Ricky Flynn - another former DIII guy gettin' it done

On some special sauce?

How many former D3 guys have qualified for the marathon trials? Rizzo, Sigl, Erichsen, Flynn...any others?

C. Fred Joslyn of Cortland has qualified for the OT

Matt Hooley of Carleton, too.

Josh Moen from Wartburg College in Iowa

LC Hornet wrote:

Former DIII Lynchburg College runner Ricky Flynn ran 1:04:15 this past weekend to qualify for the Olympic Trials. Dude has been on a tear all year. Lowered his 5k PR by like 30 sec to sub-14 and his 10k to 29:20, now this. Gettin' it done for an ex-Baby Nationals winner.

The kid is also a MAJOR douche...

I think Jason Flogel of Loras hit the OT qualifier at Grandmas.

Former D3 guys who have qualified:

Chris Erichsen-St John's

Jason Flogel-Loras

Ricky Flynn-Lynchburg

Crosby Freeman-Pomona Pitzer

Anthony Gallo-Suny Geneseo

Matt Hooley-Carlton

Chad Johnson-UW Stevens Point

C Fred Joslyn-Suny Cortland

Josh Moen-Wartburg

Mike Morgan-Neb Wesleyan

Paul Petersen-Calvin

Pat Rizzo-North Central

Tyler Sigl-UW Platteville

He's actually pretty cool. He's just someone you have to talk to and get to know. Otherwise he does come off as a douche.

Macharia Yuot

LC Hornet wrote:

Former DIII Lynchburg College runner Ricky Flynn ran 1:04:15 this past weekend to qualify for the Olympic Trials. Dude has been on a tear all year. Lowered his 5k PR by like 30 sec to sub-14 and his 10k to 29:20, now this. Gettin' it done for an ex-Baby Nationals winner.

...and a 2nd place finish in 50:40 at Virginia Ten Miler. Hard work pays off. Great job Ricky and best of luck in Houston !

Only in the bizarro world of the Letsrun message boards does "nicest guy ever" = "major douche"

How does one run 50:40 for 10 miles one weekend and then 64:14 in a half marathon the next? He must have split like a minute and a half faster through 10 miles in the half marathon than he ran in the Virginia 10.

Wow. Props to him, that's great.

p98ytw wrote:

How does one run 50:40 for 10 miles one weekend and then 64:14 in a half marathon the next? He must have split like a minute and a half faster through 10 miles in the half marathon than he ran in the Virginia 10.

VA 10 miler is one bi@*h of a course. That's how.

Yep, he split 48:59 in the half, so 1:41 faster than the week before, but the VA Ten Miler is insanely hilly and tough. Last 1.5 miles is all uphill. I'd be more interested in how he recovered from a 50:40 effort on that course to run low-1:04's the next week. That's an impressive double.

Maybe he had an iffy college coach but now has a good coach and his abilities are finally starting to show...

Care to share who is coach is nowadays? Anyone in Lynchburg for him to train with or is he doing it all on his own? Liberty guys maybe? Heckuva jump from last year to this.

he won D3 XC nationals, so he had talent. Guys who do that will run significantly faster as pros, because of the greater competition and training opportunities. In addition, though, if many sub 24 D1 guys ran half marathons in October/November, instead of inconsequential in-season meets at tempo pace, they too would qualify for the Olympic Trials.