Just curious, how many of Barton's "20 years of championships" came after the demise of Blinn?
The Austin American-Statesman had a long article on the Blinn program at the time it was dropped and I remember a Blinn spokesman specifically saying that they needed to add a women's sport (softball or soccer, I can't remember exactly) and they didn't have the money for both. s.devereaux --- Mike Prizy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re. Blinn, was there a TFN or SI story that mentioned something about > one reason the track program > was dropped was because it got more media attention than the football > team? > > > > http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?menu=1&sid=41&cid=1415&divid=0&gender=m&slid=23 > > Smith takes over assistant spot for Barton County track > > Release by Mike Marzolf > > Steve Smith stepped into a situation many would love to have -- coaching > some of the best athletes > in the world. Smith gets that opportunity as the new assistant track > coach at Barton County > Community College. Smith takes over for Lyles Lashley, who moved up to > head coach when Lance Brauman > accepted a job at the University of Arkansas. Smith will be in charge of > sprints and jumps, placing > him at the helm of several World Class athletes, including Veronica > Campbell and Tyson Gay just to > name a couple. > > http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?sid=41&menu=8&gender=m&slid=23 > > NJCAA MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP > Manhattan, KS - March 1-2, 2002 > > 2002 FINAL RESULTS > > 1 Barton County CC, Great Bend, KS 203 > 2 Wallace State CC-Hanceville, AL 73 > 3 Butler County CC, El Dorado, KS 48 > > > > > > > Gerald Woodward wrote: > > > Tony, > > > > Barton may have "almost 20 years of championships," but Blinn holds > > "National JC" records! Many of its track team members have gone on to > world > > class performances at 4 year colleges and in international meets. > > > > Most T&F aficionados know who Blinn JC is. I consider myself fairly > > knowledgeable about T&F, but have never heard of Barton before? > > > > Gerald > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
