GOAT American Distance Runner

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1	Ann Trason	Alberto Salazar	Alberto Salazar			Malmo
2	Shelby Houlihan	Bernard Lagat	Bernard Lagat	Matt Tegenkamp	Camille Herron	Centro Jr
3	Doris Brown Heritage	Bill Rodgers	Bill Rodgers
4	Francie Larrieu Smith	Billy Mills	Billy Mills			Lincoln
5	Joetta Clark Diggs	Bob Kennedy	Bob Kennedy	Some LRC comments:		Famiglietti
6	Kara Goucher	Bob Schul	Bob Schul
7	Emma Coburn	Craig Virgin	Craig Virgin	Adam Goucher	Emily Infeld
8	Shannon Rowbury	Dathan Ritzenhein	Dathan Ritzenhein			Lagat
9	Suzy Favor Hamilton	Dave Wottle	Dave Wottle	Kennedy was greatest of his generation. Yes Kennedy is better than Teg or Solinsky in my opinion.		Solinsky
10	Des Linden	Donavan Brazier	Donavan Brazier			Krummenacker
11	Ajee' Wilson	Evan Jager	Evan Jager	Abdi Abdirahman	Brenda Martinez	1500
12	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Frank Shorter	Frank Shorter	Pat Porter	Mary Cain	800
13	Jenny Simpson	Galen Rupp	Galen Rupp	Bill Dellinger	Amy Rudolph	Gray
14	Jordan Hasay	George Young	George Young			Ritz
15	Amy Cragg	Henry Marsh	Henry Marsh	Embarassed to say I didn't know who madeline manning was		5k
16	Patti Catalano	Horace Ashenfelter	Horace Ashenfelter	Camille Herron?S?! and no Jordan Hasay and Kara Goucher and Jearl MIles Clark? WTF		Davis
17	Madeline Manning	Jim Ryun	Jim Ryun			Ryun
18	Jen Rhines	Jim Walmsley/Chris Solinsky/Alan Webb	Johnny Gray	Is Bmart better than Courtney Frerichs? Both won wolrd silver
19	Karissa Schweizer	Johnny Gray	Khalid Khannouchi	Todd Williams	Morgan Uceny	Ryun
20	Molly Huddle	Khalid Khannouchi	Leo Manzano			Webb
21	PattiSue Plumer	Leo Manzano	Mal Whitfield	Do we need 50/50 men and women? Women didn't compete in olympics over 1500 until 1980		Lagat
22	Alysia Montaño	Mal Whitfield	Marty Liquori			Wheating
23	Marla Runyan	Marty Liquori	Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.			Rupp
24	Deena Kastor	Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.	Meb Keflezighi	Wes Santee	Ruth Wysocki	Brazier
25	Shalane Flanagan	Meb Keflezighi	Nick Symmonds	Tom Farrell	Cathy O'Brien	Krummenacher
26	Women	Men	Paul Chelimo	Other potentials	Other potentials women	I like doing it by events
27	Jan Merrill	Nick Symmonds	Ryan Hall			Jager
28	Courtney Frerichs	Paul Chelimo	Steve Prefontaine	Should Alan Webb really be on there over a bob kennedy?		Teg
29	Kim Gallagher	Ryan Hall	Steve Scott			Brazier
30	Lynn Jennings	Steve Prefontaine	Sydney Maree	Tim Broe	Meredith Rainey	Webb
31	Jearl Miles Clark	Steve Scott				3k Steeple
32	Hazel Clark	Sydney Maree				Kennedy
33				Frerichs has AR	Yes but it's in the steeple.	10k
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35				Do we really need all of these old time Olympians?		Solinsky
36				Just because you won a gold medal when hardly anyone ran doesn't mean you are a GOAT. I mean was a gold medal harder to win in 1924 than a DL is today? I highly doubt it.		Webb
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