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Bison54 
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11-03-20 06:45 PM - Post#315925    
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While he didn't play for Bucknell, Jimmy V comes to mind.


 
Bison137 
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11-03-20 07:19 PM - Post#315926    
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  • Bison54 Said:
While he didn't play for Bucknell, Jimmy V comes to mind.





That reminds me. Bison alum Jay Wright, of course, won two national championships as a coach. And Bison alum (and three sport star) Doggie Julian won a national championship in basketball as the coach of Holy Cross.




 
Bison54 
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11-04-20 09:48 AM - Post#315938    
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We would be remiss to leave out Pat Flannery at Lebanon Valley D3 Champions,

And while not a Bucknell alum, Dave Paulsen at Williams, before Bucknell.


 
jkrun80 
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Greg Schiano back at Rutgers
11-04-20 08:18 PM - Post#315974    
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Have to mention Tom McLean who was NCAA champion in the 800 meters in 1976 (and a pretty good basketball player).

Edited by jkrun80 on 11-04-20 08:20 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
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11-04-20 08:42 PM - Post#315976    
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Speaking of track, wikipedia reports that Bill Reifsnyder won the national championship in the marathon in 1989 and 1991. I realize that those races may not have had all of the top U.S. runners, but it still appears to be a U.S. championship.




 
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11-06-20 03:14 PM - Post#316123    
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  • Bison137 Said:
Speaking of track, wikipedia reports that Bill Reifsnyder won the national championship in the marathon in 1989 and 1991. I realize that those races may not have had all of the top U.S. runners, but it still appears to be a U.S. championship.


I had forgotten those, but you are correct. Regardless of whether all the top US runners showed up for those races, it is still a great accomplishment and a legitimate national championship. To put it in perspective, Bill led the 1992 US Olympic Trials (along with Keith Brantley) for much of the race before eventually finishing 5th.

 
bison75 
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11-06-20 10:35 PM - Post#316132    
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True story. I once ran in a race with Bill Reifsnyder. Back in the 80s every little town had a 10k, and Reifsnyder ran (and of course won) a 10k in Troy, a little north of Williamsport. I was a back of the pack slogger, and I would guess he was showered and halfway home by the time I finished. Still, I thought it was pretty cool to have someone like that in a race I was running in.

 
Bison137 
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11-07-20 12:38 AM - Post#316134    
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  • bison75 Said:
True story. I once ran in a race with Bill Reifsnyder. Back in the 80s every little town had a 10k, and Reifsnyder ran (and of course won) a 10k in Troy, a little north of Williamsport. I was a back of the pack slogger, and I would guess he was showered and halfway home by the time I finished. Still, I thought it was pretty cool to have someone like that in a race I was running in.





Interesting. Believe it or not, there is a site that has historic records of all road races for certain runners. All of Reifsnyder's races, including one in Troy on August 18, 1985, are documented. He won that race in a time of 29:27. Not his best, but not too shabby. About 4:45 a mile for the 6.2 miles. No record of his margin of victory. He ran the Philly half marathon four weeks later in a time of 1:01:47.

https://more.arrs.run/runner/3822


A question for jkrun80: Looking at this performance list, I see Reifsnyder only ran one race in 1993 (in February), then didn't run for a year. Then had a couple of mediocre (by his standards) races, ending with a DNF - the last recorded race of his career. (He only had two DNF's in 16 years of extensive road racing.) I assume he was battling injuries or other physical issues at this stage of his career. Is that accurate?





 
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Re: Greg Schiano back at Rutgers
11-07-20 09:52 PM - Post#316148    
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  • Bison137 Said:

Interesting. Believe it or not, there is a site that has historic records of all road races for certain runners. All of Reifsnyder's races, including one in Troy on August 18, 1985, are documented. He won that race in a time of 29:27. Not his best, but not too shabby. About 4:45 a mile for the 6.2 miles. No record of his margin of victory. He ran the Philly half marathon four weeks later in a time of 1:01:47.

https://more.arrs.run/runner/3822


A question for jkrun80: Looking at this performance list, I see Reifsnyder only ran one race in 1993 (in February), then didn't run for a year. Then had a couple of mediocre (by his standards) races, ending with a DNF - the last recorded race of his career. (He only had two DNF's in 16 years of extensive road racing.) I assume he was battling injuries or other physical issues at this stage of his career. Is that accurate?




Yes. Bill admits he over trained for the 92 Olympic Trials and started having a number of injury issues. I believe the final straw was a back injury from which he never really recovered, but I don't remember the details.


 
DoCtoR62 
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11-08-20 09:26 PM - Post#316188    
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Bison75 - hope this brings back good memories.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rqNH_gVs8Yn5d Mqwv...

(Actually, I hope it opens.)

 
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