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Message: [QUOTE="hookshot, post: 5281856, member: 4756"] Wikipedia likely would have it most accurately, but, yes, for a period of 20+ years, under the legendary coach Jumbo Elliot, they totally dominated the sport. They are still pretty decent but the age of high donor fueled programs, e.g. Oregon, has changed all that. Back when I was at VU (graduated in '63), they had had 7 Olympians - I don't think that has ever since been done since in a compressed time period. They had the world record holders in the 100 -Frank Budd (who subsequently had a very short stunt with the Phila Eagles), the 220 - Paul Drayton. Thy had the country's best 4x440. They had a string of imported Irish milers starting with Olympian Ron Delaney. As I recall they also had Olympians in pole vault (Don Bragg ?), high jump, and shot put (a 255 lbs football fullback named Billy Joe - he was at the last reunion that I attended). I never recall them ever losing a dual (2 team) meet but, interestingly, one of teams who most closely contended with them was the Quantico Marines, VA (must have been where track talented draftees got collected. I think if you Wikipedia "Jumbo Elliot" you'd get all this, more accurately. [/QUOTE]