Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by billhoward
Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 30, 2009 03:40PM
Who is Cornell's greatest athlete this decade?
(Edit add: I can add a poll but I'd like to hear some nominations.)
(Edit add: I can add a poll but I'd like to hear some nominations.)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/2009 03:56PM by billhoward.
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: December 30, 2009 03:46PM
Knee-jerk reaction -- Seibald or Maduka
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: ugarte (---.z75-46-65.customer.algx.net)
Date: December 30, 2009 04:18PM
Travis Lee. Two time NCAA wrestling champion, at 125 as a soph and at 133 as a senior, and a 4-time All-American.
Troy Nickerson is going to straddle decades, but he'd be in the running as well. A second, a third and a championship in his first three years and he is the favorite for a second national title this year.
Troy Nickerson is going to straddle decades, but he'd be in the running as well. A second, a third and a championship in his first three years and he is the favorite for a second national title this year.
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Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: semsox (---.cpe.metrocast.net)
Date: December 30, 2009 04:20PM
Seibald
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: December 30, 2009 09:53PM
Has to be. First Cornell athlete in years and years to be recognized as the best in the country in his/her sport.semsox
Seibald
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: semsox (---.cpe.metrocast.net)
Date: December 31, 2009 12:20AM
Josh '99
Has to be. First Cornell athlete in years and years to be recognized as the best in the country in his/her sport.semsox
Seibald
Also holds the non-track record for fastest 40 yard dash. He's a physical freak who is also probably the best leader a Cornell team in any sport has seen in quite some time. His post game press conference from the national championship game last year brings a smile to my face just thinking about it.
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: Chris '03 (---.mysmallplanet.com)
Date: December 31, 2009 12:39PM
Jamie Reynolds is up there.
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Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.115.197.118.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net)
Date: December 31, 2009 01:23PM
Siebald for me too.
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: December 31, 2009 05:19PM
I've got to go with Jeomi Maduka. She's excelled in two sports and as mentioned in this IJ article might be the best female athlete ever at CU. It got her the "Best Female of 2009" for the IJ, and if those qualifications aren't enough to be the best of a decade, well then a woman may never win it.
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Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: Trotsky (---.hsd1.md.comcast.net)
Date: December 31, 2009 08:26PM
Jim Hyla
and if those qualifications aren't enough to be the best of a decade, well then a woman may never win it.
... uncomfortable, un-PC silence ...
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: bernie (---.hlrn.qwest.net)
Date: January 02, 2010 04:09PM
jordan leen, rayon taylor, and muhammad halim are worthy of mentions on the basis of winning individual ncaa titles in wrestling or track. travis lee, however, would probably have them all trumped
one could make a strong case for ryan wittman for being the best player (ever?) on the best basketball team ever?
who would have been team of the decade and athlete of the decade for the 1970's?
one could make a strong case for ryan wittman for being the best player (ever?) on the best basketball team ever?
who would have been team of the decade and athlete of the decade for the 1970's?
Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: January 02, 2010 05:36PM
Lacrosse for team; runner-up for Heisman for athlete? French and McEneaney also in the running.bernie
who would have been team of the decade and athlete of the decade for the 1970's?
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Re: Cornell athlete of the decade
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: January 03, 2010 11:42AM
The 1970 hockey team seems like the last of the 1960s hockey teams but it had no megastar like Dryden, just ordinary All-Americas like Dan Lodboa. Lacrosse as team of the decade without a doubt for its three NCAA titles and Eamon McEneaney (R.I.P 9/11) and Mike French as co-winners. Ed Marinaro played in a sport with far more participants than lacrosse, ergo he climbed to the pinnacle of a bigger mountain. But McEneaney and French brought us two national titles; Marinaro and team managed one tie for the Ivy title. Fate had it at that Dartmouth game (Cornell's lone FB loss Marinaro's senior year, 24-14) that the best wide receiver played sick and allowed Dartmouth to pretty much ignore the pass and key on running. But it's a long time ago and all that's remembered is 8-1 not 9-0, and runner-up to Pat Sullivan of Auburn for the Heisman (ignoring that Sullivan pretty much ran #2 in the voting everywhere except the South, and in the South a lot of voters left Marinaro off entirely.)Al DeFlorio
Lacrosse for team; runner-up for Heisman for athlete? French and McEneaney also in the running.bernie
who would have been team of the decade and athlete of the decade for the 1970's?
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