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What times would a female distance runner have to hit in order to improve her chances of acceptance to an ivy? |
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Assuming an acceptable academic resume, a 2:17/5:03 runner should be able to find several Ivy coaches which will have a spot for you and put you on the list for admissions. Generally, you will need to commit and apply early admission by Nov 1, or you are on your own with admissions. |
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Unless the ivies are all weak in the 800, i's say a 2:14 is more in line with a 5:03. But yeah, i know a girl who was helped tons (offered spots by like all the ivies) for running 5flat and the getting down to 4:58 by junior year. |
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Unless the ivies are all weak in the 800, i's say a 2:14 is more in line with a 5:03. But yeah, i know a girl who was helped tons (offered spots by like all the ivies) for running 5flat and the getting down to 4:58 by junior year.[/quote] I was not suggesting that a 2:17 runner is going to be an 800 specialist at an Ivy school, nor did I say that a 2:17 is a good time for an Ivy 800 runner. I suggested that at least some Ivy coaches will be interested in a girl who can run a 2:17 or a 5:03 which is roughly the equivalent. Obviously, a 2:14 (4:57 equivalent) runner is more talented. I know a few Ivy girls myself. I assumed it might be helpful to list what times are at the slower end of the spectrum rather than confirm that even faster times are also appropriate for Ivy schools. |
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To be on the slower side of the Ivy recruiting spectrum you have to be able to help the coach meet their academic index number. (~2100 SAT, A/A- GPA) If you're in that sort of academic range you can get real looks with times like these in your junior year: Pure 800 Type: ~2:16 with ~59 second 400 speed 800/Mile: ~5:03 mile with ~2:17 800 speed (I agree with above comment that this will get you a look if you're smart) 3200/Mile: Sub 11:00 with ~5:10 Mile Also big caveats: 1) You DON'T necessarily need great track times if you are a good cross country runner (place high in your state meet). 2) BIG ONE: If you started running your sophomore / junior year - OR - you're not a year-round runner (you only do track, or you only do cross), a lot of Ivy's will recruit people off sheer potential. If that's the case, you can actually be slower than the times I listed above. |
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What should a cross country 5k time be? |
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Time isn't as important to the coaches versus how well you run at your state meets / big invitationals. Remember, if you ran a 17:00 5K on an unknown course and a lot of people were running around 17:00 that day on that course...the coaches will think the course was short. Especially if your next best performance is 18:50 on a different course. If you are a real cross country talent, you can signal that to the coaches in two ways: 1) Most common - finish well in competitive state meets / invitationals. The coaches know how good the talent tends to be in different states / invitational fields. Your finishes in those sort of meets are important to them. 2) If your state meet is not very competitive and you can't go to good invitationals, then you need to consistently finish at the very top of all the races you run. Like if you're from a small school in Maine and there are only like 5-6 girls that you compete against that are any good, make sure that you are always in that top group, always finishing in the top 5ish in every race your run, and winning a lot of them. |