Ducks were best steeplechase program in the 70s and 80s, what happened?

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7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:06pm EDT

Looking at the Ducks top 10 list

1. Ken Martin 8:20.97 1980

2. Knut Kvalheim 8:25.6 1973

3. Don Clary 8:26.9 1979

4. Danny Lopez 8:28.44 1990

5. Steve Savage 8:29.6 1971

6. Matt McGuirk 8:33.03 1984

7. Dan Nelson 8:34.19 1987

8. Harold Kuphaldt 8:34.19 1984

9. Todd Lathers 8:35.0 1973

10.Mike Friton 8:35.0 1981

Was Bill Dellinger a steeplechase coaching god? Surprising that OU sucks at it these last 20 years.

Steeple always struck me as an event that 1500/5000 type runners excel at and Oregon is exceptionally deep in these events. Surely they have 2nd string runners who can run the steeple and score points at NCAAs. C'mon guys, everyone not named Cheserek at OU should give steeple try.

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:21pm EDT

re: Ducks need to hire malmo

Pepiot embarrassed them too much.

You'd think some of their deep bench of milers would give it a shot but even some of the 3rd/4th stringers are still running well in the flat races post-college.

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:25pm EDT

re: hart crane

Any idea which NCAA steepler has the fastest lifetime best?

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:31pm EDT

re: hart crane

hart crane wrote:
Pepiot embarrassed them too much.

haha I forgot about that. have to feel for the guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWa9iYYPYF4

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:37pm EDT

re: Trombone pat

Trombone pat wrote:
Any idea which NCAA steepler has the fastest lifetime best?

Ken's 8:20 remained his PR and was the fastest of the group

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:38pm EDT

re: synthpop

synthpop wrote:
Trombone pat wrote:
Any idea which NCAA steepler has the fastest lifetime best?
Ken's 8:20 remained his PR and was the fastest of the group

I mean of all NCAA steeplers.

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:42pm EDT

re: Trombone pat

Trombone pat wrote:
Any idea which NCAA steepler has the fastest lifetime best?

Henry Rono 8:05.4?

Tried to find NCAA all-time top 10 lists to make a better guess but couldn't find it on the NCAA site.

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:43pm EDT

re: Ducks need to hire malmo

Ducks need to hire malmo wrote:
Trombone pat wrote:
Any idea which NCAA steepler has the fastest lifetime best?
Henry Rono 8:05.4?
Tried to find NCAA all-time top 10 lists to make a better guess but couldn't find it on the NCAA site.

Faster than Rono. Hint - he ran in the old southwest conference.

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:47pm EDT

re: Trombone pat

Trombone pat wrote:
synthpop wrote:
Ken's 8:20 remained his PR and was the fastest of the group
I mean of all NCAA steeplers.

Sang, of course.

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:54pm EDT

re: malmo

malmo wrote:Sang, of course.

Apparently Patrick Sang is a top coach these days in kenya, of marathoners like Emmanuel Mutai and Eliud Kipchoge

http://www.runblogrun.com/2016/04/patrick-sang-coaches-the-great-ones-or-are-the-great-ones-coached-by-patrick-sang-by-cathal-dennehy.html

7 years ago 07/14/2016 3:56pm EDT

re: Ducks need to hire malmo

The Ducks had five sub-9:00 in 1969 alone, all of whom learned the event at Oregon. That might be as many sub-9:00 steelpers as they have created in the last decade (Pepiot and Finley already knew the event when they got to Eugene).

7 years ago 07/14/2016 4:16pm EDT

re: jsquire

jsquire wrote:
The Ducks had five sub-9:00 in 1969 alone, all of whom learned the event at Oregon. That might be as many sub-9:00 steelpers as they have created in the last decade (Pepiot and Finley already knew the event when they got to Eugene).

The Ducks in 2016, zero sub-9:00

Darland, Jackson 9:00.22

Gil, Ryan 9:02.05

Mulverhill, Chris 9:06.88

Levermore, Kyle 9:21

The Ducks in 2015 two sub-9:00

Pepiot 8:43.75

Darland 8:53.91

Mulverhill 9:13

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