A coulda, woulda, shoulda guy would be Robert Strait from Cuero High School, TX. At the time in '89, he was the #2 running back of all-time in Texas with over 8,000 yds rushing. At our district meet he won the HJ (6'6"), 100m (10.8ish), LJ (23' ish), SP (60'), and anchored the winning 4x100m...pretty good for a guy 6'2"/245 lbs. He's also the reason my junior high gym now has break-away basketball rims. He dunked on us in 7th grade and bent the rim. He went to Baylor to play football and his career didn't pan out. He made the news a year ago after an arrest for dealing crack in Cuero.
Joe Rubio wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >"I can beat that one. Bobby Ingram of Arizona was 7th in the ?84 NCAA steeple at >8:35.43. And Jon Alquist can probably confirm the story that he also jumped 7-0 to >win the intramural title (7-footers flying below T&FN radar by that time)." > > Bob was also 2 time California Community College steeple champ in > '80/'81 as well as USATF Junior National steeple champ in '80 for West > Valley college. Pretty impressive that in the '81 state meet he doubled > back in the 800 after the steeple win to grab 4th in 1:51. Bob was also > second man on the 3rd place finishing cross country team at WVC running > 19:41 for the 4 mile Woodward Park course as a sophomore. > > Bob hit his knee on the last barrier of the heats in the '84 Oly Trials > which ended his running career, but not his field career as he did HJ 7' > at the University of Arizona. Bob turned his attention to intramural > football and was part of the 2 man championship team. Bob was the QB > and Rod Barksdale was the receiver. Same Rod Barksdale who was one of > the best 200m men in the Pac 10 at the time and who ultimately ended up > catching balls for the Raiders. Bob was also a scoring member of the U > of A XC team that had Ansberry, Giusto and a few others of note. > > He now lives in Fredrick Maryland and works for UPS there as a manager. > > Joe Rubio > Ingram teammate, West Valley College '1981-'82. > > > > > In a message dated Tue, 11 Dec 2001 9:52:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Buck >Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > How 'bout Sean Messiter: > > > 3:41 1500 and made the final of the '92 OT > > > 6'4" HJ>> > > > > > > > As a measure of U.S. distance standards, note that the 8:35.43 made him No. 22 on >the U.S. list that year; this year such a time would make you No. 14. > > > > On the world list, there were 2 Americans in the top 10, 5 in the top 20 and 12 in >the top 35. More than 1/3! This year you don't find the first American until No. 16, >and the second one doesn't show until No. 30. Little wonder that the old farts >reminisce about the "good old days." > > > > gh _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
