Thomas Worthington just breads talent. Head Coach Andrew Cox is one of the best in the state and knows what he is doing. Payne and Arjun both could have dropped significant time during their HS careers, but both were faced with a lot of adversity and injury, more than most High School runners. One thing is for sure, that is one of the best 1-2 duos we have seen. Pretty cool that they went out and scored 1-2 in team scoring in their final races. Both have good careers ahead.
Cox isn't even the boys coach what are you talking about
Bunch of Thomas Worthington blowhards on this thread.
Seriously, someone had to go search for this thread. Its either themselves, the coach, or a relative who for some reason feels they arent getting enough attention.
I did a bit of a dumpster dive bringing this old thread up from a few years ago.
What happened with Jha this past track season? Was he injured? I think he still has eligibility for fall xc. Does anyone know if he’ll use it?
I’m also wondering about Dustin Horter. He was another one that showed a lot of promise coming out of high school but then went to Indiana and really never improved. He was actually better in high school than college. What happened to him? He started coming around a bit this past track season but was still faster as a high school senior.
Overall Jha was more successful than Horter in college but it seems that many go to Indiana and just sort of fizzle out and are surpassed by many that they were better than in high school. Is it a training thing or something else?
Any updates?
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Any updates?
Indiana's men did not have a good Spring. They only had one man in the NCAA East Preliminary meet, at the 1500 and up. That guy ran an 8:57 in the steeple. Jha ran 12th in the 5K at the Big 10 meet this Spring.
This thread is interesting as it becomes a bit of a time travel move: How did Arjun Jha's college career end up panning out? Not bad, not bad. Not a national caliber kind of guy, but definitely a worthy team member to have for two Big Ten teams, being able to score in conference meets. His college PRs are respectable enough. In the end he did run a sub-four minute mile, so that was good to see.