When I was running there were some guys experimenting with various PEDs, but mostly the ones in strength events (shot put). There were other sprinters taking steroids but it didn’t seem to be widespread. Can’t believe most current pros started doping after college so it must be widespread through most programs today. Any one know their program is clean?
I've seen distance runners use asthma inhalers at track meets. They were not from my team though, so I have no idea if they needed it for medical reasons or not.
There was nothing illegal going on on my team as far as I know. But my team was also not that good (e.g. only 1-2 individuals make it to regionals every couple years or so).
How often do NCAA athletes even get tested? I know there is testing but I believe it's very limited.
I remember a coaches son in high school being on an inhaler/steroid nebulizer thing. Seemed kind of sketchy.
I never saw anybody using PEDs. However, there was talk about it. Some guys were tempted to use PEDs to "get back in shape" after time off due to injury. I don't think any of them actually used, but they discussed it.
In d3 and d2 it is an epidemic that no one talks about. They never test anyone, and I know about 25% of distance guys use PED's like ady, caffeine, Demmies, speed, and even that white stuff.
Former D1 sprinter wrote:
When I was running there were some guys experimenting with various PEDs, but mostly the ones in strength events (shot put). There were other sprinters taking steroids but it didn’t seem to be widespread. Can’t believe most current pros started doping after college so it must be widespread through most programs today. Any one know their program is clean?
Doping is extremely rare. In DI you are tested by your university randomly, by the NCAA randomly and every winner at the NCAA Championships is tested along with undisclosed placers.
TrackFan19 wrote:
Former D1 sprinter wrote:
When I was running there were some guys experimenting with various PEDs, but mostly the ones in strength events (shot put). There were other sprinters taking steroids but it didn’t seem to be widespread. Can’t believe most current pros started doping after college so it must be widespread through most programs today. Any one know their program is clean?
......by the NCAA randomly and every winner at the NCAA Championships is tested along with undisclosed placers.
False.
Samples are taken.
All are not tested. The NCAA is too cheap to test all those for both street and PED's. That can get expensive.
Instead they randomly "pull" a certain amount. It gives the impression, AND they try to rely of the fear of getting caught.
The Realsky Dealsy wrote:
TrackFan19 wrote:
......by the NCAA randomly and every winner at the NCAA Championships is tested along with undisclosed placers.
False.
Samples are taken.
All are not tested. The NCAA is too cheap to test all those for both street and PED's. That can get expensive.
Instead they randomly "pull" a certain amount. It gives the impression, AND they try to rely of the fear of getting caught.
Wrong. Read the NCAA Drug Testing Protocol. The NCAA spends over $6 million in drug testing.
I know some athletes (mostly women) that were on thyroid medication, pushed by a certain coach.
I know of one guy that took steroids in the summer, then stopped and was all-american in a shorter distance track event.
I don't think the steroid use is very common, and certainly not EPO usage or anything like that. But the thyroid use is somewhat common, especially if the coach is pushing it. This particular coach I know has had multiple women on it. I do not like this coach for multiple reasons. He is still a coach, and has had top NCAA women runners for over a decade.
Highly doubtful! The kids are tested randomly by the NCAA. My kid won't even take a cough drop with out the teams medical staff approval!
I have no clue how prevalent it may be now but my guess is that it isn't very prevalent.
I ran at a college in the early 90s that had some world class athletes and I never saw or suspected any doping.
TrackFan19 wrote:
Wrong. Read the NCAA Drug Testing Protocol. The NCAA spends over $6 million in drug testing.
And you think that is a lot? You think that covers ALL the sports in ALL the divisions?
The NCAA throws out a number like 6 million dollars, and people think, "Wow! Look at this amount of money they are throwing at the problem, they must really care! Note: 6 mil doesn't cover the cost to test all of them, hence selective, random enforcement.
I had a LJ teammate (low 26 foot guy) who took stimulants. Helped him never have a bad practice.
I wasnt aware of any other teammates taking anything against the rules.
The wrestling team shared our locker room. Multiple times I heard them talking about injecting steroids.
I never heard anybody on the football or soccer teams talk about doping in the locker room.
toro wrote:
I have no clue how prevalent it may be now but my guess is that it isn't very prevalent.
I ran at a college in the early 90s that had some world-class athletes and I never saw or suspected any doping.
On my track team, it was not prevalent at all. I didn't know anyone who used anything and I can say with a high level of confidence none of the distance guys I ran with were on anything.
I know there were guys on the football team who were on different things and we were in the fake D1 football division. I think some of the wrestlers may have been as well.
NCAA drug testing is a total joke. I don't remember anyone ever being tested except at a championship event except for the athletics department tests which were for street drugs only. The "random" street drug tests were definitely targeted at specific people. I like to think PED usage is pretty low in the NCAA, I think the majority of people at All American level are clean.
CUfan wrote:
Highly doubtful! The kids are tested randomly by the NCAA. My kid won't even take a cough drop with out the teams medical staff approval!
My clients always ask for my approval before taking any supplement that I didn’t specifically tell them to. I have to make sure that everything works together optimally.
A few years ago I was at a local track meet with college-age kids competing and I heard two coaches behind me talking about one of the runners on the track as a doper. I also know it's present in other college sports. A lawyer told me he has a lot of cases on his books of schoolboy sportsmen facing doping charges, and I have read from college tennis players they were told by their coach and trainer they wouldn't be able to foot it if they didn't dope. It won't be as much as the pros but it's out there.