Aaron Emory?

I've been wondering about that, too. He was the top runner for Beaver River, and finished #2 at the NYS Federation XC meet in 1998 (2nd behind Dylan Welsh, beat a few damn good runners in that race). I don't remember if it was that spring or the following fall; but Beaver River XC lost at least a couple of runners in an accident of some sort. I don't think Emery was one of them; but I haven't heard anything about him since then.

Aaron Emery did not respond well to Martin Smith's

program. I had a conversation with him last September. He is still in Oregon attending a small Christian school. However, he is not running competitively.

Nice kid. Nice family. Family still lives in northern part of NYS. Groghan, NY. Has a younger sister that still

is competing in HS. Beaver River.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Yeah, there was a traffic accident that killed a runner on his team, but I think it was after Emory graduated (I am not positive). I thought he went to U of Oregon on scholarship. Sounds weird that he is not competitive after running so well in HS.

The accident was 3 months after he graduated. After leaving Oregon he transfered to Edinburo and eventually quit running. I don't even know if he attends school there anymore.

Why did he quit running.

He went to Oregon out of high school and didn't like the training of the program. He never came to the Boro. He was suppose to transfer here but called a few weeks before we was suppose to come and told Watts he wasn't coming. He now lives in Oregon and goes to a small school but doesn't run anymore. as for the accident, there was a couple. One kid was killed when he was hit while running and another was hit and killed when he was riding his bike. So that is the story with him....seems like a waste of some good talent.

I am sorry to be critical. I do not know Aaron at all. I hate when people blame a coach for there lack of success. He blames Martin Smith and the quits the sport?? It sounds like he lacked the mental psyche that is mandatory in all successful athletes. Larry Bird didn't get along with Bobby Knight. That didn't stop him from being one of the best ever. To me this looks like a lazy kid, or at the very least a talent that didn't love the sport. Good for Coach Smith. That is the kind of guy you want to run off of your squad.

Bird played for Indiana State. Bob Knight coached Indiana. Dumbass...

Xcrunner5....I am sorry to inform of this but Bird went to Bloomington to play for me...but he hated me and went home and became a garbage man ..then transfered to Indiana State...so who is the dumbass now..???

Xcrunner5 wrote:

Bird played for Indiana State. Bob Knight coached Indiana. Dumbass...

That is not where he started. REAL DUMBASS...

I said "didn't respond well to Martin Smith's program"

dip shit!

How does that imply "blame coach"?!?!? WTF

Go finish your Rhodes Scholarship application

you moron.

You dont know him..shut the f*** up