Apparently the distance athletes are now being coached by the jump coach and some by the sprint coach. Heard the Wildschutte brothers are going to transfer and a total of 14 distance athletes either quit running after Zola Budd resigned, or are planning to transfer. Maybe Coastal decided to cut their distance program. Hope not.
The head is clueless about running a program.
This is another example of a once proud program being lead down the toilet.
Whatever happened to Jacobs?
It's been all downhill since Coach Connie retired
I heard that a Pro Coach is interested in the job but not until after the Olympics.
Some shxt must have hit some kind of fan. Former Olympians of Budd's caliber don't just randomly choose coaching gigs, even volunteer ones.
Head coach Fowler cut the woman’s distance budget from 50% to less than 5%, and invested into sprinters and throwers. Also the men’s distance budget will be at 0 % when the Wildschutt’s transfer end of season. Not sure if they got any new distance recruits with the current program.
Coach Jacobs was fired. Thinks he works for Harry County, marketing sporting events.
The Wildschutt's were the only scholarship level athletes on the mens side to begin with.
Rumors say they are flying in the magic wizard coach JS to get a really good new coach.
Their best women's runner (Lisha van Onselen) already graduated, but she medically redshirted the 2019 track season due to illness and as a result had a season of track eligibility left this year. She transferred to Appalachian State to work on her master's degree and is competing on the track team this track season. She just had a personal best in the 3000 last weekend ( in spikes). She normally competed in cross country and selected outdoor track races in her bare feet while at Coastal Carolina. Will keep an eye out this outdoor season to see if she runs outdoor distance races barefoot for App.State.
Sounds like you have some inside information. Those numbers sounds so exact. Could this be a disgruntled ex-distance coach??? And why would they cut the distance program when they are currently recruiting distance runner? I feel this may be Zola Budd spreading rumors, don't try to slander the program after you quit on the runners and other coaches.
I believe their is a hold on the hiring process for all positions at coastal Carolina until summer due to low enrollment. At least this is the rumor
She also has a remaining XC season of eligibility.
Saw some distance runners at Publix. I asked them how the season was going so far and they said they are running faster times now. So I asked what was the difference and they replied "the training". They said that they were running between 40-45 miles a week with Zola. Now they have upped their weekly mileage and their times have dropped dramatically. Now, having division 1 distance athletes running 45 miles a week is a shame to the distance coach and a disservice to the athletes. It makes sense why we haven't seen the distance program grow under Zola. 45 miles a week is a high school workout. If you ask teams like BYU, Northern Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon on average how many miles a week their athletes run they would probably say anywhere from 75-90. I look forward to seeing the growth of the distance athletes this season with their new training regime, especially the Wildschutte brothers.
Myrtle Track Spikes wrote:
Saw some distance runners at Publix. I asked them how the season was going so far and they said they are running faster times now. So I asked what was the difference and they replied "the training". They said that they were running between 40-45 miles a week with Zola. Now they have upped their weekly mileage and their times have dropped dramatically. Now, having division 1 distance athletes running 45 miles a week is a shame to the distance coach and a disservice to the athletes. It makes sense why we haven't seen the distance program grow under Zola. 45 miles a week is a high school workout. If you ask teams like BYU, Northern Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon on average how many miles a week their athletes run they would probably say anywhere from 75-90. I look forward to seeing the growth of the distance athletes this season with their new training regime, especially the Wildschutte brothers.
ONe of my school athletes was there. We were a 40 to 45 mpw program. He showed very little improvement while at COastal. And possibly regressed in Cross. I have nothing but respect for Zola BUdd, but maybe she was babying the kids, outside of the twins.
That sounds correct, I've seen improvement in other areas (multi's, sprints, throws, jumps) and other than the two brothers not much at all in distance. The recruiting the past two years have been at a all time high thanks to Fowler and Embry. I've heard very good things about the new sprints coach and his ability to recruit. Looking at social media they have some high profile kids coming in for the 2020-21 school year to add to the young core that is already making noise. I love the direction they are heading as a team.
Myrtle Track Spikes wrote:
That sounds correct, I've seen improvement in other areas (multi's, sprints, throws, jumps) and other than the two brothers not much at all in distance. The recruiting the past two years have been at a all time high thanks to Fowler and Embry. I've heard very good things about the new sprints coach and his ability to recruit. Looking at social media they have some high profile kids coming in for the 2020-21 school year to add to the young core that is already making noise. I love the direction they are heading as a team.
hopefully it works out for all of them and the distance kids as well. For what it's worth, my kid really liked running for Zola.