How Good will Oregon's Distance Team be?

Considering they already have four underclassmen sub-4:00, another at 7:51 and a 13:43 guy, yeah they'll be pretty good. That's seven guys who could be potential NCAA scorers next year. For some reason they don't seem to have any 800 guys though.

YMMV wrote:

Considering they already have four underclassmen sub-4:00, another at 7:51 and a 13:43 guy, yeah they'll be pretty good. That's seven guys who could be potential NCAA scorers next year. For some reason they don't seem to have any 800 guys though.

Except they will have Hoey in the 800 of course....

Might pull a Drew Hunter, crazy Oregon could have him right now

Anyway Hoey is one season away from going pro like Brazier

with the state of the 800 at US champs, he could go pro? now.

Well, dude, it's Oregon. So I'd say they will be just fine.

THISDUDE wrote:

With Josh Joey and Brodey Hasty how will they make an impact at their year(s) at Oregon?

Sad to say Oregon doesn't develop runners anymore. They've been ruining good runners for the last 10 years. I was a Duck but you are probably better off at University of Portland if you are the run-of-the-mill state champion coming out of HS.

Bowerman and Dellinger years were better wrote:

Sad to say Oregon doesn't develop runners anymore. They've been ruining good runners for the last 10 years. I was a Duck but you are probably better off at University of Portland if you are the run-of-the-mill state champion coming out of HS.

The coach at Central Catholic HS in Portland... David Frank? I guarantee you if the Ducks hired him then Oregon will immediately be better in XC and develop "run-of-the-mill state champions" at 5k/10k in track. I'm assuming there is no way they can steal Rob Conner from Portland.

Hasty may have to redshirt next year. They will have so many 4 minute milers that it probably makes sense to redshirt someone else also.

Bowerman and Dellinger years were better wrote:

THISDUDE wrote:

With Josh Joey and Brodey Hasty how will they make an impact at their year(s) at Oregon?

Sad to say Oregon doesn't develop runners anymore. They've been ruining good runners for the last 10 years. I was a Duck but you are probably better off at University of Portland if you are the run-of-the-mill state champion coming out of HS.

They ruined Ches? Rupp? Jenkins? Wheating? Dunbar? Winn? Fleet? Prakel? What the f*ck are you going on about?

You're obviously just bitter that you went to Oregon and didn't magically become and Olympic champ like you expected.

Not sure how good the distance team will be, but the mid-d squad is obviously stacked. Any thoughts on who will be moving up to run distance? Hoey will certainly stick with mid-d. I don't know as much about Hasty, though.

okay, guy. wrote:They ruined Ches? Rupp? Jenkins? Wheating? Dunbar? Winn? Fleet? Prakel? What the f*ck are you going on about?

You're obviously just bitter that you went to Oregon and didn't magically become and Olympic champ like you expected.

This is what I said: "Sad to say Oregon doesn't develop runners anymore. They've been ruining good runners for the last 10 years. I was a Duck but you are probably better off at University of Portland if you are the run-of-the-mill state champion coming out of HS."

I stand by my statement. Also, I loved my experience at Oregon and wouldn't trade my experience for anything. All I'm saying is Oregon does not develop runners anymore. Bill Dellinger frequently turned modest "run-of-the-mill state champions"into NCAA champions. That no longer happens. If Rob Conner were coach then Oregon would have won half the NCAA XC titles over the last 10 years.

Andy Powell is a good 1500 coach but sucks at everything above it, especially XC. Keep Andy Powell for middle distance but replace him for distance/XC.

Don't get me started on steeple. Steeplechase is a disgrace for the Ducks. I know there are former Duck steeplers in Eugene, they need to consult one immediately or pull Dellinger out of retirement.

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How will Oregon do with NAU and Portland on the track?

The DMR record has a good chance to go down by a team other than Oregon this year but I predict it will be broken by Oregon next year. What are the most guys on the same team to break 4 minutes? Oregon will have about 6 guys do it next year.

James West is a huge talent and will be a huge asset to the team this year. Watch this space.

okay, guy. wrote:

Bowerman and Dellinger years were better wrote:

Sad to say Oregon doesn't develop runners anymore. They've been ruining good runners for the last 10 years. I was a Duck but you are probably better off at University of Portland if you are the run-of-the-mill state champion coming out of HS.

They ruined Ches? Rupp? Jenkins? Wheating? Dunbar? Winn? Fleet? Prakel? What the f*ck are you going on about?

You're obviously just bitter that you went to Oregon and didn't magically become and Olympic champ like you expected.

I agree with you however there could be an argument about guys that people may have expected to do more by now.

It’s like comparing apples to oranges. Oregon runners will run faster track middle distance times for various reasons, type of runners they recruit, able to develop speed much easier at lower elevations, etc. NAU is able to develop true distance/xc runners again type of runner they recruit, elevation training environment, etc. Oregon will do better as a whole on the track and NAU right now is doing better on the cross country course. Both have great problems, recruits just have to figure out what is best for them.

Meant to say programs not problems in above message.