U of Kentucky best 800m School!

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21 years ago 02/12/2003 4:32am EST

Have you guys seen the NCAA lists so far? Look at what the University of Kentucky is doing (with 2 boys from Miami, FL):

#02 NCAA- David Freeman, JR 1:47.40

#05 NCAA- Hunter Spencer, SR 1:48.29

#07 NCAA- Paul Ciurlys, JR 1:48.62

#08 NCAA- James Doaty, JR 1:48.63

#09 NCAA- Chad Johnson, SR 1:48.84

#11 NCAA- Kristopher Landers, JR 1:49.19

#23 NCAA- Jean Balan, JR 1:50.18

Are you kidding me? 7 guys in the Top 25 in the NCAA Div. I!? Damn. They could make A COUPLE solid 4 x 800m teams. Anyone know of a school in the past any deeper than this year's Kentucky squad? I have a feeling their coach knows what the 800m is all about.

21 years ago 02/12/2003 4:42am EST

re: GRod

yeah their depth is amazing. In addition to those guys they have another guy or two that have run 1:50 in the past or are perfectly capable of it if they ran the event. Back in January they ran two 4x8 squads in their first meet of the year with one going 7:24 or 5 i believe and the other a second behind. 3rd place was about 30 seconds back. Id like to see what their workouts look like. They've certainly amassed an 800 army in Lexington. Theyve also had guys that fast who have either left or quit i think that would still have eligibilty. Anyways, sounds like their coach can recruit and train 800 guys like crazy. Cant wait to see what they do at Penn.

21 years ago 02/12/2003 4:59am EST

re: fo sheez

fo sheez wrote:
... sounds like their coach can recruit and train 800 guys like crazy. Cant wait to see what they do at Penn.

Don Webber is a former 800 specialist himself.

21 years ago 02/12/2003 6:09am EST

re: Adolf Dassler

If you'll scroll down you will see that a few days ago I posted the same thread. YES THEY ARE STUDS. Let's see if they can put together a good Distance Medley with that group. One of them has to be able to go up to 12 and one has to be able to go down to 400 (not that the 400 is that important) and I know Balan (sp?) is on the mile list. We'll see...

21 years ago 02/12/2003 6:39am EST

re: Curious George

Just wondering, but how many of these guys are Americans?

21 years ago 02/12/2003 6:54am EST

re: Curious George

UK has already put together a fine DMR behind Arkansas and Michigan.

21 years ago 02/12/2003 6:57am EST

re: malmo

actually i know for fact that the first 6 of them are americans, dont know anything about jean balan though.

21 years ago 02/12/2003 10:48am EST

re: Mike Barnes

They also have Thomas Morgan, he is more of a mile/3k guy but can probably go close to 1:50 since he ran a 4:02 split on the DMR. Webber is a pure speed coach, it\'s gonna suck for some 1:48 guy who won\'t make the cut for the Penn 4x800!!

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