I still hold the record for my HS.. Broken-Arrow Sr.. Oklahoma .. I think at that time 55.6, summer track ran 54.9.
You guys always assume every post is by a male..
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I still hold the record for my HS.. Broken-Arrow Sr.. Oklahoma .. I think at that time 55.6, summer track ran 54.9.
You guys always assume every post is by a male..
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Bonzi wrote:
I’m a female.. in 1984 ... 54.9 was a very good time.
At 6’1 .. I played post guard and forward.. how many female athletes can run a 54.9.. not bad for a 17 year old female.
Oops! Let me rephrase that. 54.9 is great! You're going to get recruited by a lot of schools, especially in 1984. Heck, today that is still a great time in high school and most universities would be after you.
2nd Rate Athlete wrote:
I mean look at it. If you were good at another sport why wouldn't you be doing that? Let's face it. T&F attracts all the athletes that aren't good enough to make it in other sports. Everyone basically got cut from their team sport or saw the writing on the wall that they weren't going to make it at the next level. Sure there are a few 100m sprinter types that played football and were excellent and ran track to stay in shape for football. Herschel Walker is a prime example of this. The distance events are littered with guys that used to be soccer players. The Shot Put, Discus, & Hammer are all guys that couldn't hack it playing on the O or D line. High Jumpers must be frustrated basketball and volleyball players. Usain Bolt thinks he can play soccer but we all know he can't. Ever seen him play? I have. No technical ability at all and he doesn't have the endurance to last a full match.
2nd Rate,
I played Football. I am not bragging, but I was good enough in the 80's to receive several letters from colleges, and calls from some colleges. I chose Track and Field because I knew then, way before all of the recent exposure on head trauma and long term illnesses. I had one single offer to go to a college for track. I have no regrets. When I was 18, I thought I might regret it. But when I saw some of my buddies who played both sports in college, at our 20 year reunion, I was glad. Sooo glad I ran track.
I tie my own shoes. Some of them can't. T drive myself places and do whatever. Most of them can't. Oh, and I ended up marrying the captain of the Cheerleader team. She hates football, and tells stories all the time of how dumb most of them really are.
Get the picture?
Running XC & track BUILDS athleticism! if it were not for the speed and strength I got from it I wouldn't have had the ability to play football & basketball with some really good(and some well known) college players in their off seasons as well as ice hockey, rugby, soccer, big wave bodysurfing, and competitive tennis.
People usually remain in a sport in which they are most successful. In a number of cases the salary of a professional athlete may sway some very successful track and field athletes. The main question is how do you define an athlete? In some sports one needs a highly refined eye-hand skill or eye-foot skill. Then there is the matter of body size which determines one's success at the highest level of the sport. Physical strength is another component, which is essential in many sports. Blanket statements denigrating track and field often are very shallow explanations when scrutinized.
0/10 obvious troll. you don't post on this website if you aren't a track nerd. how would a basketball or football player even find this website?
Wolfjaw wrote:
Running is the base for all team sports . there is no such thing as to much speed or endurance. Its the oldest sport.
I agree. Why would you think I wouldn't agree with this?
0/10 wrote:
0/10 obvious troll. you don't post on this website if you aren't a track nerd. how would a basketball or football player even find this website?
Why would a basketball or football player even want to find this website?
Sometimes, but it's tough to make too many generalizations. I apparently have/had decent natural ability in swimming as I was competitive at the state level as an 8 year old. However, I got cold in the water during practice and hated it. So after a couple years my folks let me quite and play sports I liked better. I sort of fell into running in high school and while I like it, it's probably one of my worst sports.
2nd Rate Athlete wrote:
I mean look at it. If you were good at another sport why wouldn't you be doing that? Let's face it. T&F attracts all the athletes that aren't good enough to make it in other sports. Everyone basically got cut from their team sport or saw the writing on the wall that they weren't going to make it at the next level. Sure there are a few 100m sprinter types that played football and were excellent and ran track to stay in shape for football. Herschel Walker is a prime example of this. The distance events are littered with guys that used to be soccer players. The Shot Put, Discus, & Hammer are all guys that couldn't hack it playing on the O or D line. High Jumpers must be frustrated basketball and volleyball players. Usain Bolt thinks he can play soccer but we all know he can't. Ever seen him play? I have. No technical ability at all and he doesn't have the endurance to last a full match.
