| # | Name | Comments |
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| 351 | Emily | |
| 352 | Anonymous | |
| 353 | Keith Whitman | Please reconsider your decision to cut Men's Track and Field. There are people willing to help accomplish the department's goals in ways other than cutting sports. |
| 354 | Dan McManamon | think logically... please |
| 355 | Anonymous | |
| 356 | Austin Schiele | |
| 357 | Jeff Hartnagle | |
| 358 | Jill Huber | |
| 359 | Laura Harvey | |
| 360 | Emily Hemmelgarn | |
| 361 | Nick Hawley | |
| 362 | Jeffrey Metzdorff | |
| 363 | Justin | Bring back track! |
| 364 | Adam Santos | |
| 365 | James H. | |
| 366 | Damon Blackford | Don't let the rich history end... |
| 367 | Elizabeth Terelle | |
| 368 | Aaron Shelly | |
| 369 | Matt Fleckenstein | I was once a college track athlete. I learned valuable lessons about working hard, about getting along with others, and about may aspects of life.
I learned way more about this things on the track and cross country courses (including those at your esteemed university) then I ever learned in a classroom.
Your recent decision to "cut" the track and field program is depriving young adults of this important learning opportunity. If Ohio University is committed to academic excellence, then you will realize that your actions are depriving students of the chance to learn these "real life" lessons.
While I can fully appreciate your eagerness to gain the financial rewards that come with building a powerhouse football team, it should NOT be done at the expense of other student athletes. It will take years to build the tradition needed to become a powerhouse football team. I would encourage you to strongly reconsider your decision to cut the track and field program and throw away one of the few sprots programs at your university that already has such a tradition.
Once a sense of tradition is stopped/interrupted, it is difficult to get it back. Once students graduate from college and are forced out into the real world, it is difficult for them to get back the chance to learn the important lessons of life in a "safe, educational" environment (the real world can be very harsh).
Reconsider your decision to throw away this tradition and to deprive students of important learning...bring back the track and field program at Ohio University. |
| 370 | Matthew Gabrielson | |
| 371 | phil zawadzki | |
| 372 | Greg Marcil | |
| 373 | Leah Recht | |
| 374 | Shannon McConville | |
| 375 | Bo Waggoner | I somehow think that cutting these sports might fail to make OU a better place. |
| 376 | Anonymous | |
| 377 | Linh Nguyen | |
| 378 | Mark Scoles | |
| 379 | Anonymous | As a former Kent State Track and Field member I found it a sad day that Track and field leaves any MAC school. I remember the great excitement at MAC Meet for CC and Track it seem like a great hole is put into those meets now and that the honor of finishing in the top 6 does not mean as much as it used to. I fell like I like I have to look down at the schools that no longer carry these sports even though I do not believe it is entirely their fault. I hope that things do get better and that we can bring track and field back to OU. |
| 380 | Robert | |
| 381 | Margaret Pampush | |
| 382 | Anonymous | |
| 383 | Troy Trygstad | |
| 384 | Sara Whitis | |
| 385 | David Kaiser | |
| 386 | Anonymous | Bring back track! Come down off your high-horse with football and foster growth in the student body as a whole. |
| 387 | Adrian Ghioroaie | Pls keep this program going! It is unfair to have it cut, while females will have the option to keep it. Its unconstitutional!!!! |
| 388 | Anonymous | |
| 389 | Colin Prescott | how can they get rid of track. title nine can suck it |
| 390 | Matthew Juhasz | |
| 391 | alexia kyriazi | My coach played lacrosse at Ohio. She has taught us the real meaning of teamwork. She is very upset about your decisions to cut these sports. You won't get my support in the future. I wouldn't like to go to a university that doesn't respect their students. |
| 392 | clarence carnahan | |
| 393 | Chris Heggelund | Quoting Hoovis: 'Your recent decision to "cut" the track and field program is depriving young adults of this important learning opportunity. If Ohio University is committed to academic excellence and creating a rich environment for student “learning”, then you will strongly reconsider your actions.' |
| 394 | Taylor Williams | |
| 395 | Michael Goodrich | |
| 396 | Rick Williamson | The cutting of programs in education has got to stop! Collegiate athletics is a worthy and productive part of the entire educational process. Make the decision to protect the educational process! |
| 397 | Adam Fitzgerald | I am extremely disappointed that Ohio University has decided to cut Men's Track and Field. As a collegiate All-American and current collegiate coach in the sport it saddens me to no end that a university would decide to cut track and field at a school with such a rich and storied tradition in the sport of track and field. It is a disgrace. |
| 398 | Anonymous | |
| 399 | John C. Nakel | |
| 400 | Christen Bosch | I am a part of the women's track team here at OU. Men's and Women's track are not two seperate teams. It's like half of our team is getting taken away from us. Pole Vault is my passion. I love it, and don't know what I'd do without the sport. I can't imagine being told that I couldn't be a part of a team or compete. This is not fair at all to the Guys on the track team. Yes, those that do have partial scholarship are allowed to keep them, but in all honesty, how many track scholarships are given out to the guys? The majority of the guys are there working hard because they love it, and can't live without it. The day we found out about the cut, I have never seen so many unhappy and crying guys at a time. They are in it because they love it, let them stay. |