There are also 2 parks near the Trolley Trail that have running paths with track-type surfaces on them. There is a loop in Mill Creek park that is about 1500m, and one in Loose Park that is almost a mile and a half. Both great for workouts as you don't have to deal with traffic (will, car traffic any way). Then can get a bit crowded when the weather is nice, but they are great workout areas.
Thanks for the suggestions on places to run in KC. I am not sure where we'd be moving to. My wife used to live in KC; she lived up the hill from the Plaza, and also on Meyer Boulevard. She seemed to like those areas. It depends on where we get jobs as well, I suppose.
Glad to have new runners on the trails...
It has been over a month since this coach left, is the school doing anything or are they just letting the program go stagnant for a year?
They have a grad assistant there who will finish out the year. I don't remember her name, but I heard from one sprinter that she's doing a good job.
Been almost 6 weeks since the coach left, anyone know anything? Are they really going to let the program sit through a full recruiting season?
Wow what the hell happened to their distance crew at the conference meet? Did they get lapped and pulled off the track or what? And does anyone know what happened to their other star female distance runner...Sara Hiller I think....did she stop running for the team or is she hurt, or redshirting? You'd think if the school wants to do well in all sports they would have hired someone by now instead of letting the program continue in its current direction...
Their men distance runners did get lapped in both the 3k and 5k.
Give me a break the AD and the athletic department are gearing up for March Madness. Get a clue who cares about track, that department is all about it's wanna be basketball team which is a total joke ranked 251st.
Shouldn't they get on the hiring? At some point EVERY kid worth a darn will have signed elsewhere. One lost recruiting year can take 3-4 years to overcome.
It's sad to see this program go down the drain.
Wow! This was a shocker. I'd heard they would be looking at an older, experienced HS coach that had been a former college coach.
This is a division one program people. This resume is very light for this position. I wish her luck.
This is the end of UMKC. First they are tearing out lanes 1-4 of the track this spring, to put in a turf soccer field. Second this women is aweful. She coached Jeremy Mims??? Are you kidding me? Talk about lying on your resume.
UMKC has two strong female distance runners and the rest of the womens team and the entire mens team is complete garbage. A collection of rejects with little talent and less drive. They deserve a coach like they now have.
Coach Hamilton was a great coach, who was hamstrung by the AD, fought the removal of the track and got replaced by an unqualified puppet.
I can't wait to watch more male distance runners racing 440 miles and walking down the trolley trail. Maybe some 20 foot long jumps this spring fellas? Perhaps I will write a book and read while some girl turns a 69 second quarter.
UMKC athletics are a complete joke and at least they now have a track team comparable to their basketball program.
This is a complete joke, that athletic program is horrible, the university needs to be rid of athletics and focus on academics. They don't need athletics, more than anything the athletic programs give the university a bad name. The AD should be fired for this hire, which someday he will be. This may be one of the worst hires in the history of DI track and field.
Agree completely, this hire speaks volumes; UMKC has given up on their track program (and this really speaks volumes about their cross country program). The A.D. should be fired before he makes some other "brilliant" moves!!!!
I spent the last three years running in Kansas City and being around the UMKC team. I agree that the team is a joke. For the most part, with some notable exceptions, the team is a bunch of lazy, underachievers who resit any sort of hard work. I have seen them walking during practice on countless occassions. Coach Hamilton tried and tried to make something of these kids and a few responded. Coach had an Olympic work ethic and mentality around kids who had one more suited for middle school track. From what I have heard they hired a coach who has the qualifications for middle school track, is unprofessional and rude. I know there were more qualified people interested in the job.
However the AD has made removing the track a primary focus, he believes soccer can be a fall spectator sport if played on campus. Perhaps he is right. Either way I do truely feel bad for about three distance runners. The rest of you: this is what you get for being lazy 32 minute 8k runners, high jumpers who smoke and jump 5'7, and 20 foot male long jumpers. Enjoy.
UMKC can't get people to show up to watch their college basketball team and they expect people to see a so-so soccer team? This is horrible. They're butchering a decent track facility for soccer?!? The AD is on crack. It's obvious they're trying to kill the program altogether by doing something like this.
Good God I read the news release! Can I claim that I coached Frank Shorter because I met him a handful of times?!? My goodness, this thing is the biggest piece of BS I've read in a long time.
Jayhawk wrote:
Good God I read the news release! Can I claim that I coached Frank Shorter because I met him a handful of times?!? My goodness, this thing is the biggest piece of BS I've read in a long time.
Curious -- were you around the KU program during the time that McField was working with Redwine? Do we know that she didn't spend a significant amount of time working with Redwine's athletes?
KevinM wrote:
Jayhawk wrote:Good God I read the news release! Can I claim that I coached Frank Shorter because I met him a handful of times?!? My goodness, this thing is the biggest piece of BS I've read in a long time.
Curious -- were you around the KU program during the time that McField was working with Redwine? Do we know that she didn't spend a significant amount of time working with Redwine's athletes?
regardless, her qualifications are at best for hs coaching or maybe a very weak NAIA or Div III program. The job was never even posted (are there any rules against that???)
Boys boys boys... Haven't you learned yet that most college ADs only want a baby sitter they are very familiar with for their XC and distance squads? I'm sure some very qualified coaches applied and weren't even looked at because the AD didn't know them. It doesn't mean squat that this is a DI school. Outside of the few elite programs and big time DI schools, coaching hires are made primarily based upon who they have to pay the least, train the least, and watch the least while still giving the NCAA the impression that they are supporting a non-revenue second tier sport. You can say all you want about her obviously embellished credentials (which is the SID's job, she probably wasn't the liar), but she already had the only credential that counted.