Sagarin wrote: Craig Virgin is certainly more accomplished than Porter, but I think if you put Pat in world cross just five years before he starting factoring, he would have challenged Virgin for a world cross title.
That's a laugh. Porter was nowhere near Virgin's League.
Pat Porter
5000 13:33.91 1988
10000 27:46.80 1988
World Rankings = None
American Records = None
Craig Virgin
5000 13:19.1 1980
10000 27:29.16 1980
Marathon 2:10:26 1981
World Cross Champion 1980, 1981
World Rankings 10000m 1979(2nd ), 1980(2nd)
American Records, 100000m