Thanks everyone for the responses, helpful or not. I know now that my times are not nearly as fast as they should be to run there. I am going to train harder this year and next and get them down, When i do get them down i will amke a second thread next year.
Thanks again
My advice is to give their men's distance coach a call, and then hang up on him.
Buffalo is where distance runners go to die.
hey kid, i know witzleben, and he's prob looking at this thread right now....and with your good grades AND enthusiasm to improve, he's prob liking what he sees. just call him up and tell him you're interested, heck maybe he'd even give you some tips (he DID have the lasalle school record in the 10k...least until Quigley turned into a 28flat kind of guy....
can't hurt you to try....good luck kid.
Todd Witzleben will just laugh at you if you email him. You'll never make the team, don't waste your time.
Yeah, just stay closer to home and come to St. Joes!
college hopeful wrote:
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also let me know my chances of being able to run for them, and also Stony Brook university
My GPA is a 3.7 and my SAT is a 1810 1270 math and reading
One last thing:
Maybe get a V02 max test. I had a friend when we were juniors (cycling) who wasn't very good as a racer. It was in a period when US cycling was trying to rebuild itself after a disastrous 50 years (mid 1970s). They were picking Junior cyclists pretty much at random and testing them to see if there was any hope, even if they s*cked. He tested out with a high-70s VO2 uptake and on the basis of that they gave him a spot on the USCF junior development team, taught him how to train, and he became a pretty good cyclist.
It's possible, but not probable, that you fit in this category. Get some physiological testing done. If it doesn't work out, get your engineering degree, enjoy running avocationally, and have a happy life. Or, go to a good dII school. Do some research. Some of them are really good engineering schools, without the D1 requirement that you also be fast.
you have to try out for UBs team so as long as you can beat most of everyone else at the time trial you can get a spot.
you'd be better off going to a D2 or D3 school with a good history of developing runners...that way you can start competing as soon as you enter college, which I think is pretty important for developing your full potential by the time you graduate. I had very similar PR's as you do when I was a high school junior (as a HS senior, just under 4:50/10:20), went to a D3 school with a good history of developing runners, and graduated an all-american in XC (sub-15 5K/31 10K).
college hopeful wrote:
...and i think anyone can be fast enough to run D1 if they love it enough....
Not true.
For the xc team I believe you have to be able to run about 27:30 on their home course, or in other words be able to run about a 26 min 5 mile at sea-level.The top runners dip under 25 min on the home course and the record is a low 24You won't be traveling anywhere of note.
college hopeful wrote:
Ok letsrun,I am a junior My Prs are 4:53 for the mile, 18:06 (hilly course) cross country, and a 10:50 2 mile (not fresh)..before you ridicule me and call me slow/ tell me I suck hear me out. I LOVE running and i think anyone can be fast enough to run D1 if they love it enough, I have had some set backs with coaching but i have run every season and never gave up. I feel my strongest over the summer when i am running high mileage but my coaches never run high mileage, This is why i think i have a chance. I want to be a 10k runner, My dream is to run a lot of distance when i am older and actually get good. This year in track i am trying to break 4:50. Even if i can't "make" the team, does anyone know what buffalos rules are about training with them in hopes to someday make it?
also let me know my chances of being able to run for them, and also Stony Brook university
My GPA is a 3.7 and my SAT is a 1810 1270 math and reading
No you have to run a 12:30 4k or finish respectively in the time trial
Colorado School of Mines
But you better get below 17.
RPI in New York
Rose Hulman in Indiana
There's a million of em-at a school like that, you could be a star-and get an engineering degree.
In D-1, you'll burn out and either flunk out of engineering and/or running.
University of Buffalo?
haha...have fun with that, I thought you said you wanted to improve?
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I want to walk on to ub's as a girl. Do the expect walk ons?
TrueStoryBro wrote:
Buffalo is where distance runners go to die.
So true. UB is, at best, a 4th tier D1 school and a 2nd tier academic school. Not sure what the appeal is here.There are tons of better options, even in the SUNY system.