Nick Symmonds

[ZealotAssasin]

2nd in the 800, that's pretty good, beating out some pretty good guys. Go D3 man!

[Track Dude]

2nd in the 800, that's pretty good, beating out some pretty good guys. Go D3 man!

And he was all the way back in 7th in the final turn.
Great kick!

[daman]

2nd in the 800, that's pretty good, beating out some pretty good guys. Go D3 man!Pretty good???

He beat his own D3 record by 1.5 seconds!!! Only him and another guy have ever gone under 1:48!!

[axemen06]

definitely a bad ass. has a mustache to boot. or atleast he did earlier this season. he is representing the state of oregon very well. what did he do in high school?

[Kniteryder]

Yeah Symmonds and Burley were FLYING in that last 200m's, from WAAAY back in the pack!

[CGBatch]

Why was this man a DIII runner he could have gone full at almost any DI school?

[ZealotAssasin]

I'm not exactly sure, but I don't think he was quite this good when he was in high school. Plus he probably liked Williamette or something.

[Mrr82]

I'm not exactly sure, but I don't think he was quite this good when he was in high school. Plus he probably liked Williamette or something.

He must have been pretty decent before college if he hadn't lost a race in 7 years dating back to sophmore year in hs.

[runneronfire]

Why was this man a DIII runner he could have gone full at almost any DI school?

Wanted a smaller school maybe. Liked Willamette a lot. Clearly he isn't any worse off for it.

[cooljim]

for some people, i.e. Symmonds, maybe D3 makes him a better runner. He can peak when it matters when he runs with much better competition later on in the season while others are burning out...

just throwing it out there...I know this isn't always the case

[daman]

Their state records show he ran 1:53.62/4:20.02 in 2002.

http://www.idhsaa.org/records/0506info/BoysTrackRecords.doc