Track Blazer wrote:
In this current age its easier for Trojans to get sprinters into school than at UCLA where admissions requirements are much stiffer than back in the day when Kersee and Smith were dominating in the sprints.
Yes. This.
Remember when the NCAA didn't have limits on athletic scholarships? Yeah.
Remember when California State University tuition was FREE? Yeah.
Remember when UCLA wasn't hard to get into academically? Yeah.
(UCLA is No. 2 among the nation’s public universities and No. 23 overall in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges Rankings.â€)
Question: How many blue chip distance athletes does it take to create a "Distance Program"
Question: How many blue chip sprinters does it take to create a "Sprints Program"
The playing field changes over three decades.
As far as I can tell they are a now throws program, following in the footsteps of Art. Who cares about sprints?