In a message dated 12/8/00 8:27:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dgs1170 writes:
> Not for the women.
> First and foremost they have 17/18 scholarships. The girls you see before
> you can span 2-4 events at the NCAA level, at the minimum 2. This makes it
> all the same. Plus, in the history of the women's competitions, the
> champions have been sprint oriented, for whatever reasons. LSU won in 1996
> with 5 women that ran the sprints and hurdles.
> And there is no more economy in distance and jumps, as opposed to sprints
> and hurdlers.
Yes, but jumpers can long jump, triple, some can high. and all usually are
decent sprinters. Distance runners can also run cross country which fills an
entire sport with only track scholarships, or vice versa.
Of course there is more than one way to pluck a dog.
Mike
