Al's taking a break from his witty little title thing ("unbelievab-AL") to report on this one.
Today, at the Olympic Men's Marathon Team Trials, Robert Shay, 28, dropped dead. Shay collapsed about 5.5 miles into the race in front of the Central Park Boathouse. Shay was a tremendously talented runner. Here's a blurb on Shay:
Shay was a favorite going into the 2004 trials but was hampered by a hamstring strain and finished 23rd. He was the 2003 U.S. marathon champion and was third at this year's U.S. 25K championships. He also won the U.S. half marathon in 2003 and 2004. He was the NCAA 10,000-meter champion in 2001, the first national individual title in track for Notre Dame.
Shay was the U.S. 20,000-meters (20K) road racing champion in 2004, making him a four-time national champion.
There has not been a report yet on the cause of his collapse. But this is a terrible thing, and I just wanted to post this bit on it.
2 comments:
Well, damn, that's about as far away from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and that Montana chick as one can get...
Yeah. This just sucks. Young athletes just dropping dead is fucked.
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