TigerPAC 960 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 anyone follow it very much? just curious as to how well its going. track scholarships seem odd after watching my receptionist's son over the past year. he is a 110m hurdler by nature, also can compete in 100m and 200 sprints. he was 7A state champ in 110m hurdles last spring, and he is a good student (made 25 ACT) while running track and playing football @ McGill. his college offers were from Miss St, Kentucky, Troy, USA, ULL, and host of smaller schools. a few in our office thought it was odd that neither AU nor bammer offered him---I told them it was probably a numbers game. I was just wondering how AU hurdlers have been performing bc this kid is legit. his HS coach said a few may have prematurely "turned their heads" bc this guy is only 5-10, and they want hurdlers to be taller. any insight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,550 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 @TigerPAC No insight, but our track & field programs have been mired in the bottom part of the conference for some time now. Coach Spry's women's team did win the NCAA championship some years back and made a serious run on the men's side in that same era, but nothing much since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerman1186 537 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 A year later and nothing has changed with the program...men's is mired towards the basement in the SEC and if it were not for our women in the weight events we would be in the lower end of the conference....it seems Harvey Glance has bama going strong, and he used to be our coach...maybe its time for a change and put more emphasis in the program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80Tiger 899 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Harvey Glance left UA in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casatiger 513 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 We focus only on the speed events it seems. The State of Alabama has 7 of the top 30 high school distance runners in the nation this year and they don't even get a sniff from auburn. They certainly don't get any scholarship money. The program needs a major coaching upgrade IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskanFAN 1,665 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 UGA hired the USCw track and field women’s head coach one day after winning the NCAA National outdoor track and field championship, to run the men’s and women’s program. Tells men that if you want a quality product it is possible to do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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