What happened to Georgia State University XC Head Coach?

Andrew Letherby ran there back in the late 90's and, since graduating, has finished in the Top 10 at some of the world's major marathons - Boston, Berlin, etc. I would say that's pretty "big time".

Agree. from what sum of the girls on wsuteam told me, she left w/no formal goodbye to the team.Just up & left. wher is Character @?

Been real quiet over the holiday's. Haven't heard a thing.

dear knowledge,

I am glad IONA and OK State are not full programs to you.

What happens now at GA state?

A week until classes begin... any coach yet?

knowledge wrote:

It is a shame that it seems that only Kennesaw State is interested in Ga. High school track and field athletes and that might be changing. It might be a good thing to let the people in power at the state colleges know how important having T&F programs at there schools are. If you look at all surrounding states you see that there many more colleges that have full programs. By full programs I mean they cover almost all events. Georgia only has 3 D-1 programs, UGA,GT,KSU, who are what I call full programs.

I think you can say Ga. St. and GA. Southern also have full squads....I know both of those porgrams are fully funded....I would call them full programs....just because they aren't getting the talent UGA and GT are...well that is another story.

I would think the girls at G State could possibly be fully funded with scholarships but there is no way the guys team is getting more than 3 or 4 scholarships for track/cc. Their roster is terrible and they only have 5 none xc guys on the track team of 14 guys.

dear dear knowledge,

not to hijack the thread but Iona and Ok State are not full programs. They use a full alotment of track and field scholarships to fund the sport of cross country which has ZERO scholarships. It is certainly their right to do so, but let's not pretend that they are interested in the sport of track and field.

it can be argued forever, and those who love distance running think this is an ok philosophy. they have made their choice, and i know why they have.

but don't credit them for having a full track and field program.

CC scholarships and TF scholarships fall under the same umbrella. They are considered TF Scholarships. The coach or University can use them any way they like. Ex. For sprints, jumps,throws, or distance.

Georgia State women or men are NOT fully funded. The women are close but the men depend alot on walk ons.

Where is there to run in downtown Atlanta?

The coaches take them to the Chattahochee River on most days. For Sunday long runs they go to Kennasaw Mountain and they do most of their workouts at Piedmont Park. The previous coaches did a great job of keeping them off the streets.

Wow, that is a lot of driving. How do they avoid rush hour traffic going to Chattahochee most days?

Must have a generous travel budget to take entitre team in vans/bus most days?!

exactly, just as every position in football falls under the umbrella of of football scholarships. but you wouldn't see a coach keep his job if he decided to only give scholarships to offensive players, or even just wide receivers. So track and field programs that put all their money in only one discipline are not full track programs.

it doesn't mean that the Portlands and the Providences aren't doing good jobs with their distance programs, but they are playing a different game than Oregon or FSU that find a way to make it to NCAAs in cross country and still have All Americans in the other disciplines as well.

They typically hit the road by 3 in the afternoon. This avoids the bulk of traffic and the river is only about 15 minutes away. The university has 15 passenger vans that the team is allowed to use.

"...what sum of the girls on wsuteam told me, she left w/no formal goodbye to the team.Just up & left. wher is Character @..."

Perhaps she just didn't know the language.

Whats with all the Horizon League coaches leaving (Wright State, Valparaiso)? Are these schools THAT bad?

notthecrete wrote:

They typically hit the road by 3 in the afternoon. This avoids the bulk of traffic and the river is only about 15 minutes away. The university has 15 passenger vans that the team is allowed to use.

28 runners on combined men's and women's roster. Pretty hard to squeeze that many in a 15 passenger van. I am sure the athletic department may have safety concerns as well.