gh pontificated:
Neither Shorter, Pre, Virgin nor Kennedy have an OVERALL career that
remotely compares with Lindgren's. He absolutely stomps the crap out of any
of them as both a prep and a collegian, and his forays into the open ranks
on the track are right up there with any of the others.
I would definitely agree with the prep part of the Lindgren vs. Pre
assessment, but I wonder about the collegiate part. Seven NCAA titles is
pretty tough on Pre's part. Seems like Lingren had more uppper range at
that point with some great 6 mile/10,000 runs, but I don't think that
stomped the crap out of Pre. The problem with comparing the two is that
the last memory we have of a head to head match up is of the 72 trials
where Lindgren was a non factor after the gun went off. Could it be a bit
of WSU bias coming out? :-)
Keith Whitman
Head Cross Country Coach
Assistant Track & Field Coach
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Office (308) 865-8070
Home (308) 338-1115
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