False. It attracts introverts who don’t want to rely on teammates to achieve success. Independent effort directly correlates to your objective measure of success.
OP, sorry your 3k didn't go well last night. Bounce back man, you'll run well again.
Track is not a team sport. It's an individual sport. You are aware, aren't you, that most of the best track & field athletes in the world have never played American football or basketball? Do you really think Usain Bolt became the fastest man in history because of his soccer competence? Don't you think his talent for sprinting had just a little something to do with it? What are you doing on this site anyway if you have such little regard for the sport?
No doubt because the parents have money.
OP is right and who the heck cares?
Les wrote:
Track is not a team sport. It's an individual sport. You are aware, aren't you, that most of the best track & field athletes in the world have never played American football or basketball? Do you really think Usain Bolt became the fastest man in history because of his soccer competence? Don't you think his talent for sprinting had just a little something to do with it? What are you doing on this site anyway if you have such little regard for the sport?
You are aware aren't you that most of the best athletes in the world were playing another sport before they got into T&F? Lots of them playing soccer, the most popular sport in the world. Volleyball for men and women is big outside of the USA. Quite a few people play basketball. Luckily Ed Eyestone got cut from his high school baseball team. Track gained one there.
2nd Rate Athlete wrote:
I mean look at it. If you were good at another sport why wouldn't you be doing that? Let's face it. T&F attracts all the athletes that aren't good enough to make it in other sports. Everyone basically got cut from their team sport or saw the writing on the wall that they weren't going to make it at the next level. Sure there are a few 100m sprinter types that played football and were excellent and ran track to stay in shape for football. Herschel Walker is a prime example of this. The distance events are littered with guys that used to be soccer players. The Shot Put, Discus, & Hammer are all guys that couldn't hack it playing on the O or D line. High Jumpers must be frustrated basketball and volleyball players. Usain Bolt thinks he can play soccer but we all know he can't. Ever seen him play? I have. No technical ability at all and he doesn't have the endurance to last a full match.
I was on varsity basketball as a freshman. Ran one XC season and the track coach pretty much said I am a runner now. I could dunk all through my running career. Just saying this to say I know I could have played other sports for sure basketball at a high level. There are some athletes that I could not see doing any other sport than running though.
there are some other sides to this as well though. Volleyball players might not be good jumpers competitively and not all football players will be good at sprinting competitively.
Yep, the original poster is correct.
I played soccer for many years. When I was around 15 I figured out that I was much faster running without the ball. That being the case, I ended up going out for XC & T&F. I ended up running both at a D1 school and went to NCAA XC Nationals my senior year as out team qualified. Hey, someone had to be the 7th man!
Although I don't run nearly as much now as I did back then, I do play some rec league soccer in a Men's over 40 league. Despite being over 50 I still have pretty good speed to keep up with the younger 40's!
I played football in hs and we used to pick on the little xc boys. Footballers got the girls, xc'ers got beat up.
footballer wrote:
I played football in hs and we used to pick on the little xc boys. Footballers got the girls, xc'ers got beat up.
At our school the football team got beat up every week by the other team. The XC team brought home the big trophy's and medals and didn't do too bad with the girls either.
I'll bite.
Current highschooler, I played basketball for my high school(team is pretty competitive in our state). Ended up dropping it for swimming so that I could actually get in shape in the winter. That only worked for me because the coach lets me run and swim on alternating days. I still love basketball and play for my diocese's high school league, but I can't stand how subjective(there's a coach making your decisions for you) and unathletic it can be. The best kids are athletic, don't get me wrong, but the rest simply are not and can still get by. Much more satisfying to run track, imo.