Arono Rono of Azusa Pacific won the 10k (29:56, PR 28:13), 1500m (3:46, PR 3:40) and 5k (14:23, PR 13:54). On top of that he won the cross country title in the fall and he still has one more year left too. Is this guy the greatest NAIA Champion of all time?
Remember lubbock christian university?????
slowrunnerlcu wrote:
Remember lubbock christian university?????
Greatest INDIVIDUAL not TEAM. Did anybody at LCU win 4 titles in one year like Rono did? I don't believe so. Also to the OP he won a couple indoor national titles as well this year.
How about his brother?
No! If his name was Mike Smith maybe.
Silah Misoi, James Bungei, Sammy Nyamango, Mike Boit all would be ahead of Aron Rono
Julias Randich of Lubbock doubled 13:41/28:14 at the national meet in 1993. Rono is very good, but has not done enough yet to be considered the best.
red? wrote:
Julias Randich of Lubbock doubled 13:41/28:14 at the national meet in 1993. Rono is very good, but has not done enough yet to be considered the best.
I believe that is his older brother. No I'm not kidding.
i agree.
aaron rono > henry rono.
now we can all stop worshiping the henry rono thread.
man, 13:54 5k pr while his 10k pr pace is 14:06...it seems he has the goods to put up a nice 5k if he were so inclined
Runner Z wrote:
red? wrote:Julias Randich of Lubbock doubled 13:41/28:14 at the national meet in 1993. Rono is very good, but has not done enough yet to be considered the best.
I believe that is his older brother. No I'm not kidding.
This is 100% true! Julius Randich is Rono's older brother. And the spelling is Aron Rono....not Arono. Rono won the mile and 3k in indoor and was anchor on the DMR so he's got 7 titles this year total! Rono is amazing but he's never pushed by his competition.
Runner Z wrote:
red? wrote:Julias Randich of Lubbock doubled 13:41/28:14 at the national meet in 1993. Rono is very good, but has not done enough yet to be considered the best.
I believe that is his older brother. No I'm not kidding.
ONE Rono has won, off the top of my head, 7 titles this year alone. Cross, 3 indoor and 3 outdoor. Has anybody in the NAIA done that by the JR year? If so name them and put up what they won.
Secondly times dont mean jack in championship races but if you want to go that route Rono ran 28:13, faster this his brother, and 13:54 (note it he ran that EARLY in the season and split sub-14:00 second 5k of his 28:13 10k), has ran 1:49 splits in 4x8 relays and ran 3:40 for the 1500m and is JR. Name a NAIA athlete who had these credentials going into their SR year.
NAIAMAN wrote:
Silah Misoi, James Bungei, Sammy Nyamango, Mike Boit all would be ahead of Aron Rono
I dont beleive any of these guys ran dominated so many events in one championship let a lone one year as Rono did. I know they dominated their specialty but could Mike Boit have won the 5k and 10k as well? NO.
He is stud no doubt but a f***ing 26 year old junior, NAIA rules are a joke.
jjjeqwasd wrote:
He is stud no doubt but a f***ing 26 year old junior, NAIA rules are a joke.
1. Gay
2. You couldn't even accomplish half of what he did if you were 30.
3. I guess Hall should bitch about competing against Kenyans older than him in the marathon right?
Talent is talent.
There was a guy named Tommy Fulton, TX Sn U, in early 70's who ran 10k, 5k, 1500, and 800 in NAIA meet. Think he won three of them. Later ran on the pro curcuit.
jjjeqwasd wrote:
He is stud no doubt but a f***ing 26 year old junior, NAIA rules are a joke.
Wrong. he started the XC season at age 24, and is now 25 and will be 25 for the entire outdoor season. Still old, but he's not 26.
I think the bottom line is this. Rono is good that's for sure. He has not ran as fast as the kenyans back in the 80's and 90's. Maybe he could if he was pushed, but he has not. And might not be able to win all those races at nationals with the kenyan talent that was around back then. I was in HS when I went to watch the NAIA Indoor Nationals in KC. Life was good and I dont think Rono could have touched them back then.
coachkritter wrote:
There was a guy named Tommy Fulton, TX Sn U, in early 70's who ran 10k, 5k, 1500, and 800 in NAIA meet. Think he won three of them. Later ran on the pro curcuit.
I'm glad someone else remembers Tommy Fulton. I remember reading about this ordeal in Track and Field News when I was in my teens, and feeling tired just reading about it. A quick Google check finds that Fulton held the NAIA meet mile record of 3:57.8 from 1973, which is superior to the 1500 record of 3:43.0. He was nationally top-ten ranked in the mile/1500 a couple of times in the early 70s.