why does the NORTH suck at track so much?

Wallace was born in Chicago.

Gatlin was born in Brooklyn.

Therefore, that makes it 5-4 North.

who cares that they happen to be born in the North, they grew up in the South, went to school in the south, and still live in the South.

I have a friend who was born on an army base in Japan, then moved to America as a child. Does that make her Japanese?

just the facts. wrote:

400mH - James Carter (silver) from Maryland...NORTH

You'll find that a great many, if not most, Marylanders disagree that their state is in "the North." Maryland was not part of the Confederacy, but it's south of the Mason-Dixon line, and remains more similar, culturally, to Virginia than Pennsylvania.

Why do people from the south suck at distance races on the track so much?

about as American as Meb, I'd venture.

DCR wrote:

You'll find that a great many, if not most, Marylanders disagree that their state is in "the North." Maryland was not part of the Confederacy, but it's south of the Mason-Dixon line, and remains more similar, culturally, to Virginia than Pennsylvania.

yea, i contemplated that for a while. i used to live in Virginia and went to Maryland a lot and it all was the South to me.

Notably, the only other northerner on the list is from Washington, which technically is the northern half of the country...but i doubt people from Washington consider themselves "northerners"........definitely West.

just some more wrote:

Why do people from the south suck at distance races on the track so much?

distance races on the track, huh....so not even talking about foot locker xc??

wellllp, in recent memory, the south has had Bumbalough (tennessee) go 8:47 in 2mi and 4:05 in the mile. when steve magness was a senior, texas had like 3 or 4 guys run around 4:05 or faster. college guys like Joel Williams (mississippi) and Kevin Hicks (florida) ran 1:46 and 1:44, respectfully, this year. Alan Webb - fastest american (real american, that is) miler this year at 3:48 - is from the South.

since we're talking about distance races on the track, i'd put top runners from states like Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Virginia, etc. up against any Northern state.

Gatlin was 8 when he moved to Florida. That hardly makes him a child. Most likely his core speed was developed racing his friends-who had bikes mind you-in the streets of Brooklyn.

Why doesnt Arizona have a better hockey team?

Kinda ironic that you guys down south are claiming as YOUR talent those that you imported forcibly generations ago and even forty years ago didn't think were good enough for your buses and restaurants, while denying the right of someone who WANTS to be an American (Bernard Lagat) to be considered an American.

Why does the North "suck at track"? Because we didn't embrace the widespread use of people as property, the denial of those people's rights, and the utter brutality that resulted. Therefore we don't have as many genetically gifted athletes, and statistics does its thing.

Because were too busy signing NBA Contracts...