Greg Meyer was an American long-distance runner. Meyer's winning time for the 1983 Boston Marathon race was 2:09.00. He was the last American to win the Boston Marathon until 2014. He set ten American road racing records and two world records, and won the River Bank Run, in his home town of Grand Rapids, seven times.
Katie Rainsberger's mom. What did she do, sub 2:30s in the 1980s, 3 or 4x 4th place finishes at USOTs and some major wins along the way?
Her Mom did have some tough luck but a great career:
Lisa Larsen Weidenbach, one of America’s leading female marathoners. Rainsberger is the last American woman to win the Boston Marathon, in 1985, and was two-time Chicago Marathon winner in 1988 and ’89. She also won marathons from Minneapolis to Montreal to Sapporo but is equally known for near-miss fourth-place finishes in both the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Marathon Trials. Rainsberger had started out in sports as a swimming prodigy and after her marathon career became a top triathlete and then a coach.
Mark Nenow tops my list, would also add Rudy Chapa, Marc Curp, and Marianne Dickerson in the marathon. Dickerson got silver in the 1983 World Championships.
Matt Downin
Bolota Asmerom
Galen Rupp and Billy Mills come to mind
David Krummenaker would have to be near the top of this list.
3x US outdoor champ
World Champ indoors
1:43 & 3:31
Life time achievement consideration for sure.
Tony Sandoval - won the 1980 marathon trials...cheated out of the Olympics by politics.
Jerry Lawson. 2:09:35 at Chicago.
TAA wrote:
Will Leer
Blahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha.....!!!
tonys wrote:
Tony Sandoval - won the 1980 marathon trials...cheated out of the Olympics by politics.
One question that rarely gets asked; would there have been any lack of comfort in participating in the Soviet propaganda show, right on the heels of their slaughter in Afghanistan?
Not Farley Gerber wrote:
David Krummenaker would have to be near the top of this list.
3x US outdoor champ
World Champ indoors
1:43 & 3:31
Life time achievement consideration for sure.
George Kersh. Runs 1:44.00 at the trials and doesn't make the team.
Derek O'Shae wrote:
tonys wrote:Tony Sandoval - won the 1980 marathon trials...cheated out of the Olympics by politics.
One question that rarely gets asked; would there have been any lack of comfort in participating in the Soviet propaganda show, right on the heels of their slaughter in Afghanistan?
Huh?
Sean Connery
Barack Obama
Sprinter Steve Williams from the 70s
downey wrote:
Matt Downin
Bolota Asmerom
Asmerom ran for Eritrea in the 2000 Olympics
Claudette Groenendaal
Tim Seaman,
Holds 3 American records, never made a team.
Renaldo Nehemiah by a mile
For women it's harder, Alexandra Anderson (sprinter) maybe. Although she is still running.