there has to be more. Poor North Dakota. It's hard enough to come up with anybody well-known from NoDak, period. Let alone runners.
I think Lawrence Welk, Roger Maris, Angie Dickinson (actress from the 70's) and college B-ball coach Lute Olsen are about it for celebs. Who else? Eh?
Maybe Andy Hampsten the bike racer from the 80's did some running on the side - would he count?
Phil Jackson
I think we missed a couple. 1995 (not sure if the year is accurate) Brian McCulley from Fargo South posted a 1:51 and a 4:13 mile and has several state championships to his name. As for newby's Jory Zunich may need to be considered, also owns several state championships and posted great times.
ND sell-outs move to Glendale, AZ. For shame.
Valley State University's school records for distance events are probably better than yours. Guys back in the 70s and 80s running low 28's.
School no longer sponsors track but those guys were tough as hell!
Cliff Cushman.... ND high school super star, winning multiple titles. Went to Kansas, star IH'er, bronze medal in Rome OG's in 1960. Later KIA in Viet Nam.