What is Happening to Wisconsin's Distance Program?

didn't they just send Hacker and Snider to Junior Worlds/Oly?

That sounds pretty good to me.

Didn't Morgan McDonald just run 13:29 and finish 5th at NCAA?

That sounds pretty good to me

McDonald just another foreign guy that Mick gets on his roster.

Think? wrote:

Didn't Morgan McDonald just run 13:29 and finish 5th at NCAA?

That sounds pretty good to me

1. 2015 cross country season, 'nuff said.

2. D3 St Olaf College has better 1500m runners than Wisconsin without spending a single dollar of scholarship money

3. Discounting knife-wielding domestic abusers, Wisco has exactly one guy under 14:35 this year.

4. Exactly one guy ran the 10k and he didn't even break 30:30

5. Zero guys even competed in a steeplechase

Morgan was going to be good anywhere. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The last three XC seasons, 9,10 and did not compete.

Need to get a few more foreigners.

Except for McDonald, last year was really terrible for them. Within the Big Ten alone, they were outclassed as a distance program by several teams during both XC and track.

This could be the key year to see where they're going. If they can rebound this year and at least make XC nationals, then not too much damage has been done. If they have another 8th at Big Tens/no Nationals XC season, it might be over for them as an NCAA distance power.

McDonald: 13:29

Hardy: 14:00

Snider: 14:06

Hacker: 14:18

It's simple. Their culture is dead. Ever since the coach change

Disaster is my last name wrote:

[quote]Think? wrote:

2. D3 St Olaf College has better 1500m runners than Wisconsin without spending a single dollar of scholarship money.

I think it's important to note that a lot of D3 colleges have considerable money and can set up athletes with some pretty nice financial aid packages. No, it's not the same as a D1 scholarship and it certainly doesn't apply to every athlete or every school (but then again not every D1 athlete has a full ride), but it is common and it shouldn't be the perception that D3 schools have nothing to entice athletes with.

Thehistorymannnnnn wrote:

It's simple. Their culture is dead. Ever since the coach change

Could be part of it. Across the college sports landscape we associate certain schools with excellence in certain sports. But, it's in no way destined to continue forever. I'm sure they'll rebound to some degree, maybe they will indeed be elite again, but there's no rule that Wisconsin HAS to be a national distance power. Minnesota was once a national football power.

Disaster is my last name wrote:

3. Discounting knife-wielding domestic abusers, Wisco has exactly one guy under 14:35 this year.

You have absolutely no idea what youre talking about nor does anyone without a handle on the precise events that played out in the situation. I would suggest keeping this on the track.

Even Oregon was down for a number of years in the early 2000's when they brought in a new coach who was the wrong fit. Success is not guaranteed at any school in any sport.