I will start this thread off with the names of some NCAA programs who really don't care about track and field because they are cross country whores....Can you guys add more names....
1. Oklahoma State
2. Washington
3. Colorado
4. Northern Arizona
5. Cal Poly
6. Michigan State
7. Portland
By this I assume you mean NCAA Division I schools that put all their athletic scholarship monies and focus toward distance and middle-distance running?
Several schools only sponsor men's cross country and do not sponsor men's track & field (e.g., Vanderbilt and Murray State are two that come to mind).
Others with no interest in building a well-rounded T&F program capable of competing for conference team titles in the sport of track & field would be:
Georgetown (track, but few field athletes)
Villanova (track, but few field athletes)
Columbia (track, but few field athletes)
Providence (distance only)
UNC-Greensboro (distance only)
American (distance only)
Iona (distance only)
Of course, one could certainly make the argument that if one's Athletic Director is okay with it, and not interested in competing for conference championships in T&F, why not focus on cross country. Afterall, you only need five to win a cross country team title. You usually need 15-18+ to win a track & field team title.
also dayton and st bonaventure
Providence and Iona, sure. Not so with Georgetown and Villanova.
I think you're off with UNC-Greensboro also.
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY!!!!!!!
On the positive side however is the fact that a large number of college sports programs are beginning to introduce competitive flat bench dumbell press programs. Much scholorship money is being sent this way.
Butler
Why don't you make the list of programs that care about track? There are like 2 per conference at best. And most of them don't care either.
Harry Carry wrote:
I will start this thread off with the names of some NCAA programs who really don't care about track and field because they are cross country whores....Can you guys add more names....
1. Oklahoma State
2. Washington
3. Colorado
4. Northern Arizona
5. Cal Poly
6. Michigan State
7. Portland
Alabama-Birmingham
is a joke
Played the numbers game and dropped men XC (that was not 'fully funded' anyway) and added synchronized swimming (required begging girls from across the country to enroll)just so they could add football. What a powerhouse.
William and Mary comes to mind.