Rupp's NCAA/USATF Double

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Trivia time!

Rupp won the 10 in both Fayetteville and Eugene. Who was the last one to score such a double before him? (meaning the meets, not the cities!)

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Re: Rupp's NCAA/USATF Double

JW in the 400.

[KevinM Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close KevinM]

Re: Rupp's NCAA/USATF Double

JW in the 400.

I assume the question pertains to the 10,000 only.

I'm having a hard time coming up with a guess here, mostly due to the number of foreign collegians who have won the 10 in recent memory.

Nenow?

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Yes it's a 10K (or if you want, 6M) question only.

Chris Hill won both in the javelin this year (and Will Claye may well have had he contested the Senior USATF).

[mcgato Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mcgato]

I'll guess Lindgren.

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Nenow is a surprisingly not-even-close answer: runner-up at USATF twice and never higher than 7th in the NCAA.

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Lindgren was my guess, but he never finished any better than his 2nd in WR time from '65. He preferred the 5000 at USATF. He only ran the 10 two other times, finishing 4th and 5th. Didn't run it in any of this three NCAA title years.

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Nenow is a surprisingly not-even-close answer: runner-up at USATF twice and never higher than 7th in the NCAA.

Yeah, I knew he was something of a late bloomer, but didn't realize how far off I was until I looked it up.

[Marlow Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marlow]

Gotta be Shorter, Butler or Bjorklund, all of whom won both I'm pretty sure (but in the same year?)

[gm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gm]

According to my records, I am going with.... never.

[Zat0pek Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zat0pek]

Without looking anything up and just off the top of my head leading candidates would be (the fact you mention 6M makes me think I should be looking farther back than I am):

Salazar
Virgin
Mills
Shannon Butler
Todd Williams

After that, I got nuthin'.

[Marlow Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marlow]

According to my records, I am going with.... never.

I'm beginning to suspect that's the answer.

[Mighty Favog Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mighty Favog]

I had to look. Verified with results at gbrathletics.com. Never happened before this year.

On the women's side, it's only happened once: Kim Schnurpfeil (Stanford), 1982.

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Rupp's NCAA/USTAF double

This sets the stage for the first NCAA/USTAF/World Championship triple! :lol:

[2 cents Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 2 cents]

However, there has been an American who won the NAIA 6 mile the same year he won the 6 mile at the U.S. track and field championship meet.