Why not to go to DUKE?

terp wrote:

f*** you JJ

f*** you lenny bias

What's up with Duke and the way the F. Up good runners? They took Steve Craig, an all american in the 800m senior year in high school...151.9 guy and now have him running 156 and high consistently and now they have Chris Spooner...a 409 consistently in high school miler and now have him running 419! Awesome program....hint! don't go there!

Bad karma. A school built on a tobacco fortune is a graveyard for distance runners.

Go to Dook...if you're anerixic.

Joe's brother Dom wrote:

Bad karma. A school built on a tobacco fortune is a graveyard for distance runners.

You pegged it. That place ruins runners.

Chris Spooner ran 4:06 in a DMR at Boston. Not bad for indoor as a freshman. He's already improved upon what he did when peaked and ready at Penn Relays. He also had a pretty good cross season (he was under 25 for 8k at Pre-Nats); he wasn't very good at cross in high school (never did well at Footlocker) and improved considerable.

Can't speak for Steve Craig though, don't know much about him.

Well for all of you spooner lovers...he just ran 4:19 or so yesterday at V-tech...wow...a huge talent. Everyone that goes to Duke ends up sucking.

spooner apparently was coming off an illness and that's why he ran 4:19. heard he came back a couple hours later and ran a solid 153 leg on the 4x8. obviously this race was an aberration given that hes already run about 4:10 on a flat track and a 406 relay split.

no one that goes to duke ends up sucking unless they decide that they want to suck.

Potential wrote:

Well for all of you spooner lovers...

i really hate spooning. that arm thats not wrapped around the girl always gets the short end of the stick :/

Ryan Deak ran 4:25 in the mile last week.. I guess everyone that goes Colorado ends up sucking.

Nicole Blood ran over 5 in the mile last week... I guess everyone that runs for Saratoga Springs ends up sucking.

Alan Webb ran 3:59 in the mile last week... damn he did that in HS... I guess everyone that runs for Razcko ends up sucking.

Caitlin Chock ran 2:25 in the 800 last week... I guess everyone that runs for Salazar ends up sucking.

Are you getting the picture? You dorks look at one bad race by someone and make a judgement that the whole program is bad. The kid ran 4:06r and 4:10 open indoors (if what the above posters say is true), and all of you are bad-mouthing him and the school, neither of which deserve that. I think some people on this board need to get a life, and stop making judgements of people and coaches off of one race. I bet all of you that have posted above had had bad races, have had guys on their team that were good in high school and got lazy, and have had disappointing seasons. In fact, I would be willing to bet those that posted above always have bad seasons... thats why you have nothing better to do than to talk down some innocent kid. Get a life, losers.