Rolek sent the text last night and I could hardly believe it. Seton Hall University ("The Beast of the East") is dropping its men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field program, effective July 1, 2010.
For more details and quotes, check out this excellent article from the Star-Ledger in New Jersey.
This program has produced All-Americans and Olympians. Their coach, John Moon, is a living legend -- having coached on the Olympic team in the past and quite possibly in the future. According to the article, they totally "blindsided" the classy Coach Moon, who after nearly 40 years building a good name and a great program certainly deserved a lot more than that.
In the ultimate cruel irony, because of equity issues SHU actually had to ADD a new women's sport (golf) in order to make sure they were compliant. Amazing. Stunning. Sad.
Seton Hall hosted many great indoor meets back in the prehistoric (pre-Armory) days. One of our program's fondest memories happened in South Orange, when our DMR team back in 1997 qualified for ICs at the Seton Hall Last Chance Meet. We will never forget that.
Seton Hall's track program has been great champions in the Big East. They are our neighbors and friends in the Metropolitan Track Conference. They will be missed greatly, and I feel for each and every member of their coaching staff, their program and their strong, proud and loyal alumni base.
RIP to the Beast of the East.
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