Don Sage

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Like so many talented NCAA distance runners he has probably moved on to a career outside running.

did he also win regionals that year?

has anyone ever won regionals and not scored for there team.

Noddles wrote:

Like so many talented NCAA distance runners he has probably moved on to a career outside running.

Noddles why don't you actually think about what you're posting before you post it. If you don't have any information, please refrain from making "he probably..." statements. There are facts out there, and if you even spent 10 seconds searching the boards you would realize after a few years off he's with the oregon track club trying to make a comeback.

I think some of his results were up earlier in the year. I used to know a guy back in college that might have some info, so I'll try to get back in a day or two.

That stanford team would've beat the rest of d1 in a dual meet with standard scoring. Insane.

very very very old news. move on!

giffypop17 wrote:

A. Has anybody ever been a better 6th man than Don Sage was that year? 13th in the race, and he didn't even score. What an incredible team that someone so good could have an off day/year, finish top 15, and not even be in the top 5.

UTEP in 1981

Mathews Motshwarateu 1

Michael Musyoki 2

Gabriel Kamau 3

Suleiman Nyambui 7

Gidamis Shahanga 8

Sam Ngatia 17

Thomas Maweu 20

True that the team score is more impressive, but assuming I'm counting correctly (it's late), their 6th man finished 17th. Sage finished 13th.

Also, I haven't heard of any of those UTEP guys, but I've heard of a lot of the Stanfurd guys -- did any of the UTEP guys do well afterwards? I was born in 1983, so it makes sense that they wouldn't be a part of my consciousness if they had done well afterwards.

Ouch... You've been told history is an important subject, right? Here's an example why...

Something about no. 7 from the race in 1981. (From wikip, but still reliable info...) Not sure of his PR's, but think he ran 13.21 in Moscow...

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Suleiman Nyambui (born February 13, 1953) is a former athlete from Tanzania who won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

He also won a bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games, and twice (1987 and 1988) triumphed at the Berlin Marathon.

Attended the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1978 to 1982, where he won 4 straight NCAA titles in the 10,000 meters -- one of only five Division I men to ever accomplish such a feat. He also won 3 straight NCAA titles in the 5,000 meters while at UTEP.

The Eagle wrote:

Ouch... You've been told history is an important subject, right? Here's an example why...

Something about no. 7 from the race in 1981. (From wikip, but still reliable info...) Not sure of his PR's, but think he ran 13.21 in Moscow...

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Suleiman Nyambui (born February 13, 1953) is a former athlete from Tanzania who won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

He also won a bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games, and twice (1987 and 1988) triumphed at the Berlin Marathon.

Attended the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1978 to 1982, where he won 4 straight NCAA titles in the 10,000 meters -- one of only five Division I men to ever accomplish such a feat. He also won 3 straight NCAA titles in the 5,000 meters while at UTEP.

He was also 27 at those NCAA championships...

Sage's 6th on his team and 13th overall I believe was still ahead of every other team's No. 2 runner in the meet. That is crazy.

Michael Musyoki won gold in the '84 Olympic games 10,000m. UTEP had the best XC teams ever assembled. They won in '75, '76, '78, '79, '80, '81. Oregon won in '77, breaking up UTEP's dominance. Granted all of UTEP's guys were from the Kenyan express train but what's stopping coaches from doing that now? There's still teams of Kenyan runner in the NCAA...they're just not as good as UTEP was.

Alan

as a whole would people say most teams are better/deeper then 25-30 years ago? I would think that more coaches are more intelligent about training in recent years.

there was no age limit back then, correct? so many of UTEP's guys were older (i.e. 25+)?

So back to the question- where the heck is Donald Sage these days? nice guy. As opposed to Lucchini.

you speak as if youre an authority on running and anyone who has half a brain knows that Cova won in '84 w/a 27:47 Musyoki actually got 4th in 28:06 but was moved up a spot because Vainio(FIN) was DQ'd for failing the piss test. Learn your fact first before you come on here wanting everyone to believe what you have to say.

sorry to ruin your day, but Don Sage will not qualify for any team ever. He was more talented than almost this entire board but he was a bit overhyped by his high school 4 flat. Thats because he went to York and was trained into the ground. He had a couple godd NCAA xc finishes and snuck in an NCAA 1500 meter title but his pb stands at 3:39 as a frosh. IF anything he was a dissapointment. I'm sorry to say this. He accomplished alot but not for a hs 4 min mile. I hope he does move on, its the right thing to do, because hes not going to get any better. In the grand sheme of things, guys like Shane Stroup, Dan Wilson, the Jeffersons and a huge host of others eneded up being better than him. That just goes to show how much talent he actually lacked-he was just overhyped by having the best hs coach in the nation who got everything out of him. Nowadays, the way Americans are running (Webb Teg Lagat Hall etc.) he is mediocre at best.

What has shane stroup or the jeffersons done since graduating other than rabit some races?

6th man 11th place Shane Healy ADAMS STATE, Slippery Rock, PA. 1992 Nationals. PERFECT SCORE 15