Why We Need Your Help: This Is Not Your Daddy's Big East

The Big East conference was founded in 1979, many readers of this blog did not have the pleasure of competing in the Big East, but for those who did, the Big East bares scant resemblance to the conference that began in 1979.

In 1984 I competed in my first indoor Big East championships in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Back then the conference was made up of a total of nine teams. Today we now have 16 teams filled with teams who are highly comepetitive on the national level! For those who are interested in the evolution of the conference you can visit the Big East Wikipedia page

How has the conference changed in the past 30 years? Well now you have to qualify just to compete in the conference and the standards aren't easy. Try and remember what your PRs were and see if you could have qualified, never mind scoring. Visit the Big East Qualification Standards

So what's the point of this post? Well we need your help to be come more competitive. This past November, Tom Farrell has graciously agreed to lend his name to a $100,000 fund raising effort. Times aren't easy right now, so your support is graciously appreciated.

If you'd like to contribute, please feel free to contact Coach Hurt at the Track Office in St John's:

Email: hurtj@stjohns.edu

Tel: 718-9906159

We won't say no to checks made out to St John's University and mailed to:

St John's University

Attn: Track Office

8000 Utopia Parkway

Jamaica, NY 11439