Best High School Runners Who Never Did a Thing in College or After

Jantzen Oshier, Elias Gedyon, Estevan De La Rosa, Austin Mudd, Bernie Montoya

Also I'd like to add Jacob Burcham

my gf has a whooty! wrote:

Few will know a bloke named Jason Maschmeyer. Graduated in '93 from Churchill hs Eugene, Oregon. I know little about the guy but I'm pretty sure he didn't go to college and quit running after hs.

Qualified for Kinney nationals as a Sophmore - 23rd.

Pr of 8:24.63 in the 3k and completely owned Dan Brown all through hs.

Pr of 3:54.65 in the 1.5k and had a kick that no one could touch.

This guy was fun to watch and had a load of untouched potential. After watching him during the 1993 season I'm positive he could have run faster if he had been pushed, but he never was.

really? you think it's worth bringing up a 8:24/3:54 guy? thats what...9:05 for 2mi and 4:12 for a mile? not exactly "best high school runner" material

C Parker wrote:

Also I'd like to add Jacob Burcham

Why?

John troutman had the 3000m record in high school. I think he got hurt during college. Also Jeff Van wee had Ny record in 800m. 148 I think. Not sure if he did much after.

Steve Murdock

"Trautmann continued to separate himself from the field at Georgetown. He won the 1990 NCAA title in the outdoor 5,000 and was runner-up in the '91 indoor NCAA meet. He was a four-time champion in the Big East indoor 5,000 and three-time champ in the conference outdoor 5K.

In February, he was inducted into Georgetown's Hall of Fame."

He also beat Bob Kennedy at the 1992 Olympic Trials in the 5000m, before toe injuries destroyed his career. This winter, he set the WR 45+ in the mile in 4:12.3!

C Parker wrote:

Jantzen Oshier, Elias Gedyon, Estevan De La Rosa, Austin Mudd, Bernie Montoya

Maybe a bit soon to declare they never did a thing in college or after, yeah? What is De La Rosa, 20 years old?

jjjjjjj wrote:

"Trautmann continued to separate himself from the field at Georgetown. He won the 1990 NCAA title in the outdoor 5,000 and was runner-up in the '91 indoor NCAA meet. He was a four-time champion in the Big East indoor 5,000 and three-time champ in the conference outdoor 5K.

In February, he was inducted into Georgetown's Hall of Fame."

He also beat Bob Kennedy at the 1992 Olympic Trials in the 5000m, before toe injuries destroyed his career. This winter, he set the WR 45+ in the mile in 4:12.3!

I recall running 15 years ago with a top D2 runner that eventually ran for Hanson's that thought Craig Virgin never did a thing after high school so it doesn't surprise me that the 20-30 year olds on this board are clueless about any accomplishments other than a high school record from runner that competed 10 or more years ago.

Can anyone name a single runner who had a combination of better success in high school and did less after high school than Lucas V?

Consider this... wrote:

Can anyone name a single runner who had a combination of better success in high school and did less after high school than Lucas V?

Probably not, but he's a bit of a special case given that he left running for triathlons.

I think you can only make a "special case" for someone who passed away before they got a chance to do or not do something after high school, otherwise, everyone has their "reasons".

I've been a HS track geek for almost 30 years. The names that immediately come to mind are as follows, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some:

-The Mastilir brothers. I still recall a photo of them in T&FN at the finish line of some indoor mile race with Reina, where they all went around 4:07. Reina went on to have a very solid career at Arkansas, but those guys didn't do anything comparable. I think one of them ran like 14:01 in HS, but for whatever reason they didn't do as well as expected at Stanford.

-Nick Schneider was a 2-time MN CC champ and ran 4:09/8:55 as a junior. Went to Duke and basically disappeared.

-Celeste Susnis (spelling?) was Kinney champ, but basically disappeared after that.

-Andy Maris was supposedly on par with Bryan Dameworth, but after HS I don't ever recall his coming up again.

-Jason DiJoseph and Brian Grosso- someone already mentioned them.

-William Reed - Ditto

-Keith Holley - He was a monster horizontal jumper in HS.

Juliana Yendork - Awesome TJer who had the HSR for a decade.

Derrick Florence - May have had the HSR in the 100m at one point, went to TxA&M (I think) and didn't do much.

I'll stop now.

Consider this... wrote:

I think you can only make a "special case" for someone who passed away before they got a chance to do or not do something after high school, otherwise, everyone has their "reasons".

Dying is a "reason" too, isn't it?

In my opinion if someone let the sport, that's much different than those who didn't but still didn't meet "expectations".

Ashley Brasovan....FL champ then almost nonexistent college career at Duke.

Half of Stanford roster lol

Sure, but so many of the guys who didn't leave the sport physically left the sport mentally and / or moved on to other areas of primary focus once hs was over. Pretty much the same thing.

Casey Combest

BonifaceMerande wrote:

-The Mastilir brothers. I still recall a photo of them in T&FN at the finish line of some indoor mile race with Reina, where they all went around 4:07. Reina went on to have a very solid career at Arkansas, but those guys didn't do anything comparable. I think one of them ran like 14:01 in HS, but for whatever reason they didn't do as well as expected at Stanford.

Probably the most amazing distance race I've ever seen in person was the 2 mile race at Arcadia in 1986 where the Mastilir brothers took on the Stonerock twins and went 1-2 against them. Good times.