I am at the airport returning from the US Track and field and Cross Country Coaches Assn meeting. while there we picked up the University of Houston coached by Leroy Burrell. http://uhcougars.cstv.com/sports/c-track/mtt/burrell_leroy00.html Coach Burrell was so anxious to get some of his athletes on the cranks as soon as possible he bought the bike I had on the floor and took it back to school with him in his truck.
Our list of major college or post college track teams using the cranks is getting longer and longer. 
Here is an excerpt from the above site about some of coach Burrell’s exploits when he was competing.
"Burrell first gained track and field’s national spotlight when he earned All-America honors as a senior at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa. in 1985. He was named the Eastern Track Athlete of the Year after single-handedly winning the 1985 Class 3A state championship. Burrell scored all of Penn Wood’s 40 points when he won the 100, 200, long jump and triple jump at the state meet.
In 1985-86, he broke Houston’s freshman long jump record that was held by Carl Lewis, when he leaped 26’9" at a dual meet against UCLA in 1986. Later that season, he faced one of the most challenging moments of his track career.
After jumping 26’ 7.25" in the preliminaries of the 1986 Southwest Conference Outdoor Championships, Burrell jumped almost 27 feet before landing awkwardly on his third jump. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He finished second at the meet, but many people feared the injury could be career ending.
In 1988, he returned to the SWC Championships, where he finished second in the 100 meters and in third-place in the long jump. At the NCAA Championships, Burrell earned All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in the 100 meters and a seventh-place showing in the long jump.
The next year, he won the NCAA Indoor Long Jump Championship with a leap of 26’ 5.50". At the NCAA Outdoor meet, he set the NCAA outdoor meet record with a personal best jump of 27’ 5.50". But, Ohio State’s Joe Greene recorded a wind-aided mark of 27’ 7.25" to win the event, and left Burrell with a record-setting second-place finish.
Two weeks later, Burrell rebounded at the USA Outdoor Championships at Houston’s Robertson Stadium. He won the 100 meters in 9.94 seconds, which was the fastest time ever recorded by a collegian. He also teamed with Carl Lewis, Danny Everett and current UH assistant coach Floyd Heard to set a world record in the 4x200 meter relay with a time of 1:19.38. As a senior in 1990, Burrell won the NCAA Indoor Long Jump title for the second straight year with a leap of 27 feet. At the SWC Outdoor Championships, Burrell ran one of the best sprint doubles ever recorded. He ran the fastest 200 meters ever run under any conditions with a wind-aided time of 19.61 and ran a wind-aided 9.94 time in the 100 meters to easily win both races.
He also won the 100 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Durham, N.C., when he posted a wind-aided time of 9.94 seconds. He set the NCAA meet record in the semifinals in 10.03 seconds. His outstanding season resulted in Burrell receiving the “Jumbo Elliott Award” as the nation’s top collegiate track and field athlete.
After completing his collegiate eligibility, Burrell beat Carl Lewis for the first time on July 23, 1990, when he won the 100 meters in 10.05 seconds at the Goodwill Games in Seattle. He was ranked as the world’s top sprinter in 1990 and 1991 after winning 19 of his 22 races in the 100 meters.
Burrell set his first individual 100 meter world record on June 14, 1991, at the USA Championships in New York City. With a time of 9.90 seconds in the 100 meters, he edged Lewis, who finished second with a time of 9.92. Later that year at the World Championships in Tokyo, Burrell bettered his time to 9.88; however, he was forced to settle for the Silver Medal as Lewis won the race in a record time of 9.86.
Burrell and Lewis joined forces in the 1992 Olympic Games at Barcelona, Spain, when they combined with Mike Marsh and Dennis Mitchell to win the gold medal and set a new world record with a time of 37.40 seconds. Burrell also had a fifth-place finish in the 100 meters at the Olympic Games. In 1993, Burrell ran the anchor leg for the USA’s 4x100-meter relay team at the World Championships. The team won another Gold Medal and tied the world record.
In 1994, Burrell was a member of the Santa Monica track team that set the world record in the 4x200 meter relay in 1:18.68. On July 6, 1994, Burrell reclaimed the title as the “World’s Fastest Human” when he reset his world record time in the 100 meters with a time of 9.85 seconds.
In 1996, he earned a spot on the USA Olympic Team, but was forced to withdraw because of an Achilles tendon injury.
Two years later, he announced his retirement as the American record holder in the 100 meters and was selected to succeed his collegiate coach and USTCA Hall of Fame coach Tom Tellez. "