Perhaps missed wrote:
Does NC state only scholarship distance runners?
Should they be better?
they put about 70 % of their money into the distance events but still have a decent track team.
Should they be better?
Coach Gieger has done a great job with what he has been given. Not a school who has brought in to many big name, blue chip guys. Bobby Mack, Ryan Hill, and Andrew Culley are all doing great.
The group there now will be one of the best in the NCAA in 2-3 years. Sam Parson, Craig Engles, Adrian Ross, Sam Roberson all red-shirted this year.
Throw in this years recruiting class, one of the top 5 in the country IMO, with them next year and it will be cool to watch.
Thomson - 2x All American, 5th at Foot Locker, 14:34, 8:58, 4:10
Bakri Abushouk - 15:03, 9:03, 4:14
Nick Link - 11th at NXN, 9:06