... took over as track coach in 1978), he began building the foundation of his program on Irish distance runners. Niall O'Shaughnessy and Tom Aspel were two of the early stars; after the distance foundation was laid, he branched out to jumpers ...

... the least. UA coach John McDonnell helped fuel Arkansas' track dynasty with foreign distance runners such as Niall O'Shaughnessy, Frank O'Mara and Graham Hood. "There's no doubt in my mind that foreign athletes motivate us and get us ...