Edward ches - best college runner out there, and literally has done nothing after college
Edward ches - best college runner out there, and literally has done nothing after college
zbt wrote:
While in high school Gerry Lindgren was 9th in the 1964 Olympics 10,000m and beat the Russians in a due meet. Then at Washington State, he won 11 NCAA Championships including:
3-time champion 3-mile/5000 (1966-68);
3-time champion 6-mile/10,000 (1966-68);
3-time cross country champion (1966, 1967, 1969);
His only loss at an NCAA championship was to Jim Ryun in the 1968 indoor 2-mile (3.2 km) race.
He was one of only two people to ever defeat Steve Prefontaine in an NCAA Championship.
He was also AAU champion 3-mile (1967)and set a WR in the 6-mile (1965).
Per Wikipedia "He competed sporadically after graduating from college but without any notable success."
Hear, hear.
ChuckCJohnsonTCOT wrote:
1) Gerry Lindgren
2) Josh McDougal
3) German Fernandez
4) Robby Andrews
German Fernandez had a 3:39 1500 PR in college and then ran 3:34 1500 after college.
So how has he done nothing? He is now healthy and may improve on that.
Lindgren was a (unpaid) pro from the end of high school through college - that is five years. It is a special case because he was not very successful after college but he was racing on the international scene while in school.
Not sure if Jesse Owens was at Ohio State in 1936, but if so, he did not do that much after college.
As mentioned before, no too much was available for top athletes after college until relative recently (you can thanks the likes of Lindgren, Shorter, and Pre). You can also add Michael Carter and Bob Hayes, who track to go in to football, with great success (although it seems implicit that you are talking about distance runners).
Jeff Cannada transfered to UT and set the 5000 meter record. Fought off stress fractures and was mature enough to move on toward his career. Is now a high end executive for Intel, married a Shock Trauma Surgeon and doing quite well